do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2015-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2015156EN.01000701.xml










12.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/7





Euro exchange rates (1)

11 May 2015
(2015/C 156/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1142




JPY


Japanese yen


133,64




DKK


Danish krone


7,4628




GBP


Pound sterling


0,71960




SEK


Swedish krona


9,2690




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0403




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,4245




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,400




HUF


Hungarian forint


304,40




PLN


Polish zloty


4,0668




RON


Romanian leu


4,4509




TRY


Turkish lira


3,0042




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4117




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3497




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,6381




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5115




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4871




KRW


South Korean won


1 219,64




ZAR


South African rand


13,3584




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


6,9194




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5620




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 647,30




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,0102




PHP


Philippine peso


49,830




RUB


Russian rouble


57,3713




THB


Thai baht


37,521




BRL


Brazilian real


3,3277




MXN


Mexican peso


16,9074




INR


Indian rupee


71,1350






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7599 — Apollo Management/Walz Group) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: child, distance selling, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, retail selling








C_2015156EN.01000101.xml










12.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7599 — Apollo Management/Walz Group)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 156/01)
On 6 May 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 32015M7599. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-51/14: Judgment of the General Court of 12 May 2015 — Czech Republic v Commission (System of traditional specialities guaranteed — Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 — Rejection of the request for registration of the name ‘pomazánkové máslo’ (spreadable butter) as a traditional speciality guaranteed — Relationship with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 specifying the conditions for the use of the sales description ‘butter’)
Date: 2015-05-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: administrative formalities, butter, data recording, designation of origin, quality control of agricultural products








C_2015213EN.01003302.xml










29.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 213/33





Judgment of the General Court of 12 May 2015 — Czech Republic v Commission
(Case T-51/14) (1)

((System of traditional specialities guaranteed - Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 - Rejection of the request for registration of the name ‘pomazánkové máslo’ (spreadable butter) as a traditional speciality guaranteed - Relationship with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 specifying the conditions for the use of the sales description ‘butter’))
(2015/C 213/56)
Language of the case: Czech

Parties


Applicant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, J. Vláčil and J. Vitáková, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Guillem Carrau, Z. Malůšková and K. Walkerová, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for the annulment of Commission Implementing Decision 2013/658/EU of 13 November 2013 rejecting an application for entry in the register of traditional specialities guaranteed provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Pomazánkové máslo (TSG)) (OJ 2013 L 305, p. 22).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the Czech Republic to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 93, 29.3.2014.
Case T-562/12: Judgment of the General Court of 12 May 2015 — Dalli v Commission (Member of the Commission — OLAF investigation — Alleged oral decision of the President of the Commission to require the resignation of the person concerned — Action for annulment — No actionable measure — Inadmissibility — Action for damages)
Date: 2015-05-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Anti-fraud Office, European Commissioner, damages, dismissal, president of an institution








C_2015213EN.01002901.xml










29.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 213/29





Judgment of the General Court of 12 May 2015 — Dalli v Commission
(Case T-562/12) (1)

((Member of the Commission - OLAF investigation - Alleged oral decision of the President of the Commission to require the resignation of the person concerned - Action for annulment - No actionable measure - Inadmissibility - Action for damages))
(2015/C 213/50)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: John Dalli (St Julians, Malta) (represented by: L. Levi, A.-M. Alamanou and S. Rodrigues, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Smulders, J. Baquero Cruz and J. P. Keppenne, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the oral decision allegedly taken by the President of the Commission on 16 October 2012 to terminate the applicant’s office as a Member of the Commission and for compensation for damage allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Mr John Dalli to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 46, 16.2.2013.
Case T-202/10 RENV: Order of the General Court of 12 May 2015 — Stichting Woonlinie and Others v Commission (State aid — Social housing — Scheme of aid granted to housing corporations — Existing aid — Decision accepting Member State’s commitments — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Date: 2015-05-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Netherlands, State aid, control of State aid, subsidised housing








C_2015221EN.01001502.xml










6.7.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 221/15





Order of the General Court of 12 May 2015 — Stichting Woonlinie and Others v Commission
(Case T-202/10 RENV) (1)

((State aid - Social housing - Scheme of aid granted to housing corporations - Existing aid - Decision accepting Member State’s commitments - Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law))
(2015/C 221/21)
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicants: Stichting Woonlinie (Woudrichem, Netherlands); Stichting Allee Wonen (Roosendaal, Netherlands); Woningstichting Volksbelang (Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands); Stichting WoonInvest (Leidschendam-Voorburg, Netherlands); Stichting Woonstede (Ede, Netherlands) (represented initially by P. Glazener and E. Henny and subsequently by P. Glazener, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P.-J. Loewenthal and S. Noë, Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicants: Kingdom of Belgium (represented initially by T. Materne and J.-C. Halleux and subsequently by J.-C. Halleux, Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Vereniging van Institutionele Beleggers in Vastgoed, Nederland (IVBN) (Voorburg, Netherlands) (represented by: M. Meulenbelt, lawyer)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 9963 final of 15 December 2009 relating to State aid E 2/2005 and N 642/2009 — Netherlands — Existing and special project aid to housing corporations.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


Orders Stichting Woonlinie, Stichting Allee Wonen, Woningstichting Volksbelang, Stichting WoonInvest and Stichting Woonstede to bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission.










