do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-154/15: Action brought on 27 March 2015 — Jaber v Council
Date: 2015-03-27
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Syria, economic sanctions, freedom of movement, international sanctions, ownership, right to justice








C_2015190EN.01002202.xml










8.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 190/22






Action brought on 27 March 2015 — Jaber v Council
(Case T-154/15)
(2015/C 190/26)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Aiman Jaber (Lattakia, Syria) (represented by: A. Boesch, D. Amaudruz and M. Ponsard, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


Order the production of the file in Case T-653/11;










—


Reserve the applicant the right to reply and, on this occasion, to produce new documents and to call witnesses;










—


Annul, in so far as these measures concern the applicant:






—


Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/108 of 26 January 2015;










—


Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) No 2015/117 of 26 January 2015;














—


Order the Council to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law which are in essence identical or similar to those raised in Case T-653/11 Jaber v Council
             (1).


(1)  
            OJ 2012, C 58, p. 12.
Case F-49/15: Action brought on 27 March 2015 — ZZ v Commission
Date: 2015-03-27
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European official, allowances and expenses, damages, demotion, disinformation, pay scale, sanction (EU)








C_2015190EN.01003602.xml










8.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 190/36






Action brought on 27 March 2015 — ZZ v Commission
(Case F-49/15)
(2015/C 190/43)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (represented by: S. Pappas, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision imposing a disciplinary sanction on the applicant in the form of reclassification in grade AST 5, whereas the applicant had been appointed to grade AD 5, for making statements, deemed to be false, in order to receive the resettlement allowance and removal expenses.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the contested decision;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7578 — Ares Management/TPG/ATD) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2015-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, pneumatic tyre








C_2015102EN.01001301.xml










27.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 102/13





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7578 — Ares Management/TPG/ATD)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 102/09)






1.


On 20 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 Ares Management LLC (‘Ares’, of USA) and TPG Capital, L.P. (‘TPG’, of USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of ATD Corporation (‘ATD’, of USA) by way of amendment of the Stockholders' Agreement of ATD.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Ares: alternative asset manager active in the USA, Europe and Asia,
—   for TPG: global investment firm which manages funds that invest in businesses through acquisitions and corporate restructuring,
—   for ATD: North American distributor of tyres, wheels, accessories and related tyre supplies and tools.










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 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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7578 — Ares Management/TPG/ATD, 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.
Recommendation of the European Central Bank of 27 March 2015 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Deutsche Bundesbank (ECB/2015/14)
Date: 2015-03-27
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: Germany, auditing, central bank, self-employed person








C_2015149EN.01000101.xml










6.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 149/1





RECOMMENDATION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 27 March 2015
to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Deutsche Bundesbank
(ECB/2015/14)
(2015/C 149/01)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,
Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 27.1 thereof,
Whereas:






(1)


The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and national central banks of the Member States whose currency is the euro are audited by independent external auditors recommended by the ECB’s Governing Council and approved by the Council of the European Union.










(2)


The mandate of the Deutsche Bundesbank’s current external auditors, Ernst & Young AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft, ended with the audit for the financial year 2014. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2015.










(3)


The Deutsche Bundesbank has selected KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft as its external auditors for the financial years 2015 to 2020,




HAS ADOPTED THIS RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft should be appointed as the external auditors of the Deutsche Bundesbank for the financial years 2015 to 2020.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 27 March 2015.


The President of the ECB

Mario DRAGHI
Case F-48/15: Action brought on 27 March 2015 — ZZ v OHIM
Date: 2015-03-27
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European official, damages, indemnification, staff assessment








C_2015190EN.01003601.xml










8.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 190/36






Action brought on 27 March 2015 — ZZ v OHIM
(Case F-48/15)
(2015/C 190/42)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (represented by: T. Bontinck and A. Guillerme, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM)

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the applicant’s staff report for 2013 and the recovery plan adopted on the basis of that report, together with a claim for damages in respect of the non-pecuniary loss allegedly suffered.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the staff report drawn up concerning the applicant for 2013;










—


Annul the recovery plan adopted on the basis of the staff report;










—


Order OHIM to pay compensation in respect of the non-pecuniary loss suffered by the applicant, assessed at EUR 10  000, reserving the right to increase or reduce that sum during the proceedings;










—


Order OHIM to pay the costs.
Notice for the attention of the data subjects to whom the restrictive measures provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism apply
Date: 2015-03-27
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: data collection, data transmission, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, personal data








