do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7761 — Permira/OTPP/GFKL Group/Lowell Group) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-09-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, holding company, investment company, merger control, provision of services, supplementary pension








C_2015303EN.01000701.xml










15.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 303/7





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7761 — Permira/OTPP/GFKL Group/Lowell Group)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 303/05)






1.


On 4 September 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Permira Holdings Limited (‘Permira’, Guernsey), via its subsidiary Garfunkelux SARL, and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (‘OTPP’, Canada) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, joint control of Metis Bidco Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (together the ‘Lowell Group’, UK) and of Garfunkelux Holdco 1 SARL. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (together the ‘GFKL Group’, Germany).










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   Permira: a private equity firm active in a variety of sectors that have potential for growth and development, globally,
—   OTPP: a corporation without share capital responsible for the administration of pension benefits and the investments of pension fund assets on behalf of teachers in Canada,
—   GFKL Group: a provider of consumer debt recovery services operating in Germany,
—   Lowell Group: a provider of consumer debt recovery services operating in the UK.










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 the 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.7761 — Permira/OTPP/GFKL Group/Lowell 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.
Case T-599/14: Order of the General Court of 15 September 2015 — Souruh v Council
Date: 2015-09-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Syria, indemnification, international sanctions, ownership








C_2015381EN.01006002.xml










16.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 381/60





Order of the General Court of 15 September 2015 — Souruh v Council
(Case T-599/14) (1)

(2015/C 381/80)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Seventh Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 361, 13.10.2014.
Case T-536/15: Action brought on 15 September 2015 — CBM v OHIM — ÏD Group (Fashion ID)
Date: 2015-09-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, education, electronic commerce, paper, paperboard, registered trade mark, telecommunications, trade-mark law








C_2015371EN.01004001.xml










9.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 371/40





Action brought on 15 September 2015 — CBM v OHIM — ÏD Group (Fashion ID)
(Case T-536/15)
(2015/C 371/41)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: CBM Creative Brands Marken GmbH (Zürich, Switzerland) (represented by: U. Lüken, J. Bärenfänger, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: ÏD Group (Roubaix, France)

Details of the proceedings before OHIM


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: Community word mark ‘Fashion ID’ — Application for registration No 11 589 082

Procedure before OHIM: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 July 2015 in Case R 2472/2014-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision as far as it upheld the decision of the Opposition Division to reject the CTM No 11 589 082 with regard to the opposed goods and services in Classes 16 and 41;










—


annul the corresponding decision of the Opposition Division of OHIM of 28 July 2014 (Case B 2 197 401) as far as the Opposition Division upheld the opposition to reject the CTM No 11 589 082;










—


dismiss the Opposition dated 7 June 2012 against the CTM No 11 589 082 in its entirety;










—


order OHIM to pay the costs.





Plea(s) in law







—


The Opposition Division and the Board of Appeal failed to regard the long-standing case law of the General Court and of the Court of Justice according to which the overall impression of signs has to be compared, focusing on the contested CTM as a whole, instead of a comparison of single elements.
Case T-158/13: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2015 — Iralco v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures adopted against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Error of assessment)
Date: 2015-09-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Iran, arms control, common foreign and security policy, economic sanctions, international sanctions, nuclear non-proliferation, terrorism, trade restriction








C_2015363EN.01003001.xml










3.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 363/30





Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2015 — Iralco v Council
(Case T-158/13) (1)

((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures adopted against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation - Freezing of funds - Error of assessment))
(2015/C 363/38)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Iranian Aluminium Co. (Iralco) (Tehran, Iran) (represented by: S. Millar and S. Ashley, Solicitors, M. Lester and M. Happold, Barristers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bishop and I. Rodios, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of (i) Council Decision 2012/829/CFSP of 21 December 2012 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 356, p. 71) in so far as it listed the applicant in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP of 26 July 2010 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Common Position 2007/140/CFSP (OJ 2010 L 195, p. 39) and (ii) Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1264/2012 of 21 December 2012 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 356, p. 55) in so far as it listed the applicant in Annex IX to Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010 (OJ 2012 L 88, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Council Decision 2012/829/CFSP of 21 December 2012 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran in so far as it listed Iranian Aluminium Co. (Iralco) in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP of 26 July 2010 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Common Position 2007/140/CFSP;










2.


