do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-461/14: Action brought on 7 October 2014  — European Commission v Kingdom of Spain
Date: 2014-10-07
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Andalusia, Spain, bird, environmental impact, infringement of EU law, protected area, protection of plant life, rail network








C_2014462EN.01001601.xml










22.12.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 462/16





Action brought on 7 October 2014 — European Commission v Kingdom of Spain
(Case C-461/14)
(2014/C 462/25)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: G. Wilms y D. Loma-Osorio Lerena, Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Spain

Form of order sought







—


Declare that the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under (i) Article 3 of Directive 85/337/EEC (1) amended by Directives 97/11/EC (2) and 2003/35 (3) on the assessment of the environmental impact of certain public and private projects, (ii) Article 4(4) of Directive 2009/147/EC (4) on the conservation of wild birds — until 29 July 2008, the date of designation of the location in question as a special protection area for birds (SPA) — and (iii) Article 6(2) of Directive 92/43/EC (5) on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, from the date of that designation;










—


order the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The present case concerns the project for a new high-speed railway line between Seville and Almería, Sections ‘Marchena-Osuna I’, ‘Marchena-Osuna II’ and ‘Variante de Osuna’, and the possibility that the Spanish authorities have failed to apply correctly relevant provisions of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive, the Wild Birds Directive and the Habitats Directive. The Commission has reached that conclusion having particular regard to the potential effects of the works and the subsequent operation of Andalusia’s crossrail line where it passes through the ‘Campiñas de Sevilla’ special protection area for birds (SPA), taking the view that those effects have not been adequately addressed.


(1)  Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (OJ 1985 L 175, p. 40).

(2)  OJ 1997 L 73, p. 5.

(3)  Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment and amending with regard to public participation and access to justice Council Directives 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC (OJ 2003 L 156, p. 17).

(4)  Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ 2009 L 20, p. 7).

(5)  Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ 1992 L 206, p. 7).
Communication in accordance with Article 12(5)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, on the information provided by the customs authorities of the Member States concerning the classification of goods in the customs nomenclature
Date: 2014-10-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, customs regulations, exchange of information, harmonisation of standards, tariff nomenclature








C_2014352EN.01000101.xml










7.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 352/1





Communication in accordance with Article 12(5)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, on the information provided by the customs authorities of the Member States concerning the classification of goods in the customs nomenclature
2014/C 352/01
Binding Tariff Information ceases to be valid from this day if it becomes incompatible with the interpretation of the customs nomenclature as a result of the following international tariff measures:
Amendments to the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes and the Compendium of Classification Opinions, approved by the Customs Cooperation Council (CCC doc. NC2004 – report of the 53rd Session of the HS Committee):

AMENDMENTS TO THE EXPLANATORY NOTES TO BE DONE UNDER ARTICLE 8 PROCEDURE OF THE HS CONVENTION AND CLASSIFICATION OPINIONS EDITED BY THE HS COMMITTEE OF THE WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION

(53rd SESSION OF THE HSC IN MARCH 2014)
DOC. NC2004

Amendments of the Explanatory Notes of the Nomenclature annexed to the HS Convention







Chapters 3, 5 and 16


O/10




07.12


O/1




Chapter 29


O/8




28.33


O/30




29.34


O/9




30.02


O/7





Classification Opinions approved by the HS Committee







1902.30/1


O/12




2005.80/1


O/13




2008.99/3


O/14




2106.90/29


O/15




3824.90/20


O/16




3913.90/1


O/17




4303.90/1


O/18




5402.20/1


O/19




6204.62/1


O/20




6206.30/1


O/21




6214.90/2


O/22




8473.30/3


O/23




8517.70/1


O/24




8517.70/2


O/25




8537.10/2


O/26




8543.70/6-7


O/27




9018.39/1


O/11




9403.20/2


O/28




9705.00/1-3


O/29




Information regarding the contents of these measures can be obtained from the Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union of the European Commission (rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, 1049 Brussels, Belgium) or can be downloaded from the internet site of this Directorate-General:
http://ec.europa.eu/comm/taxation_customs/customs/customs_duties/tariff_aspects/harmonised_system/index_en.htm
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1063/2014 of 7 October 2014 establishing a prohibition of fishing for whiting in VIII by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
Date: 2014-10-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, Belgium, catch area, catch by species, catch quota, fishing rights, sea fish, sea fishing, ship's flag








L_2014294EN.01003501.xml










10.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 294/35








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1063/2014
of 7 October 2014
         
establishing a prohibition of fishing for whiting in VIII by vessels flying the flag of Belgium


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Council Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 (2), lays down quotas for 2014.












