do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1052/2014 of 2 October 2014 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Jambon de Vendée (PGI))
Date: 2014-10-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Loire Region, designation of origin, labelling, meat product, pigmeat, product designation








L_2014292EN.01000301.xml










8.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 292/3








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1052/2014
of 2 October 2014
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Jambon de Vendée (PGI))


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, France's application to register the name ‘Jambon de Vendée’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Jambon de Vendée’ should therefore be entered in the register,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Jambon de Vendée’ (PGI) is hereby entered in the register.
The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.2. Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.), as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 (3).


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 October 2014.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Dacian CIOLOȘ
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ C 153, 21.5.2014, p. 14.

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 36).
Case T-199/12: Judgment of the General Court of 2 October 2014 — Euro-Link Consultants and European Profiles v Commission (Public service contracts — Tender procedure — Crimean tourism diversification and support project — Rejection of the applicants’ tender — Action for annulment — Measure not amenable to review — Confirmatory measure — Partial inadmissibility — Obligation to state reasons — Award criteria — Manifest error of assessment — Misuse of powers — Equal treatment)
Date: 2014-10-02
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Ukraine, abuse of power, award of contract, equal treatment, invitation to tender, services contract, tourism








C_2014395EN.01003801.xml










10.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 395/38






Judgment of the General Court of 2 October 2014 — Euro-Link Consultants and European Profiles v Commission
(Case T-199/12) (1)

((Public service contracts - Tender procedure - Crimean tourism diversification and support project - Rejection of the applicants’ tender - Action for annulment - Measure not amenable to review - Confirmatory measure - Partial inadmissibility - Obligation to state reasons - Award criteria - Manifest error of assessment - Misuse of powers - Equal treatment))
(2014/C 395/45)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Euro-Link Consultants Srl (Bucharest, Romania); and European Profiles AE Meleton kai Symvoulon Epicheiriseon (Athens, Greece) (represented by: S. Pappas, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by: S. Bartelt and A. Bordes, and subsequently by S. Bartelt and M. Konstantinidis, Agents)

Re:

Application for the annulment of the decision of 28 February 2012 of the European Union Delegation to Ukraine, in the restricted tender procedure EuropeAid/131567/C/SER/UA ‘Crimean tourism diversification and support project’, not to award the contract to the applicants’ consortium, and the subsequent decisions rejecting the applicants’ complaints made on 14 March 2012 by that authority and on 2 May 2012 by the Director of the Neighbourhood Directorate of the Commission’s Directorate General for Development and Co-operation — EuropeAid

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Euro-Link Consultants Srl and European Profiles AE Meleton kai Symvoulon Epicheiriseon to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 209, 14.7.2012.
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 0,05 % on 1 October 2014 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2014-10-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, financing, interest








C_2014344EN.01000201.xml










2.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 344/2





Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (1):
0,05 % on 1 October 2014
Euro exchange rates (2)

1 October 2014
2014/C 344/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2603




JPY


Japanese yen


138,53




DKK


Danish krone


7,4437




GBP


Pound sterling


0,77820




SEK


Swedish krona


9,0932




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2072




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,1420




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,502




HUF


Hungarian forint


310,30




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1815




RON


Romanian leu


4,4093




TRY


Turkish lira


2,8842




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4496




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4139




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,7838




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6171




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6085




KRW


South Korean won


1 342,39




ZAR


South African rand


14,2188




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7382




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6425




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 308,17




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,1199




PHP


Philippine peso


56,557




RUB


Russian rouble


49,9202




THB


Thai baht


40,940




BRL


Brazilian real


3,0971




MXN


Mexican peso


16,9372




INR


Indian rupee


77,7857






(1)  Rate applied to the most recent operation carried out before the indicated day. In the case of a variable rate tender, the interest rate is the marginal rate.

(2)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
State aid — Decision to raise no objections
Date: 2014-10-02
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Norway, State aid, control of State aid, depopulation, employment aid, regional aid, social-security contribution, tax relief








C_2014344EN.01001401.xml










2.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 344/14





State aid — Decision to raise no objections
2014/C 344/09
The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following State aid measure:








Date of adoption of the decision



:


18 June 2014





Case number



:


74204





Decision No



:


225/14/COL





EFTA State



:


Norway





Region



:


All very sparsely populated regions





Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)



:


Regionally differentiated social security contribution





Legal basis



:


The annual Resolution of the Parliament on rates for social security contributions etc., and Section 23-2 of Act No 19 of 28 February 1997 relating to the National Insurance Scheme (Folketrygdloven)





Type of measure



:


Operating aid





Objective



:


