do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
European Parliament legislative resolution of 15 April 2015 on the draft Council regulation amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014/2020 (05479/2015 — C8-0047/2015 — 2015/0010(APP))
Date: 2015-04-15
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, Committee on Budgetary Control, Committee on Budgets, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Regional Development, European Parliament
Subjects: budgetary procedure, commitment of expenditure, consent procedure, financial management, general budget (EU)








C_2016328EN.01001501.xml










6.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 328/15





P8_TA(2015)0093
Amendment of the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 ***
European Parliament legislative resolution of 15 April 2015 on the draft Council regulation amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014/2020 (05479/2015 — C8-0047/2015 — 2015/0010(APP))
(Special legislative procedure — consent)
(2016/C 328/06)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the draft Council regulation (05479/2015),










—


having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 312 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 106a of Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (C8-0047/2015),










—


having regard to its resolution of 15 April 2014 on negotiations on the MFF 2014-2020: lessons to be learned and the way forward (1),










—


having regard to Rule 86 and Rule 99(1), first and third subparagraphs, of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Budgets and the opinion of the Committee on Regional Development (A8-0125/2015),












1.


Gives its consent to the draft Council regulation amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 as set out in annex to this resolution;












2.


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






(1)  Texts adopted, P7_TA(2014)0378.



ANNEX


COUNCIL REGULATION


(EU, Euratom) 2015/…


amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020


(The text of this annex is not reproduced here since it corresponds to the final act, Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2015/623.)
European Parliament legislative resolution of 15 April 2015 on the draft Council decision establishing the Employment Committee and repealing Decision 2000/98/EC (05125/2015 — C8-0026/2015 — 2015/0801(CNS))
Date: 2015-04-15
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EP Committee, Employment Committee (EU), consultation procedure, labour market








C_2016328EN.01001401.xml










6.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 328/14





P8_TA(2015)0092
Decision establishing the Employment Committee *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 15 April 2015 on the draft Council decision establishing the Employment Committee and repealing Decision 2000/98/EC (05125/2015 — C8-0026/2015 — 2015/0801(CNS))
(Special legislative procedure — consultation)
(2016/C 328/05)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the Council draft (05125/2015),










—


having regard to Article 150 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C8-0026/2015),










—


having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the report of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A8-0065/2015),












1.


Approves the Council draft;












2.


Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;












3.


Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to substantially amend the text approved by Parliament;












4.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2015-04-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2015120EN.01000101.xml










15.4.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 120/1





Euro exchange rates (1)

14 April 2015
(2015/C 120/01)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0564




JPY


Japanese yen


126,67




DKK


Danish krone


7,4691




GBP


Pound sterling


0,72170




SEK


Swedish krona


9,3235




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0344




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,4820




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,345




HUF


Hungarian forint


296,64




PLN


Polish zloty


4,0105




RON


Romanian leu


4,4118




TRY


Turkish lira


2,8284




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3936




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3292




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,1872




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,4169




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4400




KRW


South Korean won


1 156,94




ZAR


South African rand


12,8100




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


6,5633




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5830




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


13 710,09




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,9092




PHP


Philippine peso


47,117




RUB


Russian rouble


54,9350




THB


Thai baht


34,291




BRL


Brazilian real


3,2857




MXN


Mexican peso


16,2263




INR


Indian rupee


65,9050






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-171/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 15 April 2015 — Connexxion Taxi Services BV v Staat der Nederlanden (Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport) and Others
Date: 2015-04-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: award of contract, freedom to provide services, principle of proportionality, professional qualifications, right of establishment, services contract, supplies contract








C_2015213EN.01001602.xml










29.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 213/16





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 15 April 2015 — Connexxion Taxi Services BV v Staat der Nederlanden (Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport) and Others
(Case C-171/15)
(2015/C 213/26)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Hoge Raad der Nederlanden

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Connexxion Taxi Services BV

Respondents: Staat der Nederlanden (Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport), Transvision BV, Rotterdamse Mobiliteit Centrale RMC BV, Zorgvervoercentrale Nederland BV

Questions referred







1








(a)


Does EU law, in particular Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (1) on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts, preclude national law from obliging a contracting authority to assess, by application of the principle of proportionality, whether a tenderer which is guilty of grave professional misconduct must indeed be excluded?










(b)


Is it significant in this regard that a contracting authority has stated in the tender conditions that a tender to which a ground for exclusion applies must be set aside and is not to be eligible for further substantive assessment?














2.


