do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 301/2014 of 12 December 2014 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2015/2168]
Date: 2014-12-12
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, data protection, disclosure of information, disease prevention, epidemiology, exchange of information, infectious disease, information network, personal data, revision of an agreement




L_2015311EN.01005601.xml










26.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 311/56








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 301/2014
of 12 December 2014
         
amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2015/2168]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Articles 86 and Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Commission Recommendation 2012/73/EUof 6 February 2012 on data protection guidelines for the Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) (1).












(2)


Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is added in the second indent (Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and the Council) in paragraph 1 of Article 16 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement:

                  ‘In the context of the cooperation provided for under this indent, the EFTA States shall take note of the following act:






—



32012 H 0073: Commission Recommendation 2012/73/EUof 6 February 2012 on data protection guidelines for the Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) (OJ L 36, 9.2.2012, p. 31).’






Article 2
The text of Recommendation 2012/73/EU in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 13 December 2014, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 12 December 2014.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kurt JÄGER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 36, 9.2.2012, p. 31.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 283/2014 of 12 December 2014 amending Annex XII (Free movement of capital) to the EEA Agreement [2015/2150]
Date: 2014-12-12
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, capital transfer, electronic money, financial legislation, financial services, revision of an agreement




L_2015311EN.01003601.xml










26.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 311/36








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 283/2014
of 12 December 2014
         
amending Annex XII (Free movement of capital) to the EEA Agreement [2015/2150]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Regulation (EU) No 248/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 as regards the migration to Union-wide credit transfers and direct debits (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex XII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is added in point 3a (Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XII to the EEA Agreement:

                  ‘, as amended by:






—



32014 R 0248: Regulation (EU) No 248/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 (OJ L 84, 20.3.2014, p. 1).’
                     






Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) No 248/2014 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 13 December 2014, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 12 December 2014.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kurt JÄGER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 84, 20.3.2014, p. 1.

(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 289/2014 of 12 December 2014 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2015/2156]
Date: 2014-12-12
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, air safety, air traffic, aircraft, civil aviation, revision of an agreement, safety standard, technical standard




L_2015311EN.01004201.xml










26.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 311/42








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 289/2014
of 12 December 2014
         
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2015/2156]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 379/2014 of 7 April 2014 amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent is added in point 66nf (Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32014 R 0379: Commission Regulation (EU) No 379/2014 of 7 April 2014 (OJ L 123, 24.4.2014, p. 1.)’






Article 2
The texts of Regulation (EU) No 379/2014 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 13 December 2014, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 12 December 2014.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kurt JÄGER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 123, 24.4.2014, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Council Decision of 12 December 2014 adopting the Council’s position on draft amending budget No 5 of the European Union for the financial year 2014
Date: 2014-12-12
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: amending budget, budgetary expenditure, budgetary resources, draft budget (EU)








C_2014461EN.01001701.xml










20.12.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 461/17





COUNCIL DECISION
of 12 December 2014
adopting the Council’s position on draft amending budget No 5 of the European Union for the financial year 2014
(2014/C 461/09)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314 thereof, in conjunction with the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (1) and in particular Article 41 thereof,
Whereas:






—


the Union’s budget for the financial year 2014 was definitively adopted on 20 November 2013 (2),










—


on 8 September 2014, the Commission submitted a proposal containing draft amending budget No 5 to the general budget for the financial year 2014,




HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
The Council’s position on draft amending budget No 5 of the European Union for the financial year 2014 was adopted on 12 December 2014.
The full text can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the Council’s website: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/

Done at Brussels, 12 December 2014.


For the Council


The President

S. GIANNINI




(1)  OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 51, 20.2.2014, p. 1, with corrigenda in OJ L 111, 15.4.2014, p. 96, OJ L 124, 25.4.2014, p. 30 and OJ L 322, 7.11.2014, p. 1.
Case T-173/13: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014  — Selo Medical v OHIM — biosyn Arzneimittel (SELOGYN) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark SELOGYN — Earlier national word mark SELESYN — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Refusal to register)
Date: 2014-12-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, medical device, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015046EN.01004701.xml










9.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 46/47





Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014 — Selo Medical v OHIM — biosyn Arzneimittel (SELOGYN)
(Case T-173/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark SELOGYN - Earlier national word mark SELESYN - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Refusal to register))
(2015/C 046/58)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Selo Medical GmbH (Unternberg, Austria) (represented by: T. Schneider, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the General Court: biosyn Arzneimittel GmbH (Fellbach, Germany) (represented by: R. Kunz-Hallstein and H. Kunz-Hallstein, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 21 January 2013 (Case R 2601/2011-4), relating to opposition proceedings between biosyn Arzneimittel GmbH and Selo Medical GmbH.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Dismisses the action;










2)


Orders Selo Medical GmbH to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 141, 18.5.2013.
Special Report No 18/2014 ‘EuropeAid’s evaluation and results-oriented monitoring systems’
Date: 2014-12-12
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EU programme, development aid, foreign aid, management audit, project management








C_2014444EN.01001201.xml










12.12.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 444/12





Special Report No 18/2014 ‘EuropeAid’s evaluation and results-oriented monitoring systems’
(2014/C 444/06)
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Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 259/2014 of 12 December 2014 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2015/2126]
Date: 2014-12-12
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, food contamination, food inspection, food safety, foodstuff, market approval, revision of an agreement, sampling, technical regulations, toxic substance




L_2015311EN.01000801.xml










26.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 311/8








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 259/2014
of 12 December 2014
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2015/2126]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2014 of 16 May 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 401/2006 as regards methods of sampling of large lots, spices and food supplements, performance criteria for T-2, HT-2 toxin and citrinin and screening methods of analysis (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding foodstuffs. Legislation regarding foodstuffs shall not apply to Liechtenstein as long as the application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is extended to Liechtenstein, as specified in the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.












