do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Special Report No 1/2015 ‘Inland Waterway Transport in Europe: No significant improvements in modal share and navigability conditions since 2001’
Date: 2015-03-04
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: inland transport, inland waterway transport, transport quota








C_2015075EN.01000201.xml










4.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 75/2





Special Report No 1/2015 ‘Inland Waterway Transport in Europe: No significant improvements in modal share and navigability conditions since 2001’
(2015/C 75/02)
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 1/2015 ‘Inland Waterway Transport in Europe: No significant improvements in modal share and navigability conditions since 2001’ has just been published.
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Case T-459/14: Order of the General Court of 4 March 2015 — Messi Cuccittini v OHIM — Pires Freitas Campos (LEO)
Date: 2015-03-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, commercial vehicle, fundamental rights, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015138EN.01006702.xml










27.4.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 138/67





Order of the General Court of 4 March 2015 — Messi Cuccittini v OHIM — Pires Freitas Campos (LEO)
(Case T-459/14) (1)

(2015/C 138/87)
Language of the case: Spanish
The President of the Fifth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 329, 22.9.2014.
Recruitment for the European Medicines Agency (London)
Date: 2015-03-04
Institutions: European Medicines Agency
Subjects: European Medicines Agency, audit, corporate governance, job vacancy








CA2015075EN.01000101.xml










4.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 75/1





RECRUITMENT FOR THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY (LONDON)
(2015/C 075 A/01)
 
The Agency is responsible for coordinating the evaluation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use in the European Union (see Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1)). The Agency was established in January 1995. It has many close contacts with the European Commission, the 28 EU Member States, the EEA-EFTA countries and many other groups in government and the private sector.
Further information on the Agency and its activities is readily accessible through the internet; our web address is http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is organising a selection procedure with a view to drawing up a reserve list for:

EMA/CA/L/052: Internal Audit Officer, Audit (long-term Contract Staff FG IV).


EMA/AD/371: Planning officer in Corporate Governance Department (AD 6).

Selected candidates will be included on a reserve list and, depending on the budgetary situation, may be offered a five-year renewable contract in accordance with the Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Union (2).
The place of employment shall be London.
Candidates must be nationals of a Member State of the European Union, or of Iceland, Norway or Liechtenstein, on condition that they have full rights as a citizen.






The complete conditions and job description should be downloaded from the Agency website:


http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/ under ‘Careers at the Agency’.


Applications have to be submitted electronically using the form available on the Agency website. Deadline for submission of application forms is 4 April 2015 at midnight.


Please note that due to the large number of applications the Agency may receive, when reaching the deadline for submission of applications, the system may have problems to process the large amounts of data. Applicants are therefore advised to send in their application well ahead of the deadline.





If you wish to receive notification of vacancy publications electronically please register online for an RSS feed at http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/ under ‘RSS news feeds’.


(1)  OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 287, 29.10.2013, p. 15.
Case T-558/13: Judgment of the General Court of 4 March 2015 — FSA v OHIM — Motokit Veículos e Acessórios (FSA K-FORCE) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark FSA K-FORCE — Earlier Community word mark FORCE-X — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)
Date: 2015-03-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, two-wheeled vehicle, vehicle parts








C_2015127EN.01002501.xml










20.4.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 127/25





Judgment of the General Court of 4 March 2015 — FSA v OHIM — Motokit Veículos e Acessórios (FSA K-FORCE)
(Case T-558/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark FSA K-FORCE - Earlier Community word mark FORCE-X - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009))
(2015/C 127/34)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: FSA Srl (Busnago, Italy) (represented by: M. Locatelli and M. Cartella, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Motokit Veículos e Acessórios, SA (Vagos, Portugal)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 5 August 2013 (Case R 436/2012-2), relating to invalidity proceedings between Motokit Veículos e Acessórios, SA and FSA Srl.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 5 August 2013 (Case R 436/2012-2);










2)


Orders OHIM to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 24, 25.1.2014.
Case T-572/12: Judgment of the General Court of 4 March 2015 — Nissan Jidosha v OHIM (CVTC) (Community trade mark — Request for renewal of the Community figurative mark CVTC — Partial renewal — Article 47 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2015-03-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, motor vehicle industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015127EN.01002101.xml










20.4.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 127/21





Judgment of the General Court of 4 March 2015 — Nissan Jidosha v OHIM (CVTC)
(Case T-572/12) (1)

((Community trade mark - Request for renewal of the Community figurative mark CVTC - Partial renewal - Article 47 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2015/C 127/28)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Nissan Jidosha KK (Yokohama, Japan) (represented by: B. Brandreth, Barrister, and D. Cañadas Arcas, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented: initially by F. Mattina, and subsequently by P. Bullock, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 September 2012 (Case R 2469/2011-1), relating to a request for renewal of the registration of the Community figurative mark CVTC.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Dismisses the action;










2)


Orders Nissan Jidosha KK to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 79, 16.3.2013.
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 0,05 % on 1 March 2015 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2015-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, financing, interest