Annuls Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1264/2012 of 21 December 2012 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran in so far as it listed Iralco in Annex IX to Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010;










3.


Orders the effects of Decision 2012/829 to be maintained as regards Iralco until the entry into force of the order to annul Implementing Regulation No 1264/2012;










4.


Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Iralco.






(1)  OJ C 147, 25.5.2013.
Case T-483/12: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2015 — Nestlé Unternehmungen Deutschland v OHIM — Lotte (Representation of a koala bear) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark representing koala bears — Earlier national three-dimensional mark KOALA-BÄREN and earlier national figurative mark KOALA — Genuine use of the mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2015-09-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, food industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015363EN.01002701.xml










3.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 363/27





Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2015 — Nestlé Unternehmungen Deutschland v OHIM — Lotte (Representation of a koala bear)
(Case T-483/12) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark representing koala bears - Earlier national three-dimensional mark KOALA-BÄREN and earlier national figurative mark KOALA - Genuine use of the mark - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2015/C 363/35)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Nestlé Unternehmungen Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: A. Jaeger-Lenz and P. Blumenthal, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Lotte Co. Ltd (Tokyo, Japan) (represented by: M. Knitter and H. Bickel, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 September 2012 (Case R 2103/2010-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Nestlé Schöller GmbH & Co. KG and Lotte Co. Ltd

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 3 September 2012 (Case R 2103/2010-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Nestlé Schöller GmbH & Co. KG and Lotte Co. Ltd;










2.


Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Nestlé Unternehmungen Deutschland GmbH;










3.


Orders Lotte Co. Ltd to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 26, 26.1.2013.
Case T-472/12: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2015 — Novartis Europharm v Commission (Medicinal products for human use — Marketing authorisation for the generic medicinal product Zoledronic acid Teva Pharma — zoledronic acid — Regulatory data protection period for the reference medicinal products Zometa and Aclasta, containing the active substance zoledronic acid — Directive 2001/83/EC — Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93 and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 — Global marketing authorisation — Regulatory data protection period)
Date: 2015-09-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: data protection, drug surveillance, generic drug, market approval








C_2015363EN.01002602.xml










3.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 363/26





Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2015 — Novartis Europharm v Commission
(Case T-472/12) (1)

((Medicinal products for human use - Marketing authorisation for the generic medicinal product Zoledronic acid Teva Pharma - zoledronic acid - Regulatory data protection period for the reference medicinal products Zometa and Aclasta, containing the active substance zoledronic acid - Directive 2001/83/EC - Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93 and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 - Global marketing authorisation - Regulatory data protection period))
(2015/C 363/34)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Novartis Europharm Ltd (Horsham, United Kingdom) (represented by: C. Schoonderbeek, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented: initially by A. Sipos, and, subsequently by M. Wilderspin, P. Mihaylova and M. Šimerdová, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Teva Pharma BV (Utrecht, Netherlands) (represented by: K. Bacon, Barrister, and C. Firth, Solicitor)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Implementing Decision C (2012) 5894 final of 16 August 2012 granting a marketing authorisation in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council for the medicinal product for human use ‘Zoledronic acid Teva Pharma — zoledronic acid’.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Novartis Europharm Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission and by Teva Pharma BV.






(1)  OJ C 389, 15.12.2012.
Reserve list — Open competition — EPSO/AST-SC/02/14 — Internal security guards (SC 1)
Date: 2015-09-15
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: EPSO, assistant, competition (EU), security services








CA2015303EN.01000101.xml










15.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 303/1





Reserve list (1)

Open competition
EPSO/AST-SC/02/14 — Internal security guards (SC 1)
(2015/C 303 A/01)
 






