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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1517 of 11 September 2015 amending for the 236th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al-Qaeda network
Date: 2015-09-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Afghanistan, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, terrorism








L_2015239EN.01006701.xml










15.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 239/67








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/1517
of 11 September 2015
         
amending for the 236th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al-Qaeda network


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al-Qaeda network (1), and in particular Article 7(1)(a) and Article 7a(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.












(2)


On 3 September 2015 the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approved the addition of one person to the Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee's list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply.












(3)


Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 should therefore be updated accordingly.












(4)


In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, it should enter into force immediately,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 September 2015.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,


Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments






(1)  
            OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9.




ANNEX
The following entry shall be added to Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 under the heading ‘Natural persons’:


            ‘Sofiane Ben Goumo (alias (a) Sufyan bin Qumu (b) Abou Fares al Libi). Date of birth 26.6.1959. Place of birth: Derna, Libya. Nationality: Libyan. Address: Libya. Other information: (a) Leader of Ansar al Charia Derna. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 3.9.2015.’
Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1528 of 11 September 2015 establishing a prohibition of fishing for skates and rays in Union waters of VIId by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
Date: 2015-09-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, Belgium, EU waters, catch area, catch by species, catch quota, fishing rights, fishing vessel, sea fish, sea fishing, ship's flag








L_2015240EN.01000501.xml










16.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 240/5








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2015/1528
of 11 September 2015
         
establishing a prohibition of fishing for skates and rays in Union waters of VIId by vessels flying the flag of Belgium


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to 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), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Council Regulation (EU) 2015/104 (2) lays down quotas for 2015.












(2)


According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2015.












(3)


It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2015 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.


Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.


Article 3

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 September 2015.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

João AGUIAR MACHADO
            

Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2015/104 of 19 January 2015 fixing for 2015 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union vessels, in certain non-Union waters, amending Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 779/2014 (OJ L 22, 28.1.2015, p. 1).




ANNEX






No


21/TQ104




Member State


Belgium




Stock


SRX/07D.




Species


Skates and rays (Rajiformes)




Zone


Union waters of VIId




Closing date


15.7.2015
Case T-531/15: Action brought on 11 September 2015 — Coveris Rigid (Auneau) France v Commission
Date: 2015-09-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: cartel, equal treatment, foodstuff, infringement of EU law, packaging product, restriction on competition, retail selling, transfer of businesses








C_2015406EN.01003401.xml










7.12.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 406/34






Action brought on 11 September 2015 — Coveris Rigid (Auneau) France v Commission
(Case T-531/15)
(2015/C 406/34)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Coveris Rigid (Auneau) France (Auneau, France) (represented by: H. Meyer-Lindemann, C. Graf York von Wartenburg and L. Titze, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul Article 1(5) of the Commission’s Decision C(2015)4336 final of 24 June 2015 in Case AT.39563 — Retail food packaging, in so far as it finds that the Applicant infringed Article 101 TFEU by participating, for the period indicated in Article 1(5)d) of the Commission’s Decision, in a single and continuous infringement consisting of several separate infringements in the foam tray for retail food packaging sector and covering the territory of France; and










—


annul Article 2(5) of the Commission’s Decision C(2015)4336 final of 24 June 2015 in Case AT.39563 — Retail food packaging, in so far as it imposes a fine of EUR 4 7 56  000 on the Applicant; and










—


order the Commission to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging that the Commission erroneously applied the principle of personal responsibility in holding Coveris liable for alleged participation in a single and continuous infringement in the foam tray for retail food packaging sector in France. The exceptional circumstances of the case warranted the application of a holistic view in relation to the two parts of the ONO Packaging management buy-out or, alternatively, the application of the principle of economic continuity in relation to the asset deal part of the transaction. On that basis, Coveris could not be held liable for the alleged infringement.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that the Commission violated the principle of equal treatment by distinguishing between the asset deal portion of the ONO Packaging management buy-out and the share deal portion of the ONO Packaging management buy-out and consequently splitting liability between legal entities (i.e. Coveris and ONO Packaging Portugal SA) belonging to separate undertakings when attributing liability for alleged infringements committed by one and the same undertaking which remained intact following the management buy-out.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1530 of 11 September 2015 establishing a prohibition of fishing for greater silver smelt in Union waters of III and IV by vessels flying the flag of Ireland
Date: 2015-09-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, EU waters, Ireland, catch area, catch by species, catch quota, fishing rights, fishing vessel, sea fish, sea fishing, ship's flag