C_2015075EN.01000101.xml










4.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 75/1





Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (1):
0,05 % on 1 March 2015
Euro exchange rates (2)

3 March 2015
(2015/C 75/01)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1168




JPY


Japanese yen


133,74




DKK


Danish krone


7,4533




GBP


Pound sterling


0,72760




SEK


Swedish krona


9,2765




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0736




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,6095




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,453




HUF


Hungarian forint


305,07




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1582




RON


Romanian leu


4,4563




TRY


Turkish lira


2,8296




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4288




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3981




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,6609




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,4807




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5222




KRW


South Korean won


1 225,66




ZAR


South African rand


13,1696




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,0043




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6720




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 513,01




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,0597




PHP


Philippine peso


49,220




RUB


Russian rouble


69,5600




THB


Thai baht


36,131




BRL


Brazilian real


3,2536




MXN


Mexican peso


16,7967




INR


Indian rupee


69,1544






(1)  Rate applied to the most recent operation carried out before the indicated day. In the case of a variable rate tender, the interest rate is the marginal rate.

(2)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-543/13: Judgment of the General Court of 4 March 2015 — Three-N-Products v OHIM — Munindra (PRANAYUR) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark PRANAYUR — Earlier Community word mark AYUR and earlier Community figurative marks Ayur, Ayur Naturals Herbals and Aanb — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2015-03-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cosmetics industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015127EN.01002402.xml










20.4.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 127/24





Judgment of the General Court of 4 March 2015 — Three-N-Products v OHIM — Munindra (PRANAYUR)
(Case T-543/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark PRANAYUR - Earlier Community word mark AYUR and earlier Community figurative marks Ayur, Ayur Naturals Herbals and Aanb - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2015/C 127/33)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Three-N-Products Private Ltd (New Delhi, India) (represented by: N. Colombo, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Munindra Holding BV (Lelystad, Netherlands)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 25 July 2013 (Case R 638/2012-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Three-N-Products Private Ltd and Munindra Holding BV.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Dismisses the action;










2)


Orders Three-N-Products Private Ltd to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 367, 14.12.2013.
Case C-112/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret (Denmark) lodged on 4 March 2015 — Kødbranchens Fællesråd acting on behalf of Århus Slagtehus A/S and Others v Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri, Fødevarestyrelsen
Date: 2015-03-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: animal feedingstuffs, food inspection, in-service training, interpretation of the law, marketing standard, pay, public sector, veterinary inspection








C_2015146EN.01003001.xml










4.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 146/30





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret (Denmark) lodged on 4 March 2015 — Kødbranchens Fællesråd acting on behalf of Århus Slagtehus A/S and Others v Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri, Fødevarestyrelsen
(Case C-112/15)
(2015/C 146/36)
Language of the case: Danish

Referring court

Østre Landsret

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Kødbranchens Fællesråd acting on behalf of Århus Slagtehus A/S, Danish Crown A.m.b.A. Oksekødsdivisionen, Hadsund Kreaturslagteri A/S, Hjalmar Nielsens Eksportslageri A/S, Kjellerup Eksportslagteri A/S, Mogens Nielsen Kreaturslagteri A/S, Vejle Eksportsla A/S








Defendants



:








1.


Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri










2.


Fødevarestyrelsen









Question referred

Must Article 27(4)(a) of, read in conjunction with points 1 and 2 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 (1) 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, be interpreted as meaning that the Member States, in setting the fee charged to food establishments, are precluded from including expenditure for the salaries and training of the public-sector staff who are hired for the purpose of completing training which fulfils the requirements for ‘official auxiliary’: see Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 (2) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption, but who, prior to being accepted into the training or in the course of their training do not conduct meat inspections?


(1)  OJ 2004 L 165, p. 1.

(2)  OJ 2004 L 139, p. 206.
Case T-496/11: Judgment of the General Court of 4 March 2015 — United Kingdom v ECB (Economic and monetary policy — ECB — Action for annulment — Eurosystem Oversight Policy Framework — Challengeable act — Admissibility — Oversight of payment and securities settlement systems — Application to central counterparty clearing systems of a requirement to be located in a Member State party to the Eurosystem — Competence of the ECB)
Date: 2015-03-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Central Bank, clearing agreement, euro area, infringement of EU law, legal domicile, market access, powers of the institutions (EU)








C_2015127EN.01001801.xml










20.4.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 127/18





Judgment of the General Court of 4 March 2015 — United Kingdom v ECB
(Case T-496/11) (1)

((Economic and monetary policy - ECB - Action for annulment - Eurosystem Oversight Policy Framework - Challengeable act - Admissibility - Oversight of payment and securities settlement systems - Application to central counterparty clearing systems of a requirement to be located in a Member State party to the Eurosystem - Competence of the ECB))
(2015/C 127/24)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented initially by S. Ossowski, S. Behzadi-Spencer and E. Jenkinson, subsequently by S. Behzadi-Spencer and E. Jenkinson, and finally by V. Kaye, acting as Agents, and by K. Beal QC and P. Saini QC)