3.


Orders the Kingdom of Belgium and Vereniging van Institutionele Beleggers in Vastgoed, Nederland (IVBN) to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 179, 3.7.2010.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7584 — International Chemical Investors/INEOS Chlorovinyls Business) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom, chemical industry, economic concentration, holding company, merger control, pharmaceutical industry, plastics industry








C_2015156EN.01000901.xml










12.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/9





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7584 — International Chemical Investors/INEOS Chlorovinyls Business)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 156/06)






1.


On 29 April 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking International Chemical Investors Group S.E. (‘ICIG’, Luxembourg), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the INEOS Chlorovinyls Business, by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   ICIG: privately owned industrial holding company, active worldwide in agrochemicals, fine chemicals, basic chemicals, performance chemicals, finished dose pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients,
—   INEOS Chlorovinyls Business: Production and supply of S-PVC and other related products, such as KOH, chlorine, EDC, VCM, caustic soda, hydrochloric acid and sodium hypochlorite. It comprises of three S-PVC plants in Germany (Wilhelmshaven), France (Mazingarbe) and the Netherlands (Beek Geleen), as well as various production facilities for chemical substances on the upstream levels of the multi-level PVC production value chain up to the manufacture of chlorine in Belgium (Tessenderlo) and the UK (Runcorn), and part of INEOS's caustic potash (‘KOH’) business in Belgium.










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.










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.7584 — International Chemical Investors/INEOS Chlorovinyls Business, 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’).
Case T-462/14: Order of the General Court of 12 May 2015 — EEB v Commission
Date: 2015-05-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Greece, access to EU information, air quality, industrial building, industrial pollution, pollution control








C_2015228EN.01002603.xml










13.7.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 228/26





Order of the General Court of 12 May 2015 — EEB v Commission
(Case T-462/14) (1)

(2015/C 228/37)
Language of the case: English
The President of the Seventh Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 315, 15.9.2014.
Case T-671/13: Order of the General Court of 12 May 2015 — PAN Europe and Confédération paysanne v Commission
Date: 2015-05-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to EU information, insecticide, international convention, market approval, plant health control, seed








C_2015228EN.01002601.xml










13.7.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 228/26





Order of the General Court of 12 May 2015 — PAN Europe and Confédération paysanne v Commission
(Case T-671/13) (1)

(2015/C 228/35)
Language of the case: English
The President of the Seventh Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 52, 22.2.2014.
Case T-203/10 RENV: Order of the General Court of 12 May 2015 — Stichting Woonpunt and Others v Commission (State aid — Social housing — Scheme of aid granted to housing corporations — Existing aid — Decision accepting Member State’s commitments — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Date: 2015-05-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Netherlands, State aid, control of State aid, subsidised housing








C_2015221EN.01001601.xml










6.7.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 221/16





Order of the General Court of 12 May 2015 — Stichting Woonpunt and Others v Commission
(Case T-203/10 RENV) (1)

((State aid - Social housing - Scheme of aid granted to housing corporations - Existing aid - Decision accepting Member State’s commitments - Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law))
(2015/C 221/22)
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicants: Stichting Woonpunt (Maastricht, Netherlands); Stichting Havensteder, formerly Stichting Com.wonen (Rotterdam, Netherlands); Woningstichting Haag Wonen (The Hague, Netherlands); and Stichting Woonbedrijf SWS.Hhvl (Eindhoven, Netherlands) (represented initially by P. Glazener and E. Henny and subsequently by P. Glazener, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P.-J. Loewenthal and S. Noë, Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicants: Kingdom of Belgium (represented initially by T. Materne and J.-C. Halleux, and subsequently by J.-C. Halleux, Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Vereniging van Institutionele Beleggers in Vastgoed, Nederland (IVBN) (Voorburg, Pays-Bas) (represented by: M. Meulenbelt, lawyer)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 9963 final of 15 December 2009 relating to State aid E 2/2005 and N 642/2009 — Netherlands — Existing and special project aid to housing corporations.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


Orders Stichting Woonpunt, Stichting Havensteder, Woningstichting Haag Wonen and Stichting Woonbedrijf SWS.Hhvl to bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission.