To reduce or prevent depopulation in the least populated regions in Norway by stimulating employment in these regions





Form of aid



:


Tax reduction





Budget



:


Fiscal effect approximately EUR 900 million annually





Intensity



:


3,1 to 12,4





Duration



:


1 July 2014 to 31 December 2020





Economic sectors



:


Horizontal. All sectors covered by the Regional Aid Guidelines 2014-2020





Name and address of the granting authority



:


Government of Norway





Other information



:


—




The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:
http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7384 — Helvetia/Nationale Suisse)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-10-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, insurance company, merger control








C_2014344EN.01000102.xml










2.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 344/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7384 — Helvetia/Nationale Suisse)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 344/02
On 25 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 German 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 32014M7384. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
State aid — Decision to raise no objections
Date: 2014-10-02
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Norway, State aid, control of State aid, telecommunications industry, transmission network








C_2014344EN.01001301.xml










2.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 344/13





State aid — Decision to raise no objections
2014/C 344/08
The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following State aid measure:








Date of adoption of the decision



:


11 June 2014





Case number



:


75349





Decision No



:


219/14/COL





EFTA State



:


Norway





Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)



:


State aid scheme for broadband rollout





Legal basis



:


Article 61(3)(c) of the EEA Agreement





Type of measure



:


State aid scheme





Objective



:


Broadband





Form of aid



:


Grant





Budget



:


NOK 500 million annually, NOK 2 billion total





Duration



:


Until 31.12.2017





Economic sectors



:


Telecommunications





Name and address of the granting authority



:







Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority




Postboks 63




N-4791 Lillesand




NORWAY








The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:
http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/
Case T-177/12: Judgment of the General Court of 2 October 2014 — Spraylat v ECHA (REACH — Fee for registration of a substance — Reduction granted to micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises — Error in declaration relating to the size of the enterprise — Decision imposing an administrative charge — Proportionality)
Date: 2014-10-02
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: chemical product, data recording, principle of proportionality, small and medium-sized enterprises, tax, tax relief








C_2014395EN.01003701.xml










10.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 395/37






Judgment of the General Court of 2 October 2014 — Spraylat v ECHA
(Case T-177/12) (1)

((REACH - Fee for registration of a substance - Reduction granted to micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises - Error in declaration relating to the size of the enterprise - Decision imposing an administrative charge - Proportionality))
(2014/C 395/44)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Spraylat GmbH (Aachen, Germany) (represented by: K. Fischer, lawyer)

Defendant: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (represented by: M. Heikkilä, A. Iber and C. Schultheiss, Agents, and M. Kuschewsky, lawyer)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented initially by: D. Düsterhaus and E. Manhaeve, and subsequently by B. Eggers and M. Manhaeve, Agents)

Re:

Action for annulment of invoice No 10030371 issued by the ECHA on 21 February 2012 setting the amount of the administrative charge imposed on the applicant and a precautionary application to annul Decision SME (2012) 1445 of the ECHA of 15 February 2012 which states that the applicant does not fulfil the conditions to receive a reduction of the fee for small enterprises and imposing an administrative charge on it.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Decision SME (2012) 1445 of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) of 15 February 2012 and invoice No 10030371 issued by the ECHA on 21 February 2012;










2.


Orders the ECHA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Spraylat GmbH;










3.


Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 174, 16.6.2012.
Case C-456/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia of Castilla La Mancha (Spain) lodged on 2 October 2014  — Manuel Orrego Arias v Subdelegación del Gobierno en Ciudad Real
Date: 2014-10-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: foreign national, imprisonment, removal








C_2014439EN.01002302.xml










8.12.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 439/23





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia of Castilla La Mancha (Spain) lodged on 2 October 2014 — Manuel Orrego Arias v Subdelegación del Gobierno en Ciudad Real
(Case C-456/14)
(2014/C 439/31)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Superior de Justicia of Castilla La Mancha

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Manuel Orrego Arias

Defendant: Subdelegación del Gobierno en Ciudad Real

Question referred

The interpretation of the first paragraph of Article 3(1)(a) of Council Directive 2001/40/EC (1) of 28 May, and in particular on whether the term ‘offence punishable by a penalty involving deprivation of liberty of at least one year’, set out in that provision, refers to the penalty prescribed in abstracto for the offence in question or, on the contrary, to the actual term of imprisonment imposed on the convicted person and, in consequence, whether or not the decision of a Member State to expel a national of a third country sentenced to imprisonment of eight months would be recognised by other Member States.