(2)


According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2014.












(3)


It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2014 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.


Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.


Article 3

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 7 October 2014.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Lowri EVANS
            

Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 of 20 January 2014 fixing for 2014 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, to Union vessels, in certain non-Union waters (OJ L 24, 28.1.2014, p. 1).




ANNEX






No


42/TQ43




Member State


Belgium




Stock


WHG/08.




Species


Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)




Zone


VIII




Closing date


13.9.2014
Notice to economic operators — New round of requests for the suspension of the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products
Date: 2014-10-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, agricultural product, common customs tariff, import (EU), industrial product, suspension of customs duties, tax








C_2014352EN.01001401.xml










7.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 352/14





Notice to economic operators — New round of requests for the suspension of the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products
2014/C 352/07
Economic operators are informed that the Commission has received requests in accordance with the administrative arrangements foreseen in the Commission communication concerning autonomous tariff suspensions and quotas (2011/C 363/02) (1) for the July round of 2015.
The list of the products for which a duty suspension is requested is now available on the Commission’s thematic (Europa) website on the customs union (2).
Economic operators are also informed that the deadline for objections against new requests to reach the Commission, via the national administrations, is 16 December 2014 which is the date of the second scheduled meeting of the Economic Tariff Questions Group.
Interested operators are advised to consult the list regularly in order to be informed on the status of the requests.
More information on the autonomous tariff suspension procedure can be found on the Europa website:
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/customs/customs_duties/tariff_aspects/suspensions/index_en.htm


(1)  OJ C 363, 13.12.2011, p. 6.

(2)  http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/susp/susp_home.jsp?Lang=en
Corrigendum to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 906/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to public intervention expenditure ( OJ L 255, 28.8.2014 )
Date: 2014-10-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAGF, EU agricultural market, intervention policy, market intervention, operational expenditure (EU), storage








L_2014291EN.01001901.xml










7.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 291/19







Corrigendum to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 906/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to public intervention expenditure

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 255 of 28 August 2014
)


On page 5, Annex I, part I, point 2, in the last paragraph:
for:

               ‘…referred to in point (a)…’,
read:

               ‘…referred to in point 1…’;
On page 5, Annex I, part I, point 3, first paragraph:
for:

               ‘…the provisions of point (b)…’,
read:

               ‘…the provisions of point 2…’;
On page 5, Annex I, part I, point 3, first paragraph:
for:

               ‘…the provisions of point (a).’,
read:

               ‘…the provisions of point 1.’.
Case C-399/12: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 7 October 2014 — Federal Republic of Germany v Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — EU external action — Article 218(9) TFEU — Establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union in a body set up by an international agreement — International agreement to which the European Union is not a party — International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) — ‘Acts having legal effects’  — OIV recommendations)
Date: 2014-10-07
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: international agreement, international organisation, vineyard, viticulture, wine








C_2014421EN.01000301.xml










24.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 421/3





Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 7 October 2014 — Federal Republic of Germany v Council of the European Union
(Case C-399/12) (1)

((Action for annulment - EU external action - Article 218(9) TFEU - Establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union in a body set up by an international agreement - International agreement to which the European Union is not a party - International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) - ‘Acts having legal effects’ - OIV recommendations))
2014/C 421/03
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze, B. Beutler and N. Graf Vitzthum, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the applicant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, E. Ruffer and D. Hadroušek, acting as Agents), Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (represented by: P. Frantzen, acting as Agent), Hungary (represented by: M.Z. Fehér and K. Szíjjártó, acting as Agents), Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M. Bulterman, B. Koopman and J. Langer, acting as Agents), Republic of Austria (represented by: C. Pesendorfer, acting as Agent), Slovak Republic (represented by: B. Ricziová, acting as Agent), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: J. Holmes, Barrister)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: E. Sitbon and J.-P. Hix, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Erlbacher, B. Schima and B. Eggers, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Dismisses the action;










2)


Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs;










3)


Orders the Czech Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Hungary, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Slovak Republic, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the European Commission to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 343, 10.11.2012.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7423 — VINCI/Imtech ICT) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-10-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, economic concentration, energy industry, information technology industry, merger control, provision of services, public works








C_2014352EN.01001501.xml










7.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 352/15





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7423 — VINCI/Imtech ICT)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 352/08






1.


