do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2015-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2015098EN.01000301.xml










25.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 98/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

24 March 2015
(2015/C 98/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0950




JPY


Japanese yen


130,89




DKK


Danish krone


7,4603




GBP


Pound sterling


0,73440




SEK


Swedish krona


9,2889




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0491




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,5935




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,390




HUF


Hungarian forint


302,26




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1131




RON


Romanian leu


4,4110




TRY


Turkish lira


2,8043




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3843




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3649




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,4912




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,4301




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4937




KRW


South Korean won


1 209,42




ZAR


South African rand


12,9620




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


6,7981




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6480




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 150,43




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,9951




PHP


Philippine peso


49,011




RUB


Russian rouble


63,4232




THB


Thai baht


35,569




BRL


Brazilian real


3,4202




MXN


Mexican peso


16,3437




INR


Indian rupee


68,2484






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-563/12: Judgment of the General Court of 25 March 2015 — Central Bank of Iran v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Error of assessment — Right to property — Right to reputation — Proportionality)
Date: 2015-03-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Iran, common foreign and security policy, economic sanctions, fundamental rights, international sanctions, nuclear weapon, ownership, principle of proportionality, right to justice, rights of the defence








C_2015155EN.01002202.xml










11.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 155/22





Judgment of the General Court of 25 March 2015 — Central Bank of Iran v Council
(Case T-563/12) (1)

((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation - Freezing of funds - Obligation to state reasons - Rights of defence - Right to effective judicial protection - Error of assessment - Right to property - Right to reputation - Proportionality))
(2015/C 155/25)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Central Bank of Iran (Tehran (Iran)) (represented by: M. Lester, Barrister)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bishop and V. Piessevaux, acting as Agents)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment, first, of Council Decision 2012/635/CFSP of 15 October 2012 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 282, p. 58), in so far as it maintained, after review, the listing of the applicant’s name in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP of 26 July 2010 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Common Position 2007/140/CFSP (OJ 2010 L 195, p. 39), and, secondly, of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 945/2012 of 15 October 2012 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 282, p. 16), in so far as it maintained, after review, the listing of the applicant’s name in Annex IX to Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010 (OJ 2012 L 88, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Central Bank of Iran to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 55, 23.2.2013.
Commission notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community — Public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services
Date: 2015-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, air transport, inland transport, public service, transport regulations








C_2015098EN.01000901.xml










25.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 98/9





Commission notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community
Public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services
(2015/C 98/09)






Member State


France




Routes concerned


Ajaccio – Paris (Orly)
Ajaccio – Marseille
Ajaccio – Nice
Figari – Paris (Orly)
Figari – Marseille
Figari – Nice




Date of entry into force of the public service obligations


25 March 2016




Address from which the text and any relevant information and/or documentation relating to the public service obligation can be obtained


Decision No 15/005 AC of the Corsican Assembly to amend the public service obligations on scheduled air services between Paris (Orly), Marseille and Nice, on the one hand, and Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi and Figari on the other, and the adoption of the principle of the public service delegation for the operation of air services in Corsica.
http://www.corse.fr/Seance-publique-des-5-et-6-fevrier-2015_a4754.html





Office des Transports de la Corse




M. le Directeur




19 avenue Georges-Pompidou




Quartier Saint-Joseph




BP 501




20189 Ajaccio Cedex 2




FRANCE




E-mail: francis.pian@otc-corse.fr




Tel. +33 495237130




Fax +33 495201631
Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
Date: 2015-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, Germany, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, catch by species, catch quota, fishing area, sea fish, sea fishing, ship's flag








C_2015098EN.01000501.xml










25.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 98/5





Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
(2015/C 98/05)
In accordance with Article 35(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), a decision has been taken to close the fishery as set down in the following table:






Date and time of closure


6.3.2015




Duration


6.3.2015–31.12.2015




Member State


Germany




Stock or Group of stocks


SRX/2AC4-C




Species


Skates and rays (Rajiformes)




Zone


Union waters of IIa and IV




Type(s) of fishing vessels


—




Reference number


03/TQ104






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 TFEU — Cases where the Commission raises no objections  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2015-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, State aid, control of State aid, financial services








C_2015098EN.01000101.xml










25.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 98/1





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 TFEU
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 98/01)







Date of adoption of the decision


25.11.2014


 




Aid number


SA.39854 (14/N)




Member State


Bulgaria




Region


Bulgaria


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


First Investment Bank — Restructuring plan




Legal basis


Article 152 and Article 154(1), (22) and (23) Law on Public finances;
Decision of the Council of the Ministers dated 12.11.2014;
Article 7 State aid Law;




Type of measure


Individual aid


—




Objective


Restructuring firms in difficulty




Form of aid


Other — State deposit




Budget


Overall budget: BGN 900 million




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


Until 28.5.2014




Economic sectors


Financial service activities; except insurance and pension funding




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministry of finance




ул. Г. С. Раковски № 102




1040 София/Sofia




БЪЛГАРИЯ/BULGARIA








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm
Case T-138/15: Action brought on 25 March 2015 — Aanbestedingskalender a.o. v Commission
Date: 2015-03-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, public contract, services of general interest








