do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/270 of 17 February 2015 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Meloa de Santa Maria — Açores (PGI))
Date: 2015-02-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Azores, Portugal, designation of origin, fruit vegetable, labelling, product designation








L_2015047EN.01000801.xml










20.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 47/8








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/270
of 17 February 2015
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Meloa de Santa Maria — Açores (PGI))


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


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

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Portugal's application to register the name ‘Meloa de Santa Maria — Açores’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Meloa de Santa Maria — Açores’ (PGI) is hereby entered in the register.
The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.6. Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed, as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 (3).


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




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 February 2015.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
            

Member of the Commission






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

(2)  
            OJ C 350, 4.10.2014, p. 24.

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 36).
Case T-73/15: Action brought on 17 February 2015 — Aston Martin Lagonda v OHIM (Representation of a grille positioned on the front of a motor vehicle)
Date: 2015-02-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, motor vehicle industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015118EN.01003901.xml










13.4.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 118/39





Action brought on 17 February 2015 — Aston Martin Lagonda v OHIM (Representation of a grille positioned on the front of a motor vehicle)
(Case T-73/15)
(2015/C 118/49)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd (Gaydon, United Kingdom) (represented by: D. Farnsworth, Solicitor)

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

Details of the proceedings before OHIM


Trade mark at issue: Community mark indicated as ‘other’ (Representation of a grille positioned on the front of a motor vehicle) — Application for registration No 1 2 2 18  426

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 December 2014 in Case R 1796/2014-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision insofar as it upheld the conclusion of the examiner that the mark applied for prima facie lacked distinctive character for the goods and services in question;










—


allow the community trade mark application No 1 2 2 18  426 to proceed to publication;










—


order OHIM to pay the costs.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009.
Council Decision of 17 February 2015 appointing three members of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board
Date: 2015-02-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU statistics, advisory committee (EU), appointment of members, governance








C_2015070EN.01000201.xml










27.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 70/2





COUNCIL DECISION
of 17 February 2015
appointing three members of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board
(2015/C 70/03)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Decision No 235/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 establishing the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Commission,
Whereas:






(1)


On 24 January 2012 the Council adopted Decision 2012/59/EU (2) appointing three members of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (‘the Board’) for a period of three years from 23 March 2012.










(2)


It is therefore necessary to appoint three new members to take office upon expiry of those terms of office. In order to harmonise the terms of office of all new Board members, their terms of office should begin on 1 February 2015.










(3)


According to Article 3(2) of Decision No 235/2008/EC, the members of the Board are to be selected from among experts possessing outstanding competence in the field of statistics,




HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following persons are hereby appointed as the members representing the Council in the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board for a period of three years from 1 February 2015:






—


Mr Günter KOPSCH,










—


Ms Pilar MARTÍN-GUZMÁN,










—


Mr Enrico GIOVANNINI.




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

Done at Brussels, 17 February 2015.


For the Council


The President

J. REIRS




(1)  OJ L 73, 15.3.2008, p. 17.

(2)  Council Decision 2012/59/EU of 24 January 2012 appointing three members of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (OJ L 30, 2.2.2012, p. 17).
Case F-28/15: Action brought on 17 February 2015 — ZZ v Commission
Date: 2015-02-17
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European official, staff regulations (EU), transfer of pension rights








C_2015146EN.01004902.xml










4.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 146/49





Action brought on 17 February 2015 — ZZ v Commission
(Case F-28/15)
(2015/C 146/68)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (represented by: J.-N. Louis and N. de Montigny)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the final decision to transfer the applicant’s pension rights into the European Union pension scheme under the new general implementing provisions (GIPs) of Article 11(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations of 3 March 2011.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of the Commission of 19 June 2014 fixing the calculation of the applicant’s pension rights to be credited acquired before his entry into service with the Commission;










—


Order the Commission to pay the costs.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7496 — Panasonic/Ficosa Inversion/Ficosa International) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2015-02-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronics industry, merger control, multinational enterprise, vehicle parts








C_2015057EN.01000701.xml










17.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 57/7





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7496 — Panasonic/Ficosa Inversion/Ficosa International)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 57/08)






1.


On 10 February 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Panasonic Corporation (‘Panasonic’, Japan) and Ficosa Inversion S.L. (‘Ficosa’, Spain) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control over Ficosa International S.A. (‘FI’, Spain) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Panasonic: active worldwide in the development and engineering of electronic technologies and solutions for customers in residential, non-residential, mobility and personal applications,
—   for Ficosa: a holding company holding the shares in FI,
—   FI: active through its subsidiaries in investigation, development, manufacture and commercialisation of systems and components for different types of vehicles.










