do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7374 — Bain Capital/Itochu/Bellsystems)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, international trade, investment company, merger control, pharmaceutical industry, research and development








C_2014308EN.01000202.xml










11.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 308/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7374 — Bain Capital/Itochu/Bellsystems)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 308/04
On 5 September 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 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 32014M7374. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-277/13: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 11 September 2014  — European Commission v Portuguese Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 96/67/EC — Article 11 — Air transport — Groundhandling service — Selection of suppliers)
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Portugal, ground handling, infringement of EU law, provision of services, transport infrastructure








C_2014409EN.01001401.xml










17.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 409/14





Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 11 September 2014 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic
(Case C-277/13) (1)

((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 96/67/EC - Article 11 - Air transport - Groundhandling service - Selection of suppliers))
2014/C 409/19
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: P. Guerra e Andrade and F.W. Bulst, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Portuguese Republic (represented by: L. Inez Fernandes, T. Falcão and V. Moura Ramos, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by failing to take the necessary measures for the organisation of a procedure for the selection of suppliers authorised to provide groundhandling services for the categories of ‘baggage handling’, ‘ramp handling’ and ‘freight and mail handling’ at Lisbon, Porto and Faro airports, in accordance with Article 11 of Council Directive 96/67/EC of 15 October 1996 on access to the groundhandling market at Community airports, the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that article;










2.


Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 233, 10.8.2013.
Case T-443/11: Judgment of the General Court of 11 September 2014  — Gold East Paper and Gold Huasheng Paper v Council (Dumping — Imports of coated fine paper originating in China — Market economy treatment — Time-limit for adopting the MET decision — Diligent and impartial examination — Rights of the defence — Manifest error of assessment — Principle of sound administration — Burden of proof — Injury — Determination of the profit margin — Definition of the product concerned — Community industry — Causal link)
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, import (EU), originating product, paper, proof, rights of the defence








C_2014380EN.01000601.xml










27.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 380/6





Judgment of the General Court of 11 September 2014 — Gold East Paper and Gold Huasheng Paper v Council
(Case T-443/11) (1)

((Dumping - Imports of coated fine paper originating in China - Market economy treatment - Time-limit for adopting the MET decision - Diligent and impartial examination - Rights of the defence - Manifest error of assessment - Principle of sound administration - Burden of proof - Injury - Determination of the profit margin - Definition of the product concerned - Community industry - Causal link))
2014/C 380/07
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Gold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd (Jiangsu, China), and Gold Huasheng Paper (Suzhou Industrial Park) Co. Ltd (Jiangsu) (represented by: V. Akritidis, Y. Melin and F. Crespo, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: J.-P. Hix, acting as Agent, assisted initially by G. Berrisch, A. Polcyn, lawyers, and by N. Chesaites, Barrister, and subsequently by B. O’Connor, Solicitor, and by S. Gubel, lawyer)

Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by M. França and A. Stobiecka-Kuik, acting as Agents), Cepifine AISBL (Brussels, Belgium), Sappi Europe SA (Brussels), Burgo Group SpA (Altavilla Vicentina, Italy), and Lecta SA (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: L. Ruessmann and W. Berg, lawyers)

Re:

Action for annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 451/2011 of 6 May 2011 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of coated fine paper originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ 2011 L 128, p. 1), in so far as it concerns the applicants.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Gold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd and Gold Huasheng Paper (Suzhou Industrial Park) Co. Ltd to bear their own costs and to pay those of the Council of the European Union, Cepifine AISBL, Sappi Europe SA, Burgo Group SpA and Lecta SA;










3.


Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 298, 8.10.2011.
Case T-170/08: Judgment of the General Court of 11 September 2014  — Commission v ID FOS Research (Arbitration clause — Contracts for financial assistance concerning projects in the field of industrial and materials technologies — Reimbursement of a part of the sums paid — Default interest)
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: arbitration clause, materials technology, redemption, research and development








C_2014380EN.01000501.xml










27.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 380/5





Judgment of the General Court of 11 September 2014 — Commission v ID FOS Research
(Case T-170/08) (1)

((Arbitration clause - Contracts for financial assistance concerning projects in the field of industrial and materials technologies - Reimbursement of a part of the sums paid - Default interest))
2014/C 380/05
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal and W. Roels, acting as Agents)

Defendant: ID Fiber Obtic Sensing Research (ID FOS Research) (represented initially by P. Walravens and J. De Wachter, subsequently by P. Walravens and C. Lebon, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought pursuant to Article 272 TFEU seeking the reimbursement of a part of the sums paid by the Commission, together with default interest, under contract BRPR-CT-95-0099 concluded in the framework of the specific programme for research and technological development, including demonstration, in the field of industrial and materials technologies (Brite-Euram III).

