do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
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: 2015-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, air transport, inland transport, invitation to tender, services of general interest, transport regulations








C_2015206EN.01000901.xml










23.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 206/9





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
Modification of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 206/05)






Member State


Finland




Route concerned


Helsinki – Savonlinna




Original date of entry into force of public service obligations


22 August 2005




Date of entry into force of the modifications


11 January 2016




Address where the text of the invitation to tender and any relevant information and/or documentation related to public tender and the public service obligation can be obtained free of charge


Further information:
Finnish Transport Agency
Address:





Kirjaamo




PB 33




FI-00521 Helsinki




SUOMI/FINLAND




Tel. +358 505942353




Fax +358 295343700




E-mail: kirjaamo@liikennevirasto.fi




Internet: www.liikennevirasto.fi/savonlinna-airservices
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7658 — Platinum Equity/WFS Global Holding) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, service industry, transport company








C_2015206EN.01001201.xml










23.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 206/12





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7658 — Platinum Equity/WFS Global Holding)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 206/08)






1.


On 12 June 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 Platinum Equity, LLC (‘Platinum’, United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking WFS Global Holding (‘WFS’, France) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Platinum: merger, acquisition and operation of companies providing services and solutions to customers in a broad range of businesses, including information technology, telecommunications, logistics, metal services, manufacturing and distribution,
—   for WFS: provision of airport cargo as well as ramp and passenger handling services in various airports within the EEA.










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.7658 — Platinum Equity/WFS Global Holding, 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-335/15: Action brought on 23 June 2015 — Universal Protein Supplements v OHIM (Representation of a body builder)
Date: 2015-06-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, food supplement, footwear industry, registered trade mark, sports equipment, trade-mark law








C_2015279EN.01004501.xml










24.8.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 279/45






Action brought on 23 June 2015 — Universal Protein Supplements v OHIM (Representation of a body builder)
(Case T-335/15)
(2015/C 279/56)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Universal Protein Supplements Corp. (New Brunswick, United States) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)

Details of the proceedings before OHIM


Trade mark at issue: Figurative mark representing a body builder — Application for registration No 13 060 991

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 March 2015 in Case R 2958/2014-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order OHIM to pay the costs of the applicant.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 207/2009.
Case T-331/15: Action brought on 23 June 2015 — Bimbo v OHIM (THE SNACK COMPANY)
Date: 2015-06-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, foodstuff, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015262EN.01003701.xml










10.8.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 262/37





Action brought on 23 June 2015 — Bimbo v OHIM (THE SNACK COMPANY)
(Case T-331/15)
(2015/C 262/50)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Bimbo, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: J. Carbonell Callicó, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)

Details of the proceedings before OHIM


Trade mark at issue: Community figurative mark containing the word elements ‘THE SNACK COMPANY’ — Application for registration No 12 173 852

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 31 March 2015 in Case R 954/2014-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


grant registration of the trade mark applied for;










—


order OHIM to pay the costs.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and (2) of Regulation No 207/2009;










—


Infringement of the principle of equal treatment;










—


Infringement of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2015-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2015206EN.01000401.xml










23.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 206/4





Euro exchange rates (1)

22 June 2015
(2015/C 206/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1345




JPY


Japanese yen


139,80




DKK


Danish krone


7,4615




GBP


Pound sterling


0,71690




SEK


Swedish krona


9,2253




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0435




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,7420




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,206




HUF


Hungarian forint


310,83




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1625




RON


Romanian leu


4,4836




TRY


Turkish lira


3,0408




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4616




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3879




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,7944




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6484




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5141




KRW


South Korean won


1 249,02




ZAR


South African rand


13,7910




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,0446




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5715




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 080,90




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,2345




PHP


Philippine peso


51,027




RUB


Russian rouble


61,1680




THB


Thai baht


38,178




BRL


Brazilian real


3,5089




MXN


Mexican peso


17,3868




INR


Indian rupee


72,0700






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Corrigendum to Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pressure equipment (OJ L 189, 27.6.2014)
Date: 2015-06-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EC conformity marking, market supervision, marketing standard, pressure equipment, product design, product safety, technical standard