On 30 September 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 VINCI Energies SA, belonging to the group VINCI (‘VINCI Group’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Imtech ICT Group (‘Imtech ICT’, the Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares and assets.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for VINCI Group: energy and IT services, building, public works and civil engineering, concessions and infrastructures, road works,
—   for Imtech ICT: provision of IT services.










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 this Notice.










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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7423 — VINCI/Imtech ICT, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2014-10-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2014352EN.01001201.xml










7.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 352/12





Euro exchange rates (1)

6 October 2014
2014/C 352/05

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2565




JPY


Japanese yen


137,25




DKK


Danish krone


7,4439




GBP


Pound sterling


0,78575




SEK


Swedish krona


9,0773




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2120




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,1575




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,481




HUF


Hungarian forint


308,27




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1844




RON


Romanian leu


4,4090




TRY


Turkish lira


2,8588




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4381




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4078




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,7465




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6104




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6054




KRW


South Korean won


1 341,07




ZAR


South African rand


14,1403




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7149




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6415




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 316,16




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,0996




PHP


Philippine peso


56,276




RUB


Russian rouble


50,0375




THB


Thai baht


40,986




BRL


Brazilian real


3,0014




MXN


Mexican peso


16,8044




INR


Indian rupee


77,2500






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-59/13 P: Order of the General Court of 7 October 2014 — BT v Commission (Appeal — Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Non-renewal of the contract — Article 76 of the Rules of Procedure of the Civil Service Tribunal)
Date: 2014-10-07
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: contract staff, servant (EU), work contract








C_2014431EN.01002002.xml










1.12.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 431/20





Order of the General Court of 7 October 2014 — BT v Commission
(Case T-59/13 P) (1)

((Appeal - Civil service - Members of the temporary staff - Non-renewal of the contract - Article 76 of the Rules of Procedure of the Civil Service Tribunal))
(2014/C 431/35)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: BT (Bucharest, Romania) (represented by: N. Visan and G. Coca, lawyers)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and A.-C. Simon, acting as Agents)

Re:

Appeal brought against the order of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (First Chamber) of 3 December 2012 in Case F-45/12 BT v Commission, ECR-SC, EU:F:2012:168, seeking to have that order set aside.

Operative part of the order







1.


The appeal is dismissed.










2.


BT shall bear his own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission in the course of the present proceedings.






(1)  OJ C 114, 20.4.2013.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7373 — Ortner / Strauss / UBM)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-10-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, building industry, economic concentration, merger control, property development, silviculture








C_2014352EN.01000301.xml










7.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 352/3





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7373 — Ortner / Strauss / UBM)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 352/02
On 30 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 32014M7373. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1065/2014 of 7 October 2014 establishing a prohibition of fishing for plaice in VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
Date: 2014-10-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, Belgium, EU waters, catch by species, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, sea fish, sea fishing, ship's flag








L_2014294EN.01003901.xml










10.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 294/39








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1065/2014
of 7 October 2014
         
establishing a prohibition of fishing for plaice in VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 by vessels flying the flag of Belgium


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Council Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 (2) lays down quotas for 2014.












(2)


According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2014.












(3)


It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2014 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.


Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.


Article 3

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 7 October 2014.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Lowri EVANS
            

Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 of 20 January 2014 fixing for 2014 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, to Union vessels, in certain non-Union waters (OJ L 24, 28.1.2014, p. 1).




ANNEX






No


43/TQ43




Member State


Belgium




Stock


PLE/8/3411




Species


Plaice (Pleuronectes Platessa)




Zone


VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1




Closing date


13.9.2014