do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Decision of 10 March 2015 designating the sites awarded the European Heritage Label in 2014
Date: 2015-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European symbol, heritage protection, historic site, history of Europe








C_2015083EN.01000301.xml










11.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 83/3





COMMISSION DECISION
of 10 March 2015
designating the sites awarded the European Heritage Label in 2014
(2015/C 83/03)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Decision No 1194/2011/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 establishing a European Union action for the European Heritage Label (1), and in particular Article 14(1) thereof,
Whereas:






(1)


On 17 December 2014, the European panel transmitted to the Commission its report regarding the selection process of sites for the attribution of the European Heritage Label in 2014 and, taking into account its recommendations, the Commission should designate the sites to be awarded the label.










(2)


In accordance with Article 15 of Decision No 1194/2011/EU, each site awarded the label should be monitored on a regular basis in order to ensure that it continues to meet the criteria and that it respects the project and work plan submitted in its application for the selection,




HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
The European Heritage Label is awarded to the heart of Ancient Athens (Greece), the Abbey of Cluny (France), the Archive of the crown of Aragon (Spain), the Union of Lublin (Poland), the Sites of the Peace of Westphalia (Germany), the Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal), the 3 May 1791 Constitution (Poland), the Hambach Castle (Germany), the Charter of Law of Abolition of the Death Penalty (Portugal), the Residencia de Estudiantes (Spain), the Kaunas of 1919-40 (Lithuania), the Franja Partisan Hospital (Slovenia), the Robert Schuman’s House (France), the Museo Casa Alcide de Gasperi (Italy), the Historic Gdansk Shipyard (Poland) and the Pan-European Picnic Memorial Park (Hungary).

Done at Brussels, 10 March 2015.


For the Commission

Tibor NAVRACSICS

Member of the Commission





(1)  OJ L 303, 22.11.2011, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2015-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2015082EN.01000301.xml










10.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 82/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

9 March 2015
(2015/C 82/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0860




JPY


Japanese yen


131,31




DKK


Danish krone


7,4504




GBP


Pound sterling


0,71860




SEK


Swedish krona


9,1865




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0691




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,5785




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,251




HUF


Hungarian forint


305,21




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1181




RON


Romanian leu


4,4428




TRY


Turkish lira


2,8334




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4043




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3674




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,4264




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,4730




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4979




KRW


South Korean won


1 209,21




ZAR


South African rand


13,1281




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


6,8034




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6325




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 192,50




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,9943




PHP


Philippine peso


48,018




RUB


Russian rouble


66,0600




THB


Thai baht


35,371




BRL


Brazilian real


3,3620




MXN


Mexican peso


16,8091




INR


Indian rupee


68,0710






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2015-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: India, anti-dumping duty, coal, electrical equipment, import (EU), originating product








C_2015082EN.01000501.xml










10.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 82/5





Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
(2015/C 82/06)
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 Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009.









Product


Country(ies) of origin or exportation


Measures


Reference


Date of expiry (3)





Certain graphite electrode systems


India


Anti-dumping duty


Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1186/2010 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain graphite electrode systems originating in India (OJ L 332, 16.12.2010, p. 17).


17.12.2015






(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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7492 — BBVA/Garanti)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2015-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, credit institution, economic concentration, merger control








C_2015082EN.01000201.xml










10.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 82/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7492 — BBVA/Garanti)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 82/03)
On 3 March 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 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 32015M7492. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Council Decision (EU) 2015/431 of 10 March 2015 amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of the Lietuvos bankas
Date: 2015-03-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Lithuania, accountant, auditing, central bank




L_2015070EN.01004501.xml










14.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 70/45








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2015/431
of 10 March 2015
         
amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of the Lietuvos bankas


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Protocol (No 4) on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular to Article 27.1 thereof,


Having regard to Recommendation ECB/2014/58 of the European Central Bank of 16 December 2014 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of Lietuvos bankas (1),

Whereas:







(1)


The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Eurosystem are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the Governing Council of the ECB and approved by the Council of the European Union.












(2)


Pursuant to Article 1 of Council Decision 2014/509/EU (2) Lithuania fulfils the necessary conditions for the adoption of the euro, and the derogation in favour of Lithuania referred to in Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession (3) is abrogated with effect from 1 January 2015.












(3)


The Governing Council of the ECB recommended that UAB PricewaterhouseCoopers be appointed as the external auditors of the Lietuvos bankas for the financial years 2015 to 2017.












(4)


It is appropriate to follow the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB and to amend Council Decision 1999/70/EC (4) accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following paragraph is added to Article 1 of Decision 1999/70/EC:

‘19.   UAB PricewaterhouseCoopers are hereby approved as the external auditors of the Lietuvos bankas for the financial years 2015 to 2017’
.

Article 2
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification.


Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the European Central Bank.




Done at Brussels, 10 March 2015.


For the Council


The President

J. REIRS
            





(1)  
            OJ C 465, 24.12.2014, p. 1.

(2)  Council Decision 2014/509/EU of 23 July 2014 on the adoption by Lithuania of the euro on 1 January 2015 (OJ L 228, 31.7.2014, p. 29).

(3)  
            OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33.

