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Case T-752/14: Action brought on 12 November 2014  — Comber v Commission
Date: 2014-11-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Germany, Latvia, customs duties, import (EU), legal code, textile product, wool








C_2015034EN.01003901.xml










2.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 34/39





Action brought on 12 November 2014 — Comber v Commission
(Case T-752/14)
(2015/C 034/46)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Comber SA (Lausanne, Switzerland) (represented by: D. Heel, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the Commission Decision of 16 July 2014 (REM 05/2013) on the refusal of the application for remission of import duties amounting to EUR 4 61  415,12;










—


order the defendant to pay the costs of these proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant submits that the post-clearance customs duties for the import of linen fabric from Latvia in the years 1999 to 2002 must be remitted in accordance with Article 239 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (OJ 1992 L 302, p. 1) due to the presence of special circumstances. The applicant cites as special circumstances serious breaches of obligations by the Latvian customs authorities, serious breaches of obligations by the European Commission/OLAF and serious misconduct of the German customs authorities. In the applicant’s view, those circumstances cannot be attributed to obvious negligence on its part.
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2014-11-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency








C_2014397EN.01000301.xml










12.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 397/3





New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
2014/C 397/04




National side of the new commemorative 2-euro coin intended for circulation and issued by Spain

Euro coins intended for circulation have legal tender status throughout the euro area. For the purpose of informing the public and all parties who handle the coins, the Commission publishes a description of the designs of all new coins (1). In accordance with the Council conclusions of 10 February 2009 (2), euro-area Member States and countries that have concluded a monetary agreement with the European Union providing for the issuing of euro coins are allowed to issue commemorative euro coins intended for circulation, provided that certain conditions are met, particularly that only the 2-euro denomination is used. These coins have the same technical characteristics as other 2-euro coins, but their national face features a commemorative design that is highly symbolic in national or European terms.


Issuing country
: Spain


Subject of commemoration
: Unesco’s World Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites — Cave of Altamira


Description of the design
: The design depicts in the foreground the bison painting from the Cave of Altamira located in Cantabria. In the upper side of the image, in circular sense and with capital letters, the word ‘ESPAÑA’, at the bottom the year of issuance ‘2015’ and at the right the mint mark.
The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.


Number of coins to be issued
: 


Date of issue
: 


(1)  See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1 for the national faces of all the coins issued in 2002.

(2)  See the conclusions of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of 10 February 2009 and the Commission Recommendation of 19 December 2008 on common guidelines for the national sides and the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 52).
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2014-11-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency








C_2014397EN.01000401.xml










12.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 397/4





New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
2014/C 397/05




National side of the new commemorative 2-euro coin intended for circulation and issued by Finland

Euro coins intended for circulation have legal tender status throughout the euro area. For the purpose of informing the public and all parties who handle the coins, the Commission publishes a description of the designs of all new coins (1). In accordance with the Council conclusions of 10 February 2009 (2), euro-area Member States and countries that have concluded a monetary agreement with the European Union providing for the issuing of euro coins are allowed to issue commemorative euro coins intended for circulation, provided that certain conditions are met, particularly that only the 2-euro denomination is used. These coins have the same technical characteristics as other 2-euro coins, but their national face features a commemorative design that is highly symbolic in national or European terms.


Issuing country
: Finland


Subject of commemoration
: The 100th Anniversary of the birth of designer and interior designer Ilmari Tapiovaara.


Description of the design
: The left inner part of the design shows Ilmari Tapiovaara’s name and years. The right inner part of the design depicts a close-up from the furniture fitting characteristic for Ilmari Tapiovaara. At the right the indication of the issuing country ‘FI’, the mint mark and the year of issuance ‘2014’.
The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.


Number of coins to be issued
: 


Date of issue
: October/November 2014


(1)  See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1 for the national faces of all the coins issued in 2002.