BACCOLINI


Riccardo Maria




BOGAERTS


Joachim




BOHY


Geert




BOTEA


Corina-Ionica




CORREIA NEVES CORDEIRO DE AZEVEDO


Rui




FERNANDEZ RAMOS


Pablo




ΙΟΑΝ


Aurelian Mihut




IVANOV


Catalin




JACOBS


Iris




MARINKOVIC


Vladimir




MATHIEU


Fabrice Amour Jenny




MURARU


Stefan Marian




NEGOITA


Adrian




NGELIAS


Nikolaos




NIEMINEN


Jörgen




PACHECO BERNARDINO


Sebastien




PACIFICO


Marco




PANS


Christophe




PAUSESCU


Alexandru




RUIZ LOZANO


Jose-Manuel




SARDELLI


Silvia




SCHNELL


Karine




STEFANAKAKIS


Constantin




STOIAN


Valeria




SZÉPLAKI


Florian




VERLEGH


Eric




VUKOSAV


Denis




ZIPIS


Emanuel




The reserve list will be valid until 24 July 2018.


(1)  A successful candidate may explicitly have requested her/his name not be published.
Case T-603/14: Order of the General Court of 15 September 2015 — Drex Technologies v Council
Date: 2015-09-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Syria, indemnification, international sanctions, ownership








C_2015381EN.01006004.xml










16.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 381/60





Order of the General Court of 15 September 2015 — Drex Technologies v Council
(Case T-603/14) (1)

(2015/C 381/82)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Seventh Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 361, 13.10.2014.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2015-09-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2015303EN.01000301.xml










15.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 303/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

14 September 2015
(2015/C 303/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1305




JPY


Japanese yen


136,04




DKK


Danish krone


7,4604




GBP


Pound sterling


0,73340




SEK


Swedish krona


9,3350




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0979




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,2570




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,116




HUF


Hungarian forint


313,33




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2097




RON


Romanian leu


4,4175




TRY


Turkish lira


3,4695




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5874




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4983




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,7615




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7905




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5919




KRW


South Korean won


1 335,76




ZAR


South African rand


15,3545




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,2008




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5470




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 212,39




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8666




PHP


Philippine peso


52,889




RUB


Russian rouble


76,4851




THB


Thai baht


40,743




BRL


Brazilian real


4,3678




MXN


Mexican peso


18,9743




INR


Indian rupee


75,0220






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-535/15: Action brought on 15 September 2015 — CBM v OHIM — ÏD Group (Fashion ID)
Date: 2015-09-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, electronic commerce, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015371EN.01003901.xml










9.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 371/39





Action brought on 15 September 2015 — CBM v OHIM — ÏD Group (Fashion ID)
(Case T-535/15)
(2015/C 371/40)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: CBM Creative Brands Marken GmbH (Zürich, Switzerland) (represented by: U. Lüken, J. Bärenfänger, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: ÏD Group (Roubaix, France)

Details of the proceedings before OHIM


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: Community word mark ‘Fashion ID’ — Application for registration No 10 638 658

Procedure before OHIM: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 July 2015 in Case R 2470/2014-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision as far as it upheld the decision of the Opposition Division to reject the CTM No 10 638 658 with regard to the opposed goods and services in Classes 9, 14, 18, 25 and 35;










—


annul the corresponding decision of the Opposition Division of OHIM of 28 July 2014 (Case B 2 038 399) as far as the Opposition Division upheld the opposition to reject the CTM No 10 638 658;










—


dismiss the Opposition dated 26 June 2012 against the CTM No 10 638 658 in its entirety;










—


order OHIM to pay the costs.





Plea(s) in law







—


The Opposition Division and the Board of Appeal failed to regard the long-standing case law of the General Court and of the Court of Justice according to which the overall impression of signs has to be compared, focusing on the contested CTM as a whole, instead of a comparison of single elements.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1540 of 15 September 2015 establishing a prohibition of fishing for snow crab in Greenland waters of NAFO 1 by vessels flying the flag of Ireland
Date: 2015-09-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, Greenland, Ireland, catch area, catch by species, catch quota, fishing rights, fishing vessel, international waters, sea fish, sea fishing, ship's flag








L_2015242EN.01001001.xml










18.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 242/10








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2015/1540
of 15 September 2015
         
establishing a prohibition of fishing for snow crab in Greenland waters of NAFO 1 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, 15 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


28/TQ104




Member State


Ireland




Stock


PCR/N1GRN.




Species


Snow crab (Chionoecetes spp.)




Zone


Greenland waters of NAFO 1




Closing date


1.1.2015