3.


Orders the Kingdom of Belgium and Vereniging van Institutionele Beleggers in Vastgoed, Nederland (IVBN) to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 179, 3.7.2010.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7570 — CaixaBank/BPI) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, insurance, investment bank, merger control








C_2015156EN.01000102.xml










12.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7570 — CaixaBank/BPI)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 156/02)
On 4 May 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 32015M7570. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-480/11: Judgment of the General Court of 12 May 2015 — Technion and Technion Research & Development Foundation v Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents taken into consideration in the context of a financial audit on the performance of certain research contracts concluded during the course of the sixth framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities — Refusal to grant access — Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits — Obligation to carry out a concrete and individual examination — Overriding public interest)
Date: 2015-05-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to EU information, audit, derogation from EU law, information analysis, protection of privacy, scientific research








C_2015213EN.01002501.xml










29.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 213/25





Judgment of the General Court of 12 May 2015 — Technion and Technion Research & Development Foundation v Commission
(Case T-480/11) (1)

((Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents taken into consideration in the context of a financial audit on the performance of certain research contracts concluded during the course of the sixth framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities - Refusal to grant access - Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits - Obligation to carry out a concrete and individual examination - Overriding public interest))
(2015/C 213/45)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: Technion — Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel); and Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd (Haifa) (represented by: initially D. Grisay and D. Piccininno, then D. Grisay and C. Hartman, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: initially P. Costa de Oliveira and C. ten Dam, then F. Clotuche-Duvieusart, agents)

Re:

Action for annulment of the Commission’s Decision of 30 June 2011 refusing Technion — Israel Institute of Technology access to documents taken into consideration in the context of a financial audit on the performance of certain research contracts concluded during the course of the sixth framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities, contributing to the creation of the European Research Area and to innovation (2002 to 2006).

Operative part of the judgment







1.


The action is dismissed;










2.


Technion — Israel Institute of Technology and Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd are ordered to pay the costs of the proceedings.






(1)  OJ 2011 C 340, p. 27.
Case T-73/14: Order of the General Court of 12 May 2015 — Red Bull v OHIM — Automobili Lamborghini (Representation of two bulls) (Community trade mark — Application for revocation — Withdrawal of registration — No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2015-05-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, beverage, motor vehicle industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015221EN.01001701.xml










6.7.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 221/17





Order of the General Court of 12 May 2015 — Red Bull v OHIM — Automobili Lamborghini (Representation of two bulls)
(Case T-73/14) (1)

((Community trade mark - Application for revocation - Withdrawal of registration - No need to adjudicate))
(2015/C 221/23)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Red Bull GmbH (Fuschl am See, Austria) (represented by: initially, A. Renck, V. von Bomhard and J. Fuhrmann, lawyers, and I. Fowler, Solicitor, then by A. Renck and I. Fowler)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the General Court: Automobili Lamborghini SpA (Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy) (represented by: M. Hartmann, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 November 2013 (Case R 1263/2012-1) concerning invalidity proceedings between Automobili Lamborghini SpA and Red Bull GmbH.

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no need to adjudicate on the action.










2.


The applicant and the intervener shall bear their own costs and shall each pay half of the costs incurred by the defendant.






(1)  OJ C 102, 7.4.2014.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7484 — Plastipak/APPE) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, plastics industry, waste recycling








C_2015156EN.01000801.xml










12.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/8





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7484 — Plastipak/APPE)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 156/05)






1.


On 4 May 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 Plastipak Holdings, Inc. (‘Plastipak’, USA), ultimately controlled by the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (USA) and Mr William C. Young (USA), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of APPE by way of purchase of shares and assets.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Plastipak: manufacturing of plastic resins, preforms and plastic packaging containers and recycling operations for the production of post-consumer recycled plastic raw materials,
—   for APPE: manufacturing of plastic preforms and packaging containers and recycling operations for the production of post-consumer recycled raw materials. APPE includes the following business units: APPE Iberia, S.A.U. (Spain), APPE France, S.A.S. (France), APPE UK Limited (UK), APPE Deutschland GmbH (Germany) and APPE Benelux, N.V. (Belgium), together with the related companies APPE Polska, Sp.z.o.o. (Poland) and APPE Nordic AB (Sweden), a controlling interest in APPE-CCE Recyclage, S.A.S (France) and APPE Maroc (Morocco) and APPE Turkpack Plastik Ambalaj Malzemeleri San A.S. (Turkey).










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.










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.7484 — Plastipak/APPE, 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’).