L_2015240EN.01000901.xml










16.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 240/9








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2015/1530
of 11 September 2015
         
establishing a prohibition of fishing for greater silver smelt in Union waters of III and IV by vessels flying the flag of Ireland


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to 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), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Council Regulation (EU) 2015/104 (2), lays down quotas for 2015.












(2)


According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2015.












(3)


It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2015 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.


Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.


Article 3

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 September 2015.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

João AGUIAR MACHADO
            

Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2015/104 of 19 January 2015 fixing for 2015 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union vessels, in certain non-Union waters, amending Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 779/2014 (OJ L 22, 28.1.2015, p. 1).




ANNEX






No


23/TQ104




Member State


Ireland




Stock


ARU/34-C




Species


Greater silver smelt (Argentina silus)




Zone


Union waters of III and IV




Closing date


1.1.2015
Special Report No 10/2015 — ‘Efforts to address problems with public procurement in EU Cohesion expenditure should be intensified’
Date: 2015-09-11
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EU expenditure, economic and social cohesion, public contract








C_2015299EN.01002701.xml










11.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 299/27





Special Report No 10/2015
‘Efforts to address problems with public procurement in EU Cohesion expenditure should be intensified’
(2015/C 299/05)
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 10/2015 ‘Efforts to address problems with public procurement in EU Cohesion expenditure should be intensified’ has just been published.
The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors' website: http://eca.europa.eu
A hard copy version of the report may be obtained free of charge on request to the Court of Auditors:





European Court of Auditors




Publications (PUB)




12, rue Alcide De Gasperi




1615 Luxembourg




LUXEMBOURG




Tel. +352 4398-1




E-mail: eca-info@eca.europa.eu




or by filling in an electronic order form on EU-Bookshop.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2015-09-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2015299EN.01000601.xml










11.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 299/6





Euro exchange rates (1)

10 September 2015
(2015/C 299/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1185




JPY


Japanese yen


135,38




DKK


Danish krone


7,4611




GBP


Pound sterling


0,72655




SEK


Swedish krona


9,4001




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0923




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,1760




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,038




HUF


Hungarian forint


314,51




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2125




RON


Romanian leu


4,4228




TRY


Turkish lira


3,4067




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5831




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4822




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,6685




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7775




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5837




KRW


South Korean won


1 327,10




ZAR


South African rand


15,4986




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,1329




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5520




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 992,53




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8238




PHP


Philippine peso


52,388




RUB


Russian rouble


76,3445




THB


Thai baht


40,387




BRL


Brazilian real


4,3489




MXN


Mexican peso


18,9163




INR


Indian rupee


74,3061






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Call for expression of interest — invitation to present products suitable for use as a marker in gas oils and kerosene
Date: 2015-09-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC conformity marking, aviation fuel, environmental tax, invitation to tender, tax harmonisation








C_2015299EN.01002801.xml










11.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 299/28





Call for expression of interest — invitation to present products suitable for use as a marker in gas oils and kerosene
(2015/C 299/06)
Notice is hereby given of the launch of the call for expression of interest inviting applicants to present products suitable for use as a fiscal marker in gas oil and kerosene.
The call for expression of interest including the documents to be submitted and the procedure to be followed is available via this link:
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/taxation/excise_duties/energy_products/other_energy_tax_leg/index_en.htm
Case C-485/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 11 September 2015 — Aeroporto Valerio Catullo di Verona Villafranca SpA v Società per l’Aeroporto Civile di Bergamo-Orio al Serio SpA (SACBO SpA)
Date: 2015-09-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: airport, competition, equal treatment, service concession, tendering, transparency in decision-making