If the answer to Question 1(a) is in the negative: does EU law preclude a situation in which the national courts fail to carry out an ‘unrestricted’ judicial review of an assessment conducted on the basis of the principle of proportionality, such as the assessment conducted by a contracting authority in the present case, but merely carry out a (‘marginal’) review as to whether the contracting authority could reasonably have come to the decision not to exclude a tenderer notwithstanding the fact that that tenderer was guilty of grave professional misconduct within the meaning of the first subparagraph of Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC?






(1)  OJ 2004 L 134, p. 114.
Recruitment for the European Medicines Agency (London)
Date: 2015-04-15
Institutions: European Medicines Agency
Subjects: European Medicines Agency, job vacancy, temporary employment








CA2015120EN.01000101.xml










15.4.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 120/1





RECRUITMENT FOR THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY (LONDON)
(2015/C 120 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/S/053: Contract Staff (short-term), Programme Management Office (FG IV)

Selected candidates will be included on a reserve list and, depending on the budgetary situation, may be offered a 2-year renewable Contract Staff contract in accordance with the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (2). The renewal will be for a fixed period of a maximum of 1-3 years.
The place of employment shall be London.
Candidates must be nationals of a Member State of the European Union, or of Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway, 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 15 May 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7577 — Fairfax Financial Holdings/Brit) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2015-04-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, insurance company, merger control








C_2015120EN.01000501.xml










15.4.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 120/5





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7577 — Fairfax Financial Holdings/Brit)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 120/04)






1.


On 8 April 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 undertaking Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (‘Fairfax’, Canada), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Brit plc (‘Brit’, the UK) by way of public bid announced on 16 March 2015.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Fairfax: property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and investment management,
—   for Brit: non-life insurance and reinsurance, including a broad class of commercial specialty insurance.










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.7577 — Fairfax Financial Holdings/Brit, 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.
Case T-189/15: Action brought on 15 April 2015 — TMG Landelijke Media and Willems v Commission
Date: 2015-04-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Netherlands, access to EU information, correspondence, infringement of EU law, personal data








C_2015190EN.01003001.xml










8.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 190/30






Action brought on 15 April 2015 — TMG Landelijke Media and Willems v Commission
(Case T-189/15)
(2015/C 190/34)
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicants: TMG Landelijke Media BV (Amsterdam, Netherlands) and Menzo Willems (Voorburg, Netherlands) (represented by: R. Le Poole and L. Broers, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Court should:






—


annul the Commission Decision of 17 February 2015;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs of the present action.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The applicants challenge the Commission Decision whereby their request for access to the correspondence between the Netherlands and the Commission, concerning the European additional tax imposed on the Netherlands in 2014, was rejected in part.
In support of their action, the applicants rely on four pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging infringement of Article 4(1)(a) of Regulation No 1049/2001 (1). The applicants claim that the Commission wrongly did not make certain documents public because public disclosure would lead to an undermining of the protection of the public interest regarding European Union financial, monetary or economic policy.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging infringement of Article 4(3) of Regulation No 1049/2001. The applicants claim that the Commission provided evidence inadequate for concluding that the decision-making process will be seriously undermined, and that it wrongly and readily disregarded the test on the higher public interest in the public disclosure of certain documents.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging infringement of Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation No 1049/2001 in relation to the anonymisation of non-senior staff. The applicants claim that that makes it impossible to determine the level at which correspondence is carried out and whether it indeed concerns non-senior staff.










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging infringement of Article 4(5) of Regulation No 1049/2001. The applicants are of the view that the Commission wrongly accepted the Netherlands’ request not to disclose certain documents originating from the Netherlands on the basis of Article 4(1) and (3) of Regulation No 1049/2001. They refer in that regard to the arguments put forward in the context of the second and third pleas.






(1)  Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ 2001 L 145, p. 43).
Case C-497/14: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 15 April 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale ordinario di Torino — Italy) — Criminal proceedings against Stefano Burzio (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 50 — Principle of ne bis in idem — National legislation providing for an administrative penalty and a criminal penalty for failure to pay withholding taxes — No implementation of EU law — Clear lack of jurisdiction)
Date: 2015-04-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union, EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, EU law, administrative sanction, law of states, penalty, powers of the institutions (EU), right to justice, tax








C_2015213EN.01001302.xml










29.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 213/13





Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 15 April 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale ordinario di Torino — Italy) — Criminal proceedings against Stefano Burzio
(Case C-497/14) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Article 50 - Principle of ne bis in idem - National legislation providing for an administrative penalty and a criminal penalty for failure to pay withholding taxes - No implementation of EU law - Clear lack of jurisdiction))
(2015/C 213/20)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale ordinario di Torino

Criminal proceedings against

Stefano Burzio

Operative part of the order

The Court of Justice of the European Union clearly lacks jurisdiction to reply to the question referred by the Tribunale ordinario di Torino (Italy), by decision of 27 October 2014.