Defendant: European Central Bank (ECB) (represented initially by A. Sáinz de Vicuña Barroso and K. Laurinavičius, subsequently by A. Sáinz de Vicuña Barroso and P. Papapaschalis and finally by P. Papapaschalis and P. Senkovic, acting as Agents, and by R. Subiotto QC, F.-C. Laprévote, lawyer, and P. Stuart, Barrister)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Kingdom of Sweden (represented by A. Falk, C. Meyer-Seitz, C. Stege, S. Johannesson, U. Persson and H. Karlsson, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by A. Rubio González, abogado del Estado); and French Republic (represented by G. de Bergues, D. Colas and E. Ranaivoson, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action for annulment of the Eurosystem Oversight Policy Framework published by the ECB on 5 July 2011, in so far as it sets a location requirement applicable to central counterparties established in Member States that are not party to the Eurosystem.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Annuls the Eurosystem Oversight Policy Framework, published by the European Central Bank (ECB) on 5 July 2011, in so far as it sets a requirement to be located within a Member State party to the Eurosystem for central counterparties involved in the clearing of securities;










2)


Orders the ECB to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;










3)


Orders the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic and the Kingdom of Sweden to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 340, 19.11.2011.
Case C-111/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Upravno sodišče Republike Slovenije (Slovenia) lodged on 4 March 2015 — Občina Gorje v Republic of Slovenia
Date: 2015-03-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU aid, EU law - national law, Slovenia, financial aid, fund (EU), investment, invitation to tender, rural development








C_2015245EN.01000201.xml










27.7.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 245/2





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Upravno sodišče Republike Slovenije (Slovenia) lodged on 4 March 2015 — Občina Gorje v Republic of Slovenia
(Case C-111/15)
(2015/C 245/02)
Language of the case: Slovenian

Referring court

Upravno sodišče Republike Slovenije

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Občina Gorje

Defendant: Republic of Slovenia

Questions referred







1.


Must Regulation No 1698/2005[/EC] (1), in particular Article 71(3) thereof, pursuant to which the rules on eligibility of expenditure are to be set at national level, subject to the special conditions laid down by that regulation for certain rural development measures, be interpreted as precluding the national legislation set out in Article 79(4) of [the Decree on measures implementing Axes 1, 3 and 4 of the Rural Development Programme of the Republic of Slovenia for the period 2007-2013, in the years 2010 to 2013 (‘the RDP Decree’)] and in point 3 of Section VI of the invitation to tender, pursuant to which only expenses incurred after the date of adoption of the decision on the right to obtain funding (until the end of the investment period or, at the latest, 30 June 2015) constitute eligible investment expenditure?










2.


If the answer to the first question is in the negative, must Regulation No 1698/2005, in particular Article 71(3) thereof, be interpreted as precluding the national legislation set out in Article 56(4) of the Zakon o kmetijstvu (Law on agriculture), in accordance with which any claim that does not meet the requirements of Article 79(4) of the RDP Decree on eligible investment expenditure incurred after the date of adoption of the decision [on the right to obtain funding] must be rejected in its entirety?






(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), OJ 2005 L 277, p. 1.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 of 12 June 1996 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 ( OJ L 148, 21.6.1996 )
Date: 2015-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, designation of origin, foodstuff, location of production, product designation








L_2015060EN.01007001.xml










4.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 60/70







Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 of 12 June 1996 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92

(
Official Journal of the European Communities L 148 of 21 June 1996
)


On page 4, Annex, ‘A. Products listed in Annex II to the EC Treaty, intended for human consumption’, ‘Meat-based products’, ‘ITALY’:
for:


                     ‘Prosciutto di S. Daniele (PDO)’
                  
,read:


                     ‘Prosciutto di San Daniele (PDO)’
                  
.
Call for proposals under the multiannual work programme for granting financial aid in the field of the trans-European energy infrastructure under the Connecting Europe Facility for period 2014-20 (Commission Decision C(2015) 1363)
Date: 2015-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, economic support, energy grid, invitation to tender, project evaluation, trans-European network, transport infrastructure, transport network








C_2015075EN.01000301.xml










4.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 75/3





Call for proposals under the multiannual work programme for granting financial aid in the field of the trans-European energy infrastructure under the Connecting Europe Facility for period 2014-20
(Commission Decision C(2015) 1363)
(2015/C 75/03)
The European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy, is hereby launching a call for proposals in order to award grants in accordance with the priorities and objectives defined in the multiannual work programme in the field of the trans-European energy infrastructure under the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2014-20.
Proposals are invited for the following call:
CEF-Energy-2015-1
The indicative amount available for the selected proposals under this call for proposals is EUR 100 million.
The deadline for the submission of proposals is 29 April 2015.
The complete text of the call for proposals is available on:
http://inea.ec.europa.eu/en/cef/cef_energy/apply_for_funding/cef_energy_calls_for_proposals_2015.htm