(4)  Council Decision 1999/70/EC of 25 January 1999 concerning the external auditors of the national central banks (OJ L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 69).
Case F-42/15: Action brought on 10 March 2015 — ZZ v Commission
Date: 2015-03-10
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: Luxembourg, pay, servant (EU), social-security benefit, wage determination








C_2015178EN.01002802.xml










1.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 178/28





Action brought on 10 March 2015 — ZZ v Commission
(Case F-42/15)
(2015/C 178/32)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (represented by: A. Salerno, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the salary statement of May 2014, in so far as it applies Regulation (EU) No 423/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 adjusting with effect from 1 July 2012 the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Union, itself unlawful since it does not provide for a weighting of the remuneration of officials who work in Luxembourg, where the cost of living is appreciably higher than in Brussels.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision fixing his pay for May 2014, in so far as it does not provide for him to benefit from any weighting;










—


Order the defendant to pay all the costs of the proceedings.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7514 — American Express/Credit Suisse/Swisscard) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2015-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronic money, merger control








C_2015082EN.01000601.xml










10.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 82/6





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7514 — American Express/Credit Suisse/Swisscard)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 82/07)






1.


On 3 March 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings American Express Swiss Holdings GmbH, ultimately controlled by American Express Company (together American Express, United States) and Credit Suisse Group AG (Credit Suisse, Switzerland) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Swisscard AECS GmbH (Swisscard, Switzerland) by way of purchase of shares in a company constituting a joint venture.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for American Express: provision of credit card financial services and business and leisure travel services to consumers and businesses around the world; payment card issuing and merchant acquiring worldwide,
—   for Credit Suisse: provision of financial services to individuals, businesses and institutional customers worldwide,
—   for Swisscard: general purpose card issuing and American Express merchant acquiring in Switzerland and Lichtenstein.










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 the 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 this 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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7514 — American Express/Credit Suisse/Swisscard, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7524 — Lone Star/Hanson Building Entities)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2015-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, credit institution, economic concentration, merger control








C_2015082EN.01000102.xml










10.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 82/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7524 — Lone Star/Hanson Building Entities)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 82/02)
On 4 March 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 32015M7524. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-491/14: Order of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 March 2015 (requet for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil No 3 de Madrid — Spain) — Rosa dels Vents Assessoria SL v U Hostels Albergues Juveniles SL (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure — Trade marks — Directive 2008/95/EC — Article 5(1) — Concept of ‘third party’ — Proprietor of a later trade mark)
Date: 2015-03-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, commercial transaction, graphic illustration, legal person, natural person, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015213EN.01001301.xml










29.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 213/13





Order of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 March 2015 (requet for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil No 3 de Madrid — Spain) — Rosa dels Vents Assessoria SL v U Hostels Albergues Juveniles SL
(Case C-491/14) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure - Trade marks - Directive 2008/95/EC - Article 5(1) - Concept of ‘third party’ - Proprietor of a later trade mark))
(2015/C 213/19)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado de lo Mercantil No 3 de Madrid

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Rosa dels Vents Assessoria SL

Defendant: U Hostels Albergues Juveniles SL

Operative part of the order

Article 5(1) of Directive 2008/95/EC of the European Parliament and the Council, of 22 October 2008, to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks, must be interpreted as meaning that the exclusive right of the proprietor of a trade mark to prevent any third party from using, in course of trade, signs identical with or similar to his mark extends to a third-party proprietor of a later trade mark, without the need for that latter mark to have been declared invalid beforehand.


(1)  OJ C 26, 26.1.2015.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7326 — Medtronic/Covidien)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2015-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, medical device, merger control








C_2015082EN.01000101.xml










10.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 82/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7326 — Medtronic/Covidien)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 82/01)
On 28 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 English 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 32014M7326. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1071/2014 of 10 October 2014 on exceptional support measures for the eggs and poultrymeat sectors in Italy ( OJ L 295, 11.10.2014 )
Date: 2015-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, avian influenza, co-financing, egg, financial intervention, market support, poultry, poultrymeat, principle of additionality, veterinary inspection








L_2015065EN.01002201.xml










10.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 65/22







Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1071/2014 of 10 October 2014 on exceptional support measures for the eggs and poultrymeat sectors in Italy

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 295 of 11 October 2014
)


On page 53, Article 1, third paragraph, point (e)(ii):
for:







‘(ii)


EUR 0,162354 per chick of roosters for a maximum of 436 247 heads;’




,read:







‘(ii)


EUR 0,162354 per chick of rural chickens for a maximum of 436 247 heads;’




.
Case C-7/15: Order of the President of the Court of 10 March 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Essen — Germany) — Staatsanwaltschaft Essen v Kanapathippilai Kanageswaran
Date: 2015-03-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: economic sanctions, international sanctions, organisation, terrorism








C_2015213EN.01002301.xml










29.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 213/23





Order of the President of the Court of 10 March 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Essen — Germany) — Staatsanwaltschaft Essen v Kanapathippilai Kanageswaran
(Case C-7/15) (1)

(2015/C 213/42)
Language of the case: German
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 127, 20.4.2015.
Notice of the impending expiry of certain countervailing measures
Date: 2015-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: India, anti-dumping duty, carbon, countervailing charge, electrical equipment, import (EU), originating product








C_2015082EN.01000401.xml










10.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 82/4





Notice of the impending expiry of certain countervailing measures
(2015/C 82/05)
1.   As provided for in Article 18(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 of 11 June 2009 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community (1), the European Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the countervailing 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 subsidisation 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 18(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 of 11 June 2009.









Product


Country(ies) of origin or exportation


Measures


Reference


Date of expiry (3)





Certain graphite electrode systems


India


Countervailing duty


Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1185/2010 imposing definitive countervailing duty on imports of certain graphite electrode systems originating in India (OJ L 332, 16.12.2010, p. 1).


17.12.2015






(1)  OJ L 188, 18.7.2009, p. 93.

(2)  Fax +32 22956505.

(3)  The measure expires at midnight of the day mentioned in this column.