(1)  OJ C 34, 2.2.2015.
Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2015/610 of 15 April 2015 extending the mandate of the Head of Mission of the European Union CSDP mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali) (EUCAP Sahel Mali/2/2015)
Date: 2015-04-15
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: EU police mission, Mali, Sahel, appointment of members, peacekeeping








L_2015101EN.01006001.xml










18.4.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 101/60








            POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION (CFSP) 2015/610
of 15 April 2015
         
extending the mandate of the Head of Mission of the European Union CSDP mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali) (EUCAP Sahel Mali/2/2015)


THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular the third paragraph of Article 38 thereof,


Having regard to the Council Decision 2014/219/CFSP of 15 April 2014 on the European Union CSDP mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali) (1), and in particular Article 7(1) thereof,


Having regard to the Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/76 of 19 January 2015 launching the European Union CSDP mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali) and amending Decision 2014/219/CFSP (2),

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Decision 2014/219/CFSP, the Political and Security Committee (PSC) is authorised, in accordance with Article 38 of the Treaty, to take the relevant decisions for the purpose of exercising political control and strategic direction of the EUCAP Sahel Mali mission, including the decision to appoint a Head of Mission.












(2)


On 26 May 2014, the PSC adopted Decision EUCAP Sahel Mali/1/2014 (3), appointing Mr Albrecht CONZE as Head of Mission of EUCAP Sahel Mali from 26 May 2014 to 14 January 2015.












(3)


On 14 January 2015, the PSC adopted Decision (CFSP) 2015/67 (4), extending the mandate of Mr Albrecht CONZE as Head of Mission of EUCAP Sahel Mali until 14 June 2015.












(4)


The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy has proposed to extend the mandate of Mr Albrecht CONZE as Head of Mission of EUCAP Sahel Mali from 15 June 2015 to 14 June 2016,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The mandate of Mr Albrecht CONZE as Head of Mission of EUCAP Sahel Mali is hereby extended until 14 June 2016.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 15 April 2015.


For the Political and Security Committee


The Chairperson

W. STEVENS
            





(1)  
            OJ L 113, 16.4.2014, p. 21.

(2)  
            OJ L 13, 20.1.2015, p. 5.

(3)  Political and Security Committee Decision EUCAP Sahel Mali/1/2014 of 26 May 2014 on the appointment of the Head of Mission of the European Union CSDP mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali) (OJ L 164, 3.6.2014, p. 43.).

(4)  Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2015/67 of 14 January 2015 extending the mandate of the Head of Mission of the European Union CSDP mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali) (EUCAP Sahel Mali/1/2015) (OJ L 11, 17.1.2015, p. 72.).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7552 — Mitsui Chemicals/SK Holdings/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2015-04-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control, multinational enterprise, telecommunications industry








C_2015120EN.01000401.xml










15.4.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 120/4





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7552 — Mitsui Chemicals/SK Holdings/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 120/03)






1.


On 1 April 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 undertaking(s) Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (‘MCI’, Japan) and SKC Co., Ltd (‘SKC’, South Korea) belonging to the group SK Holdings Co., Ltd (South Korea) acquire(s) within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for MCI: MCI is a Japanese chemicals company organised into six business sectors: (i) Functional Chemicals, which includes medical materials, agrochemicals and nonwoven fabrics; (ii) Functional Polymeric Materials, which includes elastomers and polymer products; (iii) Polyurethane; (iv) Basic Chemicals, which includes toluene, phenols, purified terephthalic acid, PET resin and industrial chemicals; (v) Petrochemicals; and (vi) Films and Sheets for packaging, protective and adhesive purposes,
—   for SKC: SKC is active in the production and sale of certain chemicals (e.g. propylene oxide, propylene glycols, toluene and polyols) and films (optical film used in LCD and lenses, heat shrinkable polyester film as well as PET and PVDF film and EVA sheet for solar light applications).










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 M.7552 — Mitsui Chemicals/SK Holdings/JV 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.