(1)  Council Directive 2001/40/EC of 28 May 2001 on the mutual recognition of decisions on the expulsion of third country nationals
(OJ L 149, p. 34).
Case C-525/13: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 2 October 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie van België — Belgium) — Vlaams Gewest v Heidi Van Den Broeck (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common agricultural policy — Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001 — Integrated administration and control system for certain aid schemes — Area aid application — Article 33 — Penalties — Irregularities committed intentionally)
Date: 2014-10-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: aid per hectare, aid system, aid to agriculture, farming system








C_2014421EN.01001601.xml










24.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 421/16





Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 2 October 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie van België — Belgium) — Vlaams Gewest v Heidi Van Den Broeck
(Case C-525/13) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common agricultural policy - Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001 - Integrated administration and control system for certain aid schemes - Area aid application - Article 33 - Penalties - Irregularities committed intentionally))
2014/C 421/22
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Hof van Cassatie van België

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Vlaams Gewest

Defendant: Heidi Van Den Broeck

Operative part of the judgment

The first paragraph of Article 33 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001 of 11 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 118/2004 of 23 January 2004, must be interpreted as meaning that, in the event of intentional irregularity found in an area aid application, the farmer is to be refused all of the aid to which that farmer would have been entitled under the aid scheme concerned by the application and for which the crop group concerned by that irregularity was eligible.


(1)  OJ C 377, 21.12.2013.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7304 — Danone/ID Logistics/JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-10-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, mineral water, transport company








C_2014344EN.01000101.xml










2.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 344/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7304 — Danone/ID Logistics/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 344/01
On 24 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 French 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 32014M7304. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-127/13 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 2 October 2014  — Guido Strack v European Commission (Appeal — Right to be heard — Right to be heard by a court or tribunal established in accordance with the law — Access to documents held by the institutions — Partial refusal to grant the appellant access to the documents concerned — Initial refusal — Implied decision deemed to exist — Replacement of an implied refusal by express decisions — Interest in bringing proceedings after the adoption of the express refusals — Exceptions to the right of access to documents — Safeguarding the interests of good administration — Protection of personal data and commercial interests)
Date: 2014-10-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: access to EU information, data protection, personal data, protection of privacy, provision of documents








C_2014421EN.01001001.xml










24.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 421/10





Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 2 October 2014 — Guido Strack v European Commission
(Case C-127/13 P) (1)

((Appeal - Right to be heard - Right to be heard by a court or tribunal established in accordance with the law - Access to documents held by the institutions - Partial refusal to grant the appellant access to the documents concerned - Initial refusal - Implied decision deemed to exist - Replacement of an implied refusal by express decisions - Interest in bringing proceedings after the adoption of the express refusals - Exceptions to the right of access to documents - Safeguarding the interests of good administration - Protection of personal data and commercial interests))
2014/C 421/12
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: Guido Strack (represented by: H. Tettenborn, Rechtsanwalt)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: B. Conte and P. Costa de Oliveira, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union in Strack v Commission, T-392/07, EU:T:2013:8 in so far as, by that judgment, the General Court annulled the decision of the European Commission of 24 July 2007;










2.


Dismisses the cross-appeal for the remainder;










3.


Dismisses the appeal;










4.


Dismisses the action for annulment in so far as it is directed against the decision of the European Commission refusing access to the extract of the register concerning refusals of confirmatory applications for access to documents;










5.


Orders Mr Guido Strack to bear his own costs in the present proceedings and to pay one third of the costs incurred by the European Commission;










6.


Orders the European Commission to pay two thirds of the costs relating to the present proceedings;










7.


Orders the costs relating to the proceedings at first instance which gave rise to the judgment in Strack v Commission (T-392/07, EU:T:2013:8) to be paid in accordance with the arrangements laid down in paragraph 7 of the operative part thereof.






(1)  OJ C 147, 25.5.2013.
Case T-707/14: Action brought on 2 October 2014 — Grundig Multimedia v OHIM (DetergentOptimiser)
Date: 2014-10-02
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, electrical engineering, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2014409EN.01006201.xml










17.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 409/62





Action brought on 2 October 2014 — Grundig Multimedia v OHIM (DetergentOptimiser)
(Case T-707/14)
2014/C 409/83
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Grundig Multimedia AG (Stansstad, Switzerland) (represented by: S. Walter and M. Neuner, lawyers)

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

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


Annul the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 9 July 2014 given in Case R 172/2014-1;










—


Order the defendant to pay the costs of proceedings, including those incurred before the Office.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Community trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘DetergentOptimiser’ for goods in Class 7 — Community trade mark application No 1 1 9 49  559

Decision of the Examiner: Rejected the application

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissed the appeal

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) in conjunction Article 7(2) of Regulation No. 207/2009