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Council Decision (EU) 2015/214 of 10 February 2015 endorsing the Shift2Rail Master Plan
Date: 2015-02-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Joint Undertaking, European Union Agency for Railways, innovation, rail transport, railway industry, research and development








L_2015036EN.01000701.xml










12.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 36/7








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2015/214
of 10 February 2015
         
endorsing the Shift2Rail Master Plan


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 642/2014 of 16 June 2014 establishing the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking, and in particular Article 1(4) of Annex I thereto (1),


Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:







(1)


The Shift2Rail Master Plan should be established and developed by the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking, in consultation with the European Railway Agency and the European Rail Research Advisory Council (ERRAC) Technology Platform, to drive innovation in the rail sector in the long term.












(2)


The Shift2Rail Master Plan should identify the key priorities and the essential operational and technological innovations required from all stakeholders to achieve the objectives of the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking outlined in Regulation (EU) No 642/2014.












(3)


The Shift2Rail Master Plan should be performance driven and structured around a limited number of key thematic areas or Innovation Programmes as identified in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 642/2014.












(4)


The version of the Shift2Rail Master Plan approved by the Governing Board on 24 September 2014 and integrating major contributions from relevant stakeholders, constitutes the basis for the call for associated members launched by the Commission on 6 October 2014 in accordance with Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 642/2014 and the basis for establishing the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking's work plan,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Sole Article
The Shift2Rail strategic Master Plan is hereby endorsed.




Done at Brussels, 10 February 2015.


For the Council


The President

E. RINKĒVIČS
            





(1)  
            OJ L 177, 17.6.2014, p. 9.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2015-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2015047EN.01000201.xml










10.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 47/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

9 February 2015
(2015/C 47/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1275




JPY


Japanese yen


133,72




DKK


Danish krone


7,4440




GBP


Pound sterling


0,74150




SEK


Swedish krona


9,4685




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0428




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,6145




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,720




HUF


Hungarian forint


307,30




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1822




RON


Romanian leu


4,4308




TRY


Turkish lira


2,8080




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4430




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4094




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,7416




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5203




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5282




KRW


South Korean won


1 236,75




ZAR


South African rand


13,0539




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,0428




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,7165




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 281,55




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,0142




PHP


Philippine peso


50,100




RUB


Russian rouble


74,7335




THB


Thai baht


36,807




BRL


Brazilian real


3,1430




MXN


Mexican peso


16,7073




INR


Indian rupee


70,0515






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7342 — Alcoa/Firth Rixson)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2015-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, metallurgical industry








C_2015047EN.01000101.xml










10.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 47/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7342 — Alcoa/Firth Rixson)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 47/01)
On 12 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 32014M7342. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Commission Decision of 10 February 2015 on the list of public holidays for 2016 for the institutions of the European Union
Date: 2015-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU institution, public holiday








C_2015306EN.01000501.xml










17.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 306/5





COMMISSION DECISION
of 10 February 2015
on the list of public holidays for 2016 for the institutions of the European Union
(2015/C 306/07)

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS FOR 2016







1 January


Friday, New Year’s Day




24 March


Maundy Thursday




25 March


Good Friday




28 March


Easter Monday




5 May


Thursday, Ascension Day




6 May


Friday after Ascension Day




9 May


Monday, Anniversary of the Declaration made by President Robert Schuman in 1950




16 May


Whit Monday




21 July


Thursday, Belgian National Holiday




15 August


Monday, Assumption Day




1 November


Tuesday, All Saints’ Day




2 November


Wednesday, All Souls’ Day




26 December
to
30 December


Monday
5 end-of-year days
Friday




TOTAL


17 days




Luxembourg: the above-mentioned dates also apply to Luxembourg, except that Thursday, 21 July is replaced by Thursday, 23 June, Luxembourg national holiday.
Work will resume as normal on Tuesday 3 January 2017.
Without prejudice to the final schedule of public holidays for 2017, Monday 2 January 2017 will be a holiday.
The Commission reserves the right to modify these provisions, should the needs of the service so require.
Case C-58/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 10 February 2015 — Firma Theodor Pfister v Landkreis Main-Spessart
Date: 2015-02-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Germany, food inspection, interpretation of the law, meat, veterinary inspection








C_2015171EN.01001301.xml










26.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 171/13





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 10 February 2015 — Firma Theodor Pfister v Landkreis Main-Spessart
(Case C-58/15)
(2015/C 171/14)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Firma Theodor Pfister

Defendant: Landkreis Main-Spessart

Question referred







—


Does the second sentence of Article 27(3) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 permit, for the transitional period of 2007, the imposition of meat inspection fees to cover costs under the previous legal provisions (Directive 85/73/EEC in the version of Directive 96/43/EC)?