C_2015414EN.01001601.xml










14.12.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 414/16





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 11 September 2015 — Aeroporto Valerio Catullo di Verona Villafranca SpA v Società per l’Aeroporto Civile di Bergamo-Orio al Serio SpA (SACBO SpA)
(Case C-485/15)
(2015/C 414/19)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Aeroporto Valerio Catullo di Verona Villafranca SpA

Respondent: Società per l’Aeroporto Civile di Bergamo-Orio al Serio SpA (SACBO SpA)

Question referred

Do the principles of the Treaty on European Union of non-discrimination, equal treatment, transparency, advertising and competition preclude provisions of national legislation such as the combined provisions of Article 10 of Law No 537/93, Articles 6, 7, 8 and 17 of Ministerial Decree No 521/1997, Article 17 of Decree Law No 67/97, Article 3(2) of Legislative Decree No 96/2005 and Article 11 of Decree Law No 216/2011 in conjunction with Article 6 of Decree Law No 78/2010, in so far as those national provisions may allow the grant of a forty-year concession for full airport operation to escape award by means of a public tendering procedure?
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7498 — Compagnie de Saint Gobain/SIKA) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-09-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control








C_2015299EN.01000101.xml










11.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 299/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7498 — Compagnie de Saint Gobain/SIKA)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 299/01)
On 22 July 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 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 32015M7498. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-483/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 11 September 2015 — Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato v Albini & Pitigliani SpA
Date: 2015-09-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: application of EU law, fine, principle of proportionality, restriction on competition








C_2015381EN.01002201.xml










16.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 381/22





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 11 September 2015 — Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato v Albini & Pitigliani SpA
(Case C-483/15)
(2015/C 381/24)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato

Defendant: Albini & Pitigliani SpA

Question referred

Does the principle of proportionality, which must guide the process of quantifying fines — as affirmed by Article 49 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — preclude an interpretation of Article 23(2)(a) of Regulation No 1/2003 (1), in the version consolidated by the European Commission through the Guidelines on the method of setting fines (2006/C 201/02), and practice, including national practice, according to which the fine to be applied to undertakings which have breached the prohibition of anti-competitive agreements is to be calculated by applying the circumstances to the basic amount resulting from the calculation of the various factors which have to be taken into account under EU law, and in any event before the reduction to 10 % of turnover, with the risk that the application of the extenuating circumstances to the basic amount may prove entirely unsuitable for having the effect of personalising the fine, the circumstances of which, by contrast, are predetermined by the adjustment of the relevant amount according to the characteristics of the specific case?


(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (OJ 2003 L 1, p. 1).
Case C-484/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Općinski sud u Novom Zagrebu (Croatia) lodged on 11 September 2015 — Ibrica Zulfikarpašić v Slaven Gajer
Date: 2015-09-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: application of the law, claim, enforcement of ruling, injunction, notary








C_2015389EN.01002001.xml










23.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 389/20





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Općinski sud u Novom Zagrebu (Croatia) lodged on 11 September 2015 — Ibrica Zulfikarpašić v Slaven Gajer
(Case C-484/15)
(2015/C 389/21)
Language of the case: Croatian

Referring court

Općinski sud u Novom Zagrebu, Stalna služba u Samoboru

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Ibrica Zulfikarpašić

Defendant: Slaven Gajer

Question referred

A ruling is sought from the Court of Justice of the European Union as to whether the provisions of the Law on Enforcement, concerning the European Enforcement Order, comply with Regulation (EC) No 805/2004, (1) that is to say whether, in the Republic of Croatia in relation to the issue of a writ of execution based on an authentic document in enforcement proceedings, the term ‘court’ includes notaries, whether notaries can issue European Enforcement Orders in respect of definitive and enforceable writs of execution based on authentic documents when those writs have not been contested, and where the answer is in the negative, whether the courts can issue European Enforcement Orders in respect of writs of execution based on an authentic document prepared by a notary, when the content of those writs relates to uncontested claims, and in such a case what form should be used.


(1)  Regulation (EC) No 805/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 creating a European Enforcement Order for uncontested claims (OJ 2004 L 143, p. 15).