(2)  See the conclusions of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of 10 February 2009 and the Commission Recommendation of 19 December 2008 on common guidelines for the national sides and the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 52).
Case C-656/13: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 12 November 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší soud České republiky — Czech Republic) — L v M (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction in matters of parental responsibility — Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 — Article 12(3) — Child whose parents are not married — Prorogation of jurisdiction — No other related proceedings pending — Acceptance of jurisdiction — Challenge to the jurisdiction of a court by a party who has made an application to that court)
Date: 2014-11-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: descendant, judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU, jurisdiction, parental responsibility








C_2015016EN.01000802.xml










19.1.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 16/8






Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 12 November 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší soud České republiky — Czech Republic) — L v M
(Case C-656/13) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Area of freedom, security and justice - Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Jurisdiction in matters of parental responsibility - Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 - Article 12(3) - Child whose parents are not married - Prorogation of jurisdiction - No other related proceedings pending - Acceptance of jurisdiction - Challenge to the jurisdiction of a court by a party who has made an application to that court)
(2015/C 016/11)
Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Nejvyšší soud České republiky

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: L

Defendant: M

Interveners: R, K

Operative part of the judgment







1.


Article 12(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000, must be interpreted as allowing, for the purposes of proceedings in matters of parental responsibility, the jurisdiction of a court of a Member State which is not that of the child’s habitual residence to be established even where no other proceedings are pending before the court chosen.










2.


Article 12(3)(b) of Regulation No 2201/2003 must be interpreted as meaning that it cannot be considered that the jurisdiction of the court seised by one party of proceedings in matters of parental responsibility has been ‘accepted expressly or otherwise in an unequivocal manner by all the parties to the proceedings’ within the meaning of that provision where the defendant in those first proceedings subsequently brings a second set of proceedings before the same court and, on taking the first step required of him in the first proceedings, pleads the lack of jurisdiction of that court.






(1)  OJ C 85, 22.3.2014.
Case C-140/13: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 12 November 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main — Germany) — Annett Altmann and Others v Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Directive 2004/39/EC — Article 54 — Obligation of professional secrecy incumbent on national financial supervisory authorities — Information concerning a fraudulent investment firm in compulsory liquidation)
Date: 2014-11-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: access to information, financial instrument, fraud, investment company, liquidation, professional secret








C_2015016EN.01000301.xml










19.1.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 16/3






Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 12 November 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main — Germany) — Annett Altmann and Others v Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht
(Case C-140/13) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Approximation of laws - Directive 2004/39/EC - Article 54 - Obligation of professional secrecy incumbent on national financial supervisory authorities - Information concerning a fraudulent investment firm in compulsory liquidation)
(2015/C 016/03)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Annett Altmann, Torsten Altmann, Hans Abel, Waltraud Apitzsch, Uwe Apitzsch, Simone Arnold, Barbara Assheuer, Ingeborg Aubele, Karl-Heinz Aubele

Defendant: Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht

Intervening party:Frank Schmitt

Operative part of the judgment

Article 54(1) and (2) of Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instruments amending Council Directives 85/611/EEC and 93/6/EEC and Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 93/22/EEC must be interpreted as meaning that, in administrative proceedings, a national supervisory authority may rely on the obligation to maintain professional secrecy against a person who, in a case not covered by criminal law and not in a civil or commercial proceeding, requests it to grant access to information concerning an investment firm which is in judicial liquidation, even where that firm’s main business model consisted in large scale fraud and wilful harming of investors’ interests and several executives of that firm have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment.


(1)  OJ C 156, 1.6.2013.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7339 — AbbVie/SHIRE)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-11-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, pharmaceutical industry








C_2014397EN.01000101.xml










12.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 397/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7339 — AbbVie/SHIRE)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 397/01
On 16 October 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 32014M7339. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7412 — SVP/LSHL)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-11-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, foodstuff, investment company, merger control, packaging product, venture capital








C_2014397EN.01000102.xml










12.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 397/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7412 — SVP/LSHL)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 397/02
On 5 November 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 32014M7412. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2014-11-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2014397EN.01000201.xml










12.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 397/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