L_2015157EN.01011201.xml










23.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 157/112







Corrigendum to Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pressure equipment

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 189 of 27 June 2014
)


On page 184, Article 14(7):
for:


‘7.   By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, the competent authorities may, where justified … in respect of which the procedures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article have not been applied and the use of which is in the interests of experimentation.’,


read:


‘7.   By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 to 6 of this Article, the competent authorities may, where justified … in respect of which the procedures referred to in paragraphs 1 to 6 of this Article have not been applied and the use of which is in the interests of experimentation’;


on page 200, Article 48(2):
for:


‘2.   Member States shall not impede the making available on the market and/or the putting into service of pressure equipment or assemblies covered by Directive 97/23/EC which are in conformity with that Directive and which were placed on the market before 1 June 2015.’,


read:


‘2.   Member States shall not impede the making available on the market and/or the putting into service of pressure equipment or assemblies covered by Directive 97/23/EC which are in conformity with that Directive and which were placed on the market before 19 July 2016.’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7583 — CSL Limited/Novartis Influenza Vaccines Business) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, pharmaceutical industry








C_2015206EN.01001101.xml










23.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 206/11





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7583 — CSL Limited/Novartis Influenza Vaccines Business)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 206/07)






1.


On 12 June 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which CSL Limited (‘CSL’, Australia) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of Novartis Influenza Vaccines Business (‘Target’, Switzerland) by way of purchase of shares and assets.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


CSL is a pharmaceutical company active in worldwide research, development, manufacturing and marketing of biotherapies, vaccines (via its subsidiary bioCSL) and other pharmaceuticals,










—


the Target is Novartis’ human influenza vaccines business, which manufactures and sells influenza vaccines primarily in the United States, the EEA and Argentina. Novartis is a diversified healthcare company. In Europe, its business includes Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Alcon (eye care medicines) and Sandoz (generic medicines).














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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.7583 — CSL Limited/Novartis Influenza Vaccines 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 C-306/15: Action brought on 23 June 2015 — European Commission v Romania
Date: 2015-06-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: approximation of laws, packaging product, waste management








C_2015311EN.01002102.xml










21.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 311/21





Action brought on 23 June 2015 — European Commission v Romania
(Case C-306/15)
(2015/C 311/26)
Language of the case: Romanian

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: E. Sanfrutos Cano, L.Nicolae, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Romania

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the court should:






—


declare that, by failing to adopt all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the provisions of Commission Directive 2013/2/EU of 7 February 2013 amending Annex 1 to Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste (1) or, in any event, by failing to communicate the same to the Commission, Romania has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 2(1) of that directive;










—


order Romania to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The time-limit for transposition of the directive into national law expired on 30 September 2013.


(1)  OJ 2013 L 37, p. 10.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7629 — PSP/OTTP/Tonopah Solar Investments/Tonopah Solar Energy) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, investment company, merger control, pension scheme








C_2015206EN.01000101.xml










23.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 206/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7629 — PSP/OTTP/Tonopah Solar Investments/Tonopah Solar Energy)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 206/01)
On 17 June 2015, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in the English language and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32015M7629. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Commission communication pursuant to Article 17(5) 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 — Invitation to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, air transport, inland transport, invitation to tender, services of general interest, transport regulations








C_2015206EN.01001001.xml










23.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 206/10





Commission communication pursuant to Article 17(5) 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
Invitation to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 206/06)






Member State


Finland




Route concerned


Helsinki – Savonlinna




Period of validity of the contract


11 January 2016 - 22 December 2017




Deadline for submission of tenders


61 days after the day of publication of the present invitation




Address where the text of the invitation to tender and any relevant information and/or documentation related to public tender and the public service obligation can be obtained free of charge


Finnish Transport Agency,
Address:





Kirjaamo




PB 33




FI-00521 Helsinki




SUOMI/FINLAND




Tel. +358 505942353




Fax +358 295343700




E-mail: kirjaamo@liikennevirasto.fi




Internet: www.liikennevirasto.fi/savonlinna-airservices