(1)  Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (OJ 2004 L 165, p. 1).
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2015-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, aluminium, anti-dumping duty, import (EU), originating product, vehicle parts








C_2015047EN.01000401.xml










10.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 47/4





Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
(2015/C 47/04)
1.   As provided for in Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1), the Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.
2.   Procedure

Union producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury.
Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of the exporting country and Union producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify, rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.
3.   Time limit

Union producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Unit H-1), CHAR 4/39, 1000 Brussels, Belgium (2) at any time from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date mentioned in the table below.
4.   This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009.









Product


Country(ies) of origin or exportation


Measures


Reference


Date of expiry (3)





Certain aluminium road wheels


The People’s Republic of China


Anti-dumping duty


Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 964/2010 imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain aluminium road wheels originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ L 282, 28.10.2010, p. 1)


29.10.2015






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51.

(2)  Fax +32 22956505.

(3)  The measure expires at midnight of the day mentioned in this column.
Case T-85/14: Judgment of the General Court of 10 February 2015  — Infocit v OHIM — DIN (DINKOOL) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark DINKOOL — Earlier international figurative mark DIN — Earlier national business identifier DIN — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2015-02-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, maintenance, registered trade mark, service industry, trade-mark law








C_2015096EN.01001901.xml










23.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 96/19





Judgment of the General Court of 10 February 2015 — Infocit v OHIM — DIN (DINKOOL)
(Case T-85/14) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark DINKOOL - Earlier international figurative mark DIN - Earlier national business identifier DIN - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2015/C 096/24)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Infocit — Prestação de Serviços, Comércio Geral e Indústria, Lda (Luanda, Angola) (represented by: A. Oliveira, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung eV (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: M. Bagh, lawyer)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 12 November 2013 (Case R 1106/2012-2) concerning opposition proceedings between DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung eV and Infocit — Prestação de Serviços, Comércio Geral e Indústria, Lda.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action.










2.


Orders Infocit — Prestação de Serviços, Comércio Geral e Indústria, Lda, to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).










3.


Orders DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung eV to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 135, 5.5.2014.
Case T-368/13: Judgment of the General Court of 10 February 2015  — Boehringer Ingelheim International v OHIM — Lehning entreprise (ANGIPAX) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ANGIPAX — Earlier Community word mark ANTISTAX — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2015-02-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, pharmaceutical industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015096EN.01001601.xml










23.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 96/16





Judgment of the General Court of 10 February 2015 — Boehringer Ingelheim International v OHIM — Lehning entreprise (ANGIPAX)
(Case T-368/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark ANGIPAX - Earlier Community word mark ANTISTAX - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2015/C 096/19)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH (Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany) (represented by: initially V. von Bomhard and D. Slopek, lawyers, then V. von Bomhard)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Pétrequin and J. Crespo Carrillo, agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the General Court: Lehning entreprise SARL (Sainte-Barbe, France) (represented by: P. Demoly, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 April 2013 (Case R 571/2012-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH and Lehning entreprise SARL.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH to pay the costs, including the expenses necessarily incurred by Lehning entreprise SARL for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).






(1)  OJ C 260, 7.9.2013.
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2015-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, food additive, import (EU), originating product








C_2015047EN.01000301.xml










10.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 47/3





Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
(2015/C 47/03)
1.   As provided for in Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1), the Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.
2.   Procedure

Union producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury.
Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of the exporting country and Union producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify, rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.
3.   Time limit

Union producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Unit H-1), CHAR 4/39, 1000 Brussels, Belgium (2) at any time from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date mentioned in the table below.
4.   This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009.









Product


Country(ies) of origin or exportation


Measures


Reference


Date of expiry (3)





Sodium gluconate


The People’s Republic of China


Anti-dumping duty


Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 965/2010 imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of sodium gluconate originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ L 282, 28.10.2010, p. 24)


29.10.2015






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51.

(2)  Fax +32 22956505.