(3)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent is added in point 54zzzl (Commission Regulation (EC) No 401/2006) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32014 R 0519: Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2014 of 16 May 2014 (OJ L 147, 17.5.2014, p. 29).’






Article 2
The texts of Regulation (EU) No 519/2014 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 13 December 2014, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 12 December 2014.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kurt JÄGER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 147, 17.5.2014, p. 29.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Case T-550/08: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014  — Tudapetrol Mineralölerzeugnisse Nils Hansen v Commission (Competition — Agreements — Paraffin waxes market — Coordination and price increases — Price fixing — 2006 Guidelines for calculating the amount of fines — Rights of the defence — Proof of the infringement — Limitation)
Date: 2014-12-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: fine, fixing of prices, offence, paraffin, proof, restriction on competition, rights of the defence








C_2015046EN.01003802.xml










9.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 46/38





Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014 — Tudapetrol Mineralölerzeugnisse Nils Hansen v Commission
(Case T-550/08) (1)

((Competition - Agreements - Paraffin waxes market - Coordination and price increases - Price fixing - 2006 Guidelines for calculating the amount of fines - Rights of the defence - Proof of the infringement - Limitation))
(2015/C 046/45)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Tudapetrol Mineralölerzeugnisse Nils Hansen KG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: U. Itzen, J. Ziebarth, lawyers, and S. Thomas, professor)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Antoniadis and R. Sauer, Agents)

Re:

Principally, an application for annulment of Commission Decision C (2008) 5476 final of 1 October 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/39.181 — Candle Waxes), in that it concerns the applicant, and, in the alternative, an application for reduction of the amount of the fine imposed on the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Tudapetrol Mineralölerzeugnisse Nils Hansen KG to bear its own costs and those incurred by the European Commission, including those incurred in the proceedings for interim measures.






(1)  OJ C 55, 7.3.2009.
Case T-105/13: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014  — Ludwig Schokolade v OHIM — Immergut (TrinkFix) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark TrinkFix — Earlier national and Community word marks Drinkfit — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Similarity of the goods and services — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Date: 2014-12-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, confectionery product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015046EN.01004602.xml










9.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 46/46





Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014 — Ludwig Schokolade v OHIM — Immergut (TrinkFix)
(Case T-105/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark TrinkFix - Earlier national and Community word marks Drinkfit - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Similarity of the goods and services - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009))
(2015/C 046/57)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Ludwig Schokolade GmbH & Co. KG (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) (represented by: S. Fischer and A. Brodkorb, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the General Court: Immergut GmbH & Co. KG (Elsdorf, Germany) (represented by: G. Schoenen, V. Töbelmann and S. Frenz, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 13 December 2012 (affaire R 34/2012-1), concerning opposition proceedings between Immergut GmbH & Co. KG and Ludwig Schokolade GmbH & Co. KG.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Dismisses the action;










2)


Orders Ludwig Schokolade GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 108, 13.4.2013.
Council Decision of 12 December 2014 adopting the Council’s position on the new draft budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015
Date: 2014-12-12
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: draft budget (EU), general budget (EU), revenue








C_2014461EN.01001301.xml










20.12.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 461/13





COUNCIL DECISION
of 12 December 2014
adopting the Council’s position on the new draft budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015
(2014/C 461/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314(3) thereof, in conjunction with the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community and in particular Article 106a thereof,
Whereas:






—


on 28 November 2014, the Commission submitted a proposal containing the new draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 (1),










—


the Council examined the Commission proposal with a view to defining a position consistent, on the revenue side, with Council Decision 2007/436/EC, Euratom of 7 June 2007 on the system of the European Communities’ own resources (2), and, on the expenditure side, with Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 (3),










—


given the need to adopt a Council position on the new draft budget as soon as possible with a view to a budget being definitively adopted before the beginning of the financial year 2015, thus ensuring the continuity of the Union’s action, it is justified to shorten, in accordance with Article 3(3) of the Council’s Rules of Procedure, the eight-week period for the information of National Parliaments, as well as the ten-day period foreseen for placing the item on the Council’s provisional agenda laid down in Article 4 of Protocol No 1.




HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
The Council’s position on the new draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 was adopted by the Council on 12 December 2014.
The full text can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the Council’s website: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/

Done at Brussels, 12 December 2014.


For the Council


The President

S. GIANNINI




(1)  COM(2014) 723 final.

(2)  OJ L 163, 23.6.2007, p. 17.

(3)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884.
Case T-601/13: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014  — Wilo v OHIM (Pioneering for You) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark Pioneering for You — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2014-12-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, water supply, water treatment








C_2015046EN.01005101.xml










9.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 46/51





Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014 — Wilo v OHIM (Pioneering for You)
(Case T-601/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark Pioneering for You - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2015/C 046/64)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Wilo SE (Dortmund, Germany) (represented by: B. Scheniders, lawyer)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 September 2013 (Case R 555/2013-4) concerning an application for registration of the word sign Pioneering for You as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Wilo SE to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 24, 25.1.2014.