C_2015102EN.01000301.xml










27.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 102/3





Notice for the attention of the data subjects to whom the restrictive measures provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism apply
(2015/C 102/03)
The attention of data subjects is drawn to the following information in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1):
The legal basis for this processing operation is Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 (2).
The controller of this processing operation is the Council of the European Union represented by the Director General of DG C (Foreign Affairs, Enlargement, Civil Protection) of the General Secretariat of the Council and the department entrusted with the processing operation is the Unit 1C of DG C that can be contacted at:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




DG C 1C




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




E-mail: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu




The purpose of the processing operation is the establishment and updating of the list of persons subject to restrictive measures in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001.
The data subjects are the natural persons who fulfil listing criteria as laid down in that Regulation.
The personal data collected includes data necessary for the correct identification of the person concerned, the Statements of Reasons and any other data related thereto.
The personal data collected may be shared as necessary with the European External Action Service and the Commission.
Without prejudice to restrictions provided for in Article 20(1)(a) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001, requests for access, as well as requests for rectification or objection will be answered in accordance with Section 5 of Council Decision 2004/644/EC (3).
Personal data will be retained for 5 years from the moment the data subject has been removed from the list of persons subject to the asset freeze or the validity of the measure has expired, or for the duration of court proceedings in the event they had been started.
Data subjects may have recourse to the European Data Protection Supervisor in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.


(1)  OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 70.

(3)  OJ L 296, 21.9.2004, p. 16.
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 — Modification of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2015-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, air transport, inland transport, public service, transport regulations








C_2015102EN.01001101.xml










27.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 102/11





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
Modification of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 102/07)






Member State


United Kingdom




Route concerned


Glasgow to Campbeltown
Glasgow to Tiree
Glasgow to Barra




Original date of entry into force of the public service obligations


21 December 1996




Date of entry into force of modifications


25 October 2015




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


For further information please contact:





Transport Scotland




Area 2F (N)




Victoria Quay




Edinburgh




EH6 6QQ




UNITED KINGDOM




Tel. +44 1312440854




E-mail: Michael.Bratcher@transportscotland.gsi.gov.uk




Contact: Michael Bratcher, Policy Officer, Aviation Team
Case T-153/15: Action brought on 27 March 2015 — Hamcho and Hamcho International v Council
Date: 2015-03-27
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Syria, economic sanctions, international sanctions, ownership, right to justice, rights of the defence








C_2015190EN.01002201.xml










8.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 190/22






Action brought on 27 March 2015 — Hamcho and Hamcho International v Council
(Case T-153/15)
(2015/C 190/25)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: Mohamed Hamcho (Damascus, Syria) and Hamcho International (Damascus) (represented by: A. Boesch, D. Amaudruz and M. Ponsard, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Court should:






—


Order the production of the file in Case T-43/12;










—


Reserve the applicants the right to reply and, on this occasion, to produce new documents and to call witnesses;










—


Annul, in so far as these measures concern the applicants:






—


Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/108 of 26 January 2015;










—


Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) No 2015/117 of 26 January 2015;














—


Order the Council to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicants rely on two pleas in law which are in essence identical or similar to those raised in Case T-653/11 Jaber v Council
             (1).


(1)  
            OJ 2012, C 58, p. 12.
Reserve list — EPSO/AST/132/14 — Security (AST 3)
Date: 2015-03-27
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: EPSO, European External Action Service, assistant, competition (EU)




CA2015102EN.01000101.xml










27.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 102/1





RESERVE LIST (1)

EPSO/AST/132/14 — SECURITY (AST 3)
(2015/C 102 A/01)
 

Profile 1 — Digital monitoring officers and open source intelligence specialists







CLAUSEN


Lars




HAGEMEIJER


Menno




HEEMAN


Hans




HOMEAG


Ionut Lucian




HRISCU


Dorin Iulian




INGALSUO


Timo




LE DEUN


Serge




MAGONI


Raphaële




MANNINO


Giuseppe




 



 (*)