(3)  The measure expires at midnight of the day mentioned in this column.
Case T-648/13: Judgment of the General Court of 10 February 2015  — IOIP Holdings v OHIM (GLISTEN) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark GLISTEN — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2015-02-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cosmetics industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015096EN.01001801.xml










23.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 96/18





Judgment of the General Court of 10 February 2015 — IOIP Holdings v OHIM (GLISTEN)
(Case T-648/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark GLISTEN - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2015/C 096/22)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: IOIP Holdings LLC (Fort Wayne, United States) (represented by: H. Dhondt and S. Kinart, lawyers)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 September 2013 (Case R 1028/2013-2), concerning an application for registration of the word sign GLISTEN as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders IOIP Holdings LLC to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 61, 1.3.2014.
Case C-175/13: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 10 February 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus — Estonia) — Liivimaa Lihaveis MTÜ v Eesti-Läti programmi 2007-2013 Seirekomitee (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 267 TFEU — Action against a decision ordering a reference for a preliminary ruling — No case pending before the court hearing that action — Manifest inadmissibility)
Date: 2015-02-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Estonia, eligibility criteria, fund (EU), jurisdiction








C_2015146EN.01000601.xml










4.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 146/6





Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 10 February 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus — Estonia) — Liivimaa Lihaveis MTÜ v Eesti-Läti programmi 2007-2013 Seirekomitee

(Case C-175/13) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 267 TFEU - Action against a decision ordering a reference for a preliminary ruling - No case pending before the court hearing that action - Manifest inadmissibility))
(2015/C 146/07)
Language of the case: Estonian

Referring court

Riigikohus

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Liivimaa Lihaveis MTÜ

Defendant: Eesti-Läti programmi 2007-2013 Seirekomitee

Third party: Eesti Vabariigi Siseministeerium

Operative part of the order

The request for a preliminary ruling made by the Riigikohus (Estonia), by decision of 21 March 2013, is manifestly inadmissible.


(1)  OJ C 156, 1.6.2013.
Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2015/247 of 10 February 2015 on the appointment of the Head of Mission of the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN) (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN/1/2015)
Date: 2015-02-10
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: Afghanistan, EU police mission, appointment of members








L_2015041EN.01002401.xml










17.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 41/24








            POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION (CFSP) 2015/247
of 10 February 2015
         
on the appointment of the Head of Mission of the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN) (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN/1/2015)


THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular the third paragraph of Article 38 thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision 2010/279/CFSP of 18 May 2010 on the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN) (1), and in particular Article 10(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 10(1) of Decision 2010/279/CFSP, the Council authorised the Political and Security Committee, in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 38 of the Treaty, to take the relevant decisions for the purpose of political control and strategic direction of the EUPOL AFGHANISTAN mission, including the decision to appoint a Head of Mission.












(2)


On 17 December 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/922/CFSP (2) extending the duration of EUPOL AFGHANISTAN until 31 December 2016.












(3)


The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy has proposed the appointment of Ms Pia STJERNVALL as Head of Mission of EUPOL AFGHANISTAN, from 16 February 2015 until 31 December 2015,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Ms Pia STJERNVALL is hereby appointed as Head of Mission of EUPOL AFGHANISTAN as from 16 February 2015 until 31 December 2015.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 10 February 2015.


For the Political and Security Committee


The Chairperson

W. STEVENS
            





(1)  
            OJ L 123, 19.5.2010, p. 4.

(2)  Council Decision 2014/922/CFSP of 17 December 2014 amending and extending Decision 2010/279/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN) (OJ L 363, 18.12.2014, p. 152).
Case C-305/14: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 10 February 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Satu Mare — Romania) — Sergiu Lucian Băbăşan v Inspectoratul Judtean de Politie Satu Mare (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — National legislation according to which prior authorisation is required for the organisation of a public meeting — Failure to implement EU law — Manifest lack of jurisdiction of the Court of Justice)
Date: 2015-02-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU law - national law, EU national, Romania, application of EU law, freedom of assembly








C_2015146EN.01001102.xml










4.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 146/11





Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 10 February 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Satu Mare — Romania) — Sergiu Lucian Băbăşan v Inspectoratul Judtean de Politie Satu Mare
(Case C-305/14) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - National legislation according to which prior authorisation is required for the organisation of a public meeting - Failure to implement EU law - Manifest lack of jurisdiction of the Court of Justice))
(2015/C 146/17)
Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Tribunalul Satu Mare

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Sergiu Lucian Băbăşan

Defendant: Inspectoratul Judtean de Politie Satu Mare

Operative part of the order

The Court of Justice of the European Union manifestly lacks jurisdiction to answer the questions referred by the Tribunalul Satu Mare (Romania) by its decision of 7 March 2014.


(1)  OJ C 329, 22.9.2014.