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 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 the 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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7496 — Panasonic/Ficosa Inversion/Ficosa International 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.
Council Recommendation of 17 February 2015 concerning the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (eighth EDF) for the financial year 2013
Date: 2015-02-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, European Development Fund, implementation of the budget








C_2015066EN.01000101.xml










24.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 66/1





COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION
of 17 February 2015
concerning the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (eighth EDF) for the financial year 2013
(2015/C 66/01)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the fourth ACP-EEC Convention, signed at Lomé on 15 December 1989 (1) and amended by the Agreement signed in Mauritius on 4 November 1995 (2),
Having regard to the Internal Agreement between the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the financing and administration of the Community aid under the Second Financial Protocol to the fourth ACP-EC Convention (3) (the ‘Internal Agreement’) setting up, amongst others, the eighth European Development Fund (eighth EDF), and in particular Article 33(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Financial Regulation 98/430/EC of 16 June 1998 applicable to development finance cooperation under the fourth ACP-EC Convention (4), and in particular Articles 66 to 74 thereof,
Having examined the revenue and expenditure account and the balance sheet relating to the operations of the eighth EDF as at 31 December 2013 and the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors on the activities funded by the 8th, 9th and 10th European Development Funds (EDFs) concerning the financial year 2013, together with the Commission’s replies contained in that Annual Report (5),
Whereas:






(1)


Pursuant to Article 33(3) of the Internal Agreement, the discharge for the financial management of the eighth EDF is to be given to the Commission by the European Parliament on the recommendation of the Council.










(2)


The overall implementation by the Commission of the operations of the eighth EDF during the financial year 2013 has been satisfactory,




HEREBY RECOMMENDS that the European Parliament give the Commission a discharge in respect of the implementation of the operations of the eighth EDF for the financial year 2013.

Done at Brussels, 17 February 2015.


For the Council


The President

J. REIRS




(1)  OJ L 229, 17.8.1991, p. 3.

(2)  OJ L 156, 29.5.1998, p. 3.

(3)  OJ L 156, 29.5.1998, p. 108.

(4)  OJ L 191, 7.7.1998, p. 53.

(5)  OJ C 398, 12.11.2014, p. 289.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7337 — IMS Health/Cegedim Business)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2015-02-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, health care, market research, merger control








C_2015057EN.01000101.xml










17.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 57/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7337 — IMS Health/Cegedim Business)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 57/01)
On 19 December 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) in conjunction with Article 6(2) 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 32014M7337. 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.7417 — Sime Darby/New Britain Palm Oil)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2015-02-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cattle, economic concentration, engine, industrial equipment, merger control, property development, provision of services, sugar, vegetable oil








C_2015057EN.01000201.xml










17.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 57/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7417 — Sime Darby/New Britain Palm Oil)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 57/03)
On 23 January 2015, 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 32015M7417. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case F-29/15: Action brought on 17 February 2015 — ZZ v Entreprise Commune ECSEL
Date: 2015-02-17
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: damages, servant (EU), staff assessment








C_2015146EN.01005001.xml










4.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 146/50





Action brought on 17 February 2015 — ZZ v Entreprise Commune ECSEL
(Case F-29/15)
(2015/C 146/69)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (represented by: V.A. Christianos, lawyer)

Defendant: Entreprise Commune ECSEL

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Compensation for the non-pecuniary harm allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of the illegalities committed by the defendant in establishing his annual staff report for 2012

Form of order sought







—


Order the Entreprise Commune ECSEL to compensate the applicant for the non-pecuniary harm caused by all its unlawful conduct referred to in the application by paying the applicant the sum of forty thousand euros (EUR 40  000) together with interest from the day of delivery of the judgment and until its payment in full;










—


Order the Entreprise Commune ECSEL to pay the costs.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2015-02-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2015057EN.01000501.xml










17.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 57/5





Euro exchange rates (1)

16 February 2015
(2015/C 57/06)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1408




JPY


Japanese yen


135,26




DKK


Danish krone


7,4440




GBP


Pound sterling


0,74210




SEK


Swedish krona


9,5838




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0626




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,6035




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,638




HUF


Hungarian forint


306,91




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1832




RON


Romanian leu


4,4452




TRY


Turkish lira


2,7919




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4669




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4206




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,8500




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5193




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5481




KRW


South Korean won


1 257,23




ZAR


South African rand


13,2698




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,1292




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,7140




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 524,29




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,0846




PHP


Philippine peso


50,393




RUB


Russian rouble


71,4700




THB


Thai baht


37,181




BRL


Brazilian real


3,2336




MXN


Mexican peso


16,9608




INR


Indian rupee


70,9736






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Corrigendum to notice of open competition EPSO/AST-SC/03/15 — Secretaries/Clerks (SC 1 and SC 2) in the following fields: 1. Administrative support, 2. Financial support, 3. Secretarial support ( OJ C 3 A, 8.1.2015 )
Date: 2015-02-17
Institutions: Provisional data
Subjects: EPSO, assistant, competition (EU), secretarial staff








CA2015057EN.01000101.xml










17.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 57/1





Corrigendum to notice of open competition EPSO/AST-SC/03/15 — Secretaries/Clerks (SC 1 and SC 2) in the following fields: 1. Administrative support, 2. Financial support, 3. Secretarial support
(
Official Journal of the European Union C 3 A of 8 January 2015
)
(2015/C 057 A/01)
Page 2, Section I, point 3:







instead of:



‘Deadline (including validation): 10 February 2015 at 12.00 (midday), Brussels time.’,











read:



‘Deadline (including validation): 17 February 2015 at 12.00 (midday), Brussels time.’.