Operative part of the judgment







1.


ID Fiber Optic Sensing Research (ID FOS Research) is ordered to reimburse the European Commission the sum of EUR 21  599,26, together with default interest:






—


at the rate of 4,75 % per annum from 1 July 2002 until 31 December 2002;










—


at the rate of 6,75 % per annum from 1 January 2003 until the date of the present judgment;










—


at the annual rate applied under the law of England and Wales, currently section 17 of the Judgment Courts Act, 1838, as amended, up to a maximum of 6,75 % per annum, from the date of the present judgment until the debt is fully settled.














2.


ID FOS Research is ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 171, 5.7.2008.
Case C-19/13: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 September 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy)) — Ministero dell’Interno v Fastweb SpA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 89/665/EEC — Article 2d(4) — Interpretation and validity — Procedures for review of the award of public supply and public works contracts — Ineffectiveness of the contract — Exception)
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: administrative transparency, award of contract, interpretation of the law, supplies contract, works contract








C_2014409EN.01000602.xml










17.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 409/6





Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 September 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy)) — Ministero dell’Interno v Fastweb SpA
(Case C-19/13) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Public procurement - Directive 89/665/EEC - Article 2d(4) - Interpretation and validity - Procedures for review of the award of public supply and public works contracts - Ineffectiveness of the contract - Exception))
2014/C 409/08
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Ministero dell’Interno

Defendant: Fastweb SpA

Intervening party:Telecom Italia SpA

Operative part of the judgment







1.


On a proper construction of Article 2d(4) of Council Directive 89/665/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the coordination of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of review procedures to the award of public supply and public works contracts, as amended by Directive 2007/66/ΕC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2007, where a public contract is awarded without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, but that was not permissible under Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts, the contract may not be declared ineffective if the conditions laid down in that provision are in fact satisfied, which it is for the referring court to determine.










2.


Examination of the second question has not revealed anything which might affect the validity of Article 2d(4) of Directive 89/665, as amended by Directive 2007/66.






(1)  OJ C 86, 23.3.2013.
Case T-450/11: Judgment of the General Court of 11 September 2014  — Galileo International Technology v OHIM — ESA and Commission (GALILEO) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark GALILEO — Earlier Community word marks GALILEO — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No similarity between the goods and services at issue)
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, technology, trade-mark law








C_2014380EN.01000801.xml










27.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 380/8





Judgment of the General Court of 11 September 2014 — Galileo International Technology v OHIM — ESA and Commission (GALILEO)
(Case T-450/11) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark GALILEO - Earlier Community word marks GALILEO - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - No similarity between the goods and services at issue))
2014/C 380/09
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Galileo International Technology LLC (Bridgetown, Barbados) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister, M. Blair and K. Gilbert, Solicitors)

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

Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, interveners before the General Court: European Commission (represented by: J. Samnada and F. Wilman, acting as Agents); European Space Agency (ESA) (Paris, France) (represented by: M. Buydens, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 April 2011 (Case R 1423/2005-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Galileo International Technology LLC and the European Union.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Galileo International Technology LLC to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by OHIM;










3.


Orders the European Commission and the European Space Agency to bear their own respective costs.






(1)  OJ C 298, 8.10.2011.
Case T-425/11: Judgment of the General Court of 11 September 2014  — Greece v Commission (State aid — Greek casinos — System providing for a levy of 80 % of the admissions of different amounts — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market — Concept of State aid — Advantage)
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Greece, State aid, control of State aid, gaming establishment








C_2014380EN.01000502.xml










27.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 380/5





Judgment of the General Court of 11 September 2014 — Greece v Commission
(Case T-425/11) (1)

((State aid - Greek casinos - System providing for a levy of 80 % of the admissions of different amounts - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market - Concept of State aid - Advantage))
2014/C 380/06
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: P. Mylonopoulos and K. Boskovits, Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Triantafyllou, H. van Vliet and M. Konstantinidis, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2011/716/EU of 24 May 2011, on State aid to certain Greek casinos C–16/10 (ex NN 22/10, ex CP 318/09) implemented by the Hellenic Republic (OJ 2011 L 285, p. 25).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


annuls Commission Decision 2011/716/EU of 24 May 2011, on State aid to certain Greek casinos C–16/10 (ex NN 22/10, ex CP 318/09) implemented by the Hellenic Republic;










2.


orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and those incurred by the Hellenic Republic.