C_2015198EN.01003901.xml










15.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 198/39





Action brought on 25 March 2015 — Aanbestedingskalender a.o. v Commission
(Case T-138/15)
(2015/C 198/53)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Aanbestedingskalender BV (Ede, Netherlands); Negometrix BV (Amsterdam, Netherlands); CTM Solution BV (Breukelen, Netherlands); Stillpoint Applications BV (Amsterdam, Netherlands); and Huisinga Beheer BV (Amsterdam) (represented by: C. Dekker and L. Fiorilli, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Court should:






—


declare, in accordance with Articles 263 and 264 TFEU, that the part of the European Commission’s Decision of 18 December 2014 SA.34646 (2014/NN) (ex 2012/CP) — The Netherlands E-procurement platform TenderNed finding that the activities of TenderNed qualify as services of (non-economic) general interest and that therefore the implementation and financing of TenderNed does not constitute State aid, is void;










—


order the defendant to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the applicant; and










—


take such further actions as the Court may deem appropriate.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicants rely on one plea in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging that the European Commission has committed a manifest error of assessment and an error of law by finding that the services of TenderNed qualify as services of general (non-economic) interest.






—


The applicants claim that TenderNed’s activities are of an economic character and do not belong to the state prerogative because those services do not emanate from obligations provided by the EU procurement Directives, because TenderNed does not act in the capacity of a public authority, because the activities of TenderNed are not necessary to ensure compliance with the EU procurement Directives, because ensuring compliance with the obligations of the EU Procurement Directives can be achieved by other means and because the Dutch procurement law allows commercial initiatives on the market of e-procurement.
Case T-378/13: Judgment of the General Court of 25 March 2015 — Apple and Pear Australia and Star Fruits Diffusion v OHIM — Carolus C. (English pink) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark English pink — Earlier Community word mark PINK LADY and earlier Community figurative mark Pink Lady — Obligation to state reasons — Duty of diligence — Decisions by a Community trade mark court — No res judicata)
Date: 2015-03-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, fruit-growing, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015155EN.01002301.xml










11.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 155/23





Judgment of the General Court of 25 March 2015 — Apple and Pear Australia and Star Fruits Diffusion v OHIM — Carolus C. (English pink)
(Case T-378/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark English pink - Earlier Community word mark PINK LADY and earlier Community figurative mark Pink Lady - Obligation to state reasons - Duty of diligence - Decisions by a Community trade mark court - No res judicata))
(2015/C 155/26)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: Apple and Pear Australia Ltd (Victoria, Australia) and Star Fruits Diffusion (Caderousse, France) (represented by: T. de Haan and P. Péters, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Carolus C. BVBA (Nieuwerkerken, Belgium)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 May 2013 (Case R 1215/2011-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Apple and Pear Australia Ltd and Star Fruits Diffusion, on the one hand, and Carolus C. BVBA, on the other.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 29 May 2013 (Case R 1215/2011-4);










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay half of those incurred by Apple and Pear Australia Ltd and by Star Fruits Diffusion;










4.


Orders Apple and Pear Australia and Star Fruits Diffusion to bear half of their costs.






(1)  OJ C 260, 7.9.2013.
Commission Decision (EU) 2015/512 of 25 March 2015 amending Decision 1999/352/EC, ECSC, Euratom establishing the European Anti-fraud Office
Date: 2015-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Anti-fraud Office, counterfeiting, euro, fraud against the EU, legislative initiative




L_2015081EN.01000401.xml










26.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 81/4








            COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2015/512
of 25 March 2015
         
amending Decision 1999/352/EC, ECSC, Euratom establishing the European Anti-fraud Office


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 249 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


At the 2104th meeting of the College on 5 November 2014, the Commission decided to reorganise its services and to transfer from the European Anti-fraud Office to the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs the tasks related to the preparation of legislative and regulatory initiatives of the Commission with the objective of the protection of the euro against counterfeiting, and of support in that area through training and technical assistance.












(2)


Commission Decision 1999/352/EC, ECSC, Euratom (1) should therefore be amended.












(3)


As the abovementioned reorganisation of the Commission services became effective on 1 January 2015, the relevant legal provisions should be updated without delay,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Article 2 of Decision 1999/352/EC, ECSC, Euratom is amended as follows:






(1)


in paragraph 2, the second sentence is deleted;










(2)


paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

‘4.   The Office shall be responsible for the preparation of the legislative and regulatory initiatives of the Commission with the objective of fraud prevention as referred to in paragraph 1.’
.





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




Done at Brussels, 25 March 2015.