11 November 2014
2014/C 397/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2424




JPY


Japanese yen


143,88




DKK


Danish krone


7,4401




GBP


Pound sterling


0,78360




SEK


Swedish krona


9,1908




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2024




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,4865




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,592




HUF


Hungarian forint


307,59




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2235




RON


Romanian leu


4,4240




TRY


Turkish lira


2,8137




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4386




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4150




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,6332




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6008




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6077




KRW


South Korean won


1 362,54




ZAR


South African rand


14,0199




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,6077




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6650




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 186,49




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,1562




PHP


Philippine peso


55,827




RUB


Russian rouble


57,9870




THB


Thai baht


40,848




BRL


Brazilian real


3,1908




MXN


Mexican peso


16,8979




INR


Indian rupee


76,4635






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-505/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Münster (Germany) lodged on 12 November 2014  — Klausner Holz Niedersachsen GmbH v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
Date: 2014-11-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, civil procedure, control of State aid, enforcement of ruling








C_2015065EN.01001801.xml










23.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 65/18





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Münster (Germany) lodged on 12 November 2014 — Klausner Holz Niedersachsen GmbH v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
(Case C-505/14)
(2015/C 065/26)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landgericht Münster

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Klausner Holz Niedersachsen GmbH

Defendant: Land Nordrhein-Westfalen

Question referred

In civil proceedings concerning the performance of a civil-law contract granting aid, does EU law, in particular Articles 107 TFEU and 108 TFEU (or Articles 87 TEC and 88 TEC) and the principle of effectiveness, require that a final declaratory judgment under civil law which has been delivered in the same case and which confirms that the civil-law contract remains in force, without any consideration of the law on aid, be disregarded if under national law the performance of the contract cannot otherwise be prevented?
Annual Report 2013
Date: 2014-11-12
Institutions: European Ombudsman
Subjects: European Ombudsman, activity report, exchange of information








C_2014397EN.01000501.xml










12.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 397/5





Annual Report 2013
2014/C 397/06
On 15 September 2014, the European Ombudsman presented her Annual Report for the year 2013 to the President of the European Parliament.
The Annual Report is available on the European Ombudsman’s website in all 24 official languages at: www.ombudsman.europa.eu
Paper copies can be requested free of charge from the European Ombudsman’s office:





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Case T-504/12: Judgment of the General Court of 12 November 2014  — Murnauer Markenvertrieb v OHIM (NOTFALL CREME) (Community trade mark — Application for Community figurative trade mark NOTFALL CREME — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Equal treatment)
Date: 2014-11-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, pharmaceutical product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2014462EN.01002201.xml










22.12.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 462/22





Judgment of the General Court of 12 November 2014 — Murnauer Markenvertrieb v OHIM (NOTFALL CREME)
(Case T-504/12) (1)

((Community trade mark - Application for Community figurative trade mark NOTFALL CREME - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Equal treatment))
(2014/C 462/33)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Murnauer Markenvertrieb GmbH (Egelsbach, Germany) (represented by: F. Traub and H. Daniel, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Poch, Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 20 September 2012 (Case R 271/2012-4) concerning an application for registration of the figurative sign NOTFALL CREME as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Murnauer Markenvertrieb GmbH to pay its own costs and those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).






(1)  OJ C 26, 26.1.2013.
Case T-188/13: Judgment of the General Court of 12 November 2014  — Murnauer Markenvertrieb v OHIM — Healing Herbs (NOTFALL) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark NOTFALL — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Article 52(1)(a) and Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Equal treatment)
Date: 2014-11-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, pharmaceutical product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2014462EN.01002302.xml










22.12.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 462/23





Judgment of the General Court of 12 November 2014 — Murnauer Markenvertrieb v OHIM — Healing Herbs (NOTFALL)
(Case T-188/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark NOTFALL - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Lack of distinctive character - Article 52(1)(a) and Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Equal treatment))
(2014/C 462/36)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Murnauer Markenvertrieb GmbH (Egelsbach, Germany) (represented by: F. Traub and H. Daniel, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Poch, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the General Court: Healing Herbs Ltd (Walterstone, United Kingdom) (represented by: R. Price, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 4 February 2013 (Case R 132/2012-4) relating to invalidity proceedings between Healing Herbs Ltd and Murnauer Markenvertrieb GmbH.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Murnauer Markenvertrieb GmbH to pay its own costs and those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) and by Healing Herbs Ltd.






(1)  OJ C 156 of 1.6.2013.