(1)  OJ C 282, 24.9.2011.
Calls for proposals under the multi-annual work programme for grants in the field of the trans-European transport infrastructure under the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2014-2020 (Commission Decision C(2014) 1921)
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cohesion Fund, economic support, financing, invitation to tender, trans-European network, transport infrastructure








C_2014308EN.01000501.xml










11.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 308/5





Calls for proposals under the multi-annual work programme for grants in the field of the trans-European transport infrastructure under the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2014-2020
(Commission Decision C(2014) 1921)
2014/C 308/07
The European Commission, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport is hereby launching four calls for proposals, under the multi-annual work programme for the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) for the period 2014-2020, in order to award grants to the following funding objectives:
—   Funding Objective 1: Removing bottlenecks and bridging missing links, enhancing rail interoperability, and, in particular, improving cross-border sections — the indicative amount available for the selected proposals is EUR 5 954,786 million.
—   Funding Objective 2: Ensuring sustainable and efficient transport systems in the long run, with a view to preparing for expected future transport flows, as well as enabling all modes of transport to be decarbonised through transition to innovative low-carbon and energy-efficient transport technologies, while optimising safety — the indicative amount available for the selected proposals is EUR 249 million.
—   Funding Objective 3: Optimising the integration and interconnection of transport modes and enhancing the interoperability of transport services, while ensuring the accessibility of transport infrastructures — the indicative amount available for the selected proposals is EUR 731,24 million.
—   Funding Objective 4: Cohesion Fund allocation — the indicative amount available for the selected proposals is EUR 3 984,08 million.
The deadline for the submission of proposals is 26 February 2015.
The complete texts of the calls for proposals are available on:
http://inea.ec.europa.eu/en/cef/cef_transport/apply_for_funding/cef_transport_call_for_proposals_2014.htm
Case T-127/13: Judgment of the General Court of 11 September 2014  — El Corte Inglés v OHIM — Baumarkt Praktiker Deutschland (PRO OUTDOOR) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark PRO OUTDOOR — Earlier Community figurative mark OUTDOOR garden barbecue camping — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Subject-matter of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal — Articles 60 and 64(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, camping, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2014380EN.01000901.xml










27.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 380/9





Judgment of the General Court of 11 September 2014 — El Corte Inglés v OHIM — Baumarkt Praktiker Deutschland (PRO OUTDOOR)
(Case T-127/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark PRO OUTDOOR - Earlier Community figurative mark OUTDOOR garden barbecue camping - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Subject-matter of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal - Articles 60 and 64(1) of Regulation No 207/2009))
2014/C 380/11
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: El Corte Inglés, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: E. Seijo Veiguela and J.L. Rivas Zurdo, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Baumarkt Praktiker Deutschland GmbH (Hamburg, Germany)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 December 2012 (Case R 1900/2011-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Baumarkt Praktiker Deutschland GmbH and El Corte Inglés, SA.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 11 December 2012 (Case R 1900/2011-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Baumarkt Praktiker Deutschland GmbH and El Corte Inglés, SA, in so far as the Board of Appeal did not rule on the claims of El Corte Inglés, SA regarding the likelihood of confusion between the marks at issue in relation to the goods at issue other than ‘data processing equipment and computers’ in Class 9;










2.


dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


orders OHIM and El Corte Inglés, SA to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 129, 4.5.2013.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7373 — Ortner/Strauss/UBM) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, building industry, economic concentration, merger control, property development, silviculture








C_2014308EN.01000701.xml










11.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 308/7





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7373 — Ortner/Strauss/UBM)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 308/09






1.


On 4 September 2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which undertakings belonging to the Ortner Group and undertakings belonging to the Strauss Group, through their jointly controlled company PORR AG (‘PORR’), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of UBM Realitätenentwicklung Aktiengesellschaft (‘UBM’) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Ortner Group in the building technology and industrial plant construction sectors,










—


Strauss Group is involved mainly in managing its assets and in forest development,










—


PORR is an Austrian construction company,










—


UBM is involved in property development.














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 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.7373 — Ortner/Strauss/UBM by fax (+32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  ОJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (‘the Merger Regulation’).

(2)  ОJ C 366, 14.12.2013, р. 5.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7291 — Versalis / Novamont)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, economic concentration, merger control, patents licence, petrochemicals, plastics industry, technology








C_2014308EN.01000201.xml










11.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 308/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7291 — Versalis / Novamont)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 308/03
On 5 September 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 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 32014M7291. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.