For the Commission


The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER
            





(1)  Commission Decision 1999/352/EC, ECSC, Euratom of 28 April 1999 establishing the European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF) (OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 20).
Case T-538/11: Judgment of the General Court of 25 March 2015 — Belgium v Commission (State aid — Public health — Aid granted to finance screening tests for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) in bovine animals — Decision declaring aid to be partly compatible and partly incompatible with the internal market — Action for annulment — Adversely affecting act — Admissibility — Notion of advantage — Notion of selectivity)
Date: 2015-03-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, aid to agriculture, animal health, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, cattle, control of State aid, livestock farming








C_2015155EN.01002201.xml










11.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 155/22





Judgment of the General Court of 25 March 2015 — Belgium v Commission
(Case T-538/11) (1)

((State aid - Public health - Aid granted to finance screening tests for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) in bovine animals - Decision declaring aid to be partly compatible and partly incompatible with the internal market - Action for annulment - Adversely affecting act - Admissibility - Notion of advantage - Notion of selectivity))
(2015/C 155/24)
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: C. Pochet and J.-C. Halleux, acting as Agents, assisted by L. Van den Hende, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by H. van Vliet and S. Thomas, and subsequently by H. van Vliet and S. Noë, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2011/678/EU of 27 July 2011 concerning the State aid for financing screening of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) in bovine animals implemented by Belgium (State aid C 44/08 (ex NN 45/04)) (OJ 2011 L 274, p. 36).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 347, 26.11.2011.
P8_TA(2015)0088 Macro-financial assistance to Ukraine ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 March 2015 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council providing macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (COM(2015)0005 — C8-0005/2015 — 2015/0005(COD)) P8_TC1-COD(2015)0005 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 25 March 2015 with a view to the adoption of Decision (EU) 2015/… of the European Parliament and of the Council providing macro-financial assistance to Ukraine
Date: 2015-03-25
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on International Trade, European Parliament
Subjects: Community loan, EU aid, European neighbourhood policy, Ukraine, financial aid, macroeconomics, ordinary legislative procedure, territorial dispute








C_2016324EN.01003501.xml










2.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 324/35





P8_TA(2015)0088
Macro-financial assistance to Ukraine ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 March 2015 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council providing macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (COM(2015)0005 — C8-0005/2015 — 2015/0005(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
(2016/C 324/09)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2015)0005),










—


having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 212 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0005/2015),










—


having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










—


having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 25 March 2015 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










—


having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the report of the Committee on International Trade and the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A8-0056/2015),












1.


Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;












2.


Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal substantially or replace it with another text;












3.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






P8_TC1-COD(2015)0005
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 25 March 2015 with a view to the adoption of Decision (EU) 2015/… of the European Parliament and of the Council providing macro-financial assistance to Ukraine

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Decision (EU) 2015/601.)
Case F-5/15: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 25 March 2015 — Necci v Commission (Civil Service — Officials — Pensions — Transfer of pension rights acquired in a national pension scheme — Proposal to add years of pensionable service — Late claim — Failure to follow the pre-litigation procedure — Manifestly inadmissible)
Date: 2015-03-25
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: legality, office worker, regulations for civil servants, transfer of pension rights








C_2015171EN.01003602.xml










26.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 171/36





Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 25 March 2015 — Necci v Commission
(Case F-5/15) (1)

((Civil Service - Officials - Pensions - Transfer of pension rights acquired in a national pension scheme - Proposal to add years of pensionable service - Late claim - Failure to follow the pre-litigation procedure - Manifestly inadmissible))
(2015/C 171/44)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Claudio Necci (Auderghem, Belgium) (represented by: S. Orlandi and T. Martin, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and G. Gattinara, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for a declaration of the illegality of Article 9 of the general implementing provisions (GIPs) of Article 11(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations and annulment of the decision relating to transfer of the applicant’s pension rights into the European Union pension scheme, a decision which applies the new GIPs relating to Articles 11 and 12 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.










2.


Mr Necci shall bear his own costs.






(1)  OJ C 96, 23.3.15, p. 26.
Commission notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community — Public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services
Date: 2015-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, air transport, inland transport, public service, transport regulations








C_2015098EN.01000801.xml










25.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 98/8





Commission notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community
Public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services
(2015/C 98/08)






Member State


France




Routes concerned


Bastia – Paris (Orly)
Bastia – Marseille
Bastia – Nice
Calvi – Paris (Orly)
Calvi – Marseille
Calvi – Nice




Date of entry into force of the public service obligations


25 March 2016




Address from which the text and any relevant information and/or documentation relating to the public service obligation can be obtained


Decision No 15/005 AC of the Corsican Assembly to amend the public service obligations on scheduled air services between Paris (Orly), Marseille and Nice, on the one hand, and Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi and Figari on the other, and the adoption of the principle of the public service delegation for the operation of air services in Corsica.
http://www.corse.fr/Seance-publique-des-5-et-6-fevrier-2015_a4754.html





Office des Transports de la Corse




M. le Directeur




19 avenue Georges-Pompidou




Quartier Saint-Joseph




BP 501




20189 Ajaccio Cedex 2




FRANCE




E-mail: francis.pian@otc-corse.fr




Tel. +33 495237130




Fax +33 495201631