MESQUITA


Artur




MIKŠOVÁ


Magdalena




OCHOA SANCHEZ


Javier




ROITHNER


Anna Katharina




VITALI


Marco




ZARU


Davide





Profile 2 — Prevention and surveillance coordinators







BARBANTI


Simone




BAYGÜNES


Ufuk




BELLOCCHIO


Marco




BIAGINI


Diego




BIBIRE


Constantin-Arun




BUR


Jörg




CAAMANO


Francisco




CÂMARA DOS RAMOS


António José




CHEDDADI DUDOC


Karim




CLAES


Emmanuel




CORREIA DA SILVA


Paulo Alexandre




DE PELSEMAECKER


Caroline




DECUYPER


Sebastiaan




DEMENEIX


Laurent




DEMIAN


Petru




DOMINGUES CAMARINHA


Jony




DUNARETU


Remus-Daniel




DURAKU


Agim




HIFNAWI


Rady




IVANOV


Catalin




KUZMANOV


Lachezar




LAURENT


Dieter




MAHIEU


Philippe




MANNINO


Mariano Filippo




MARX


Michael




MASSON


Philippe




MERCIER


David




MINCU


Iolanda Maria




MUSCELLI


Emidio




NTALOUKAS


Evangelos




ORTEGA MONTERO


Carmen




RACIOPPI


Giuseppe




RENNEN


Joris




RODA LIENARD


Maria




ROUX DIT RICHE PROBEL


William




SORIOT


Grégory




SOUSA SOARES


Hugo Miguel




VASILE


Iulian Aurelian




VLADOIANU


Corvin Robert




The reserve lists will be valid until 24 February 2018.


(1)  A successful candidate may explicitly request her/his name not be published.

(*)  Information erased within the framework of the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7554 — XL Group/Catlin Group) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2015-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, insurance company, merger control








C_2015102EN.01001201.xml










27.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 102/12





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7554 — XL Group/Catlin Group)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 102/08)






1.


On 20 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 XL Group plc (‘XL’, Ireland) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Catlin Group Ltd (‘Catlin’, Bermuda) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for XL Group: providing property, casualty and specialty insurance and reinsurance products to industrial, commercial and professional firms, insurance companies and other enterprises on a worldwide basis,
—   for Catlin Group: providing specialty property and casualty insurance and reinsurance to professional and business customers worldwide.










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 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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7554 — XL Group/Catlin Group, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2015-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2015102EN.01000401.xml










27.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 102/4





Euro exchange rates (1)

26 March 2015
(2015/C 102/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0973




JPY


Japanese yen


130,67




DKK


Danish krone


7,4678




GBP


Pound sterling


0,73710




SEK


Swedish krona


9,3250




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0498




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,6005




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,376




HUF


Hungarian forint


299,65




PLN


Polish zloty


4,0763




RON


Romanian leu


4,4270




TRY


Turkish lira


2,8425




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3990




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3653




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,5090




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,4429




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4987




KRW


South Korean won


1 212,14




ZAR


South African rand


13,0189




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


6,8174




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6498




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 304,58




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,0212




PHP


Philippine peso


49,171




RUB


Russian rouble


62,7707




THB


Thai baht


35,712




BRL


Brazilian real


3,4904




MXN


Mexican peso


16,4244




INR


Indian rupee


68,8296






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case F-50/15: Action brought on 27 March 2015 — FS v EESC
Date: 2015-03-27
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: administrator, damage, damages, demotion








C_2015190EN.01003701.xml










8.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 190/37






Action brought on 27 March 2015 — FS v EESC
(Case F-50/15)
(2015/C 190/44)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: FS (represented by: L. Levi and A. Tymen, lawyers)

Defendant: European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision not to confirm the applicant in her post as head of unit and a claim for damages for the material and non-pecuniary harm allegedly suffered.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of 25 May 2014 of the President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) not confirming the applicant in her post as head of unit;










—


Annul the decision of 25 May 2014 entitled ‘Rider No 2’, reassigning the applicant to a non-management post;










—


In so far as necessary, annul the decision of 18 December 2014 rejecting the applicant’s claim of 21 August 2014;










—


Compensate the applicant for her material and non-pecuniary loss;










—


Order the EESC to pay all the costs.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7557 — Apax Partners/Azelis)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2015-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, investment company, merger control








C_2015102EN.01000101.xml










27.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 102/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7557 — Apax Partners/Azelis)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 102/01)
On 23 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 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 32015M7557. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-155/15: Action brought on 27 March 2015 — Kaddour v Council
Date: 2015-03-27
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Syria, economic sanctions, freedom of movement, international sanctions, ownership, right to justice








C_2015190EN.01002301.xml










8.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 190/23






Action brought on 27 March 2015 — Kaddour v Council
(Case T-155/15)
(2015/C 190/27)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Khaled Kaddour (Damascus, Syria) (represented by: A. Boesch, D. Amaudruz and M. Ponsard, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


Order the production of the file in Case T-654/11;










—


Reserve the applicant the right to reply and, on this occasion, to produce new documents and to call witnesses;










—


Annul, in so far as these measures concern the applicant:






—


Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/108 of 26 January 2015;










—


Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) No 2015/117 of 26 January 2015;














—


Order the Council to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law which are in essence identical or similar to those raised in Case T-653/11 Jaber v Council
             (1).


(1)  
            OJ 2012, C 58, p. 12.