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Case T-557/13: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2015 — Germany v Commission (EAGGF — Guarantee Section — EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Expenditure in the context of the European quota system in relation to the production of potato starch — Rights of the defence)
Date: 2015-09-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EAFRD, EAGF, EAGGF Guarantee Section, agricultural expenditure, aid to agriculture, potato, production quota, rights of the defence, starch








C_2015389EN.01003601.xml










23.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 389/36





Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2015 — Germany v Commission
(Case T-557/13) (1)

((EAGGF - Guarantee Section - EAGF and EAFRD - Expenditure excluded from financing - Expenditure in the context of the European quota system in relation to the production of potato starch - Rights of the defence))
(2015/C 389/37)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze and J.Möller, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Eggers and P. Rossi, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M.K. Bulterman, C.S. Schillemans and J. Langer, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Implementing Decision 2013/433/EU of 13 August 2013 on excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2013 L 219, p. 49), in so far as it applies a financial correction to the Federal Republic of Germany, in the context of the European quota system in relation to the production of potato starch for 2003 to 2005, totalling EUR 6 1 92  951,34.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Commission Implementing Decision 2013/433/EU of 13 August 2013 on excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), in so far as it applies a financial correction to the Federal Republic of Germany, in the context of the European quota system in relation to the production of potato starch, for 2003 to 2005;










2.


Orders the European Commission to pay the costs;










3.


Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 9, 11.1.2014.
Case T-125/12: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2015 — Viasat Broadcasting UK v Commission (State aid — Public-service broadcasting — Decision declaring aid compatible with the internal market — Aid implemented by the Danish authorities in favour of the Danish public-service broadcaster TV2/Danmark — Public funding granted to offset the costs involved in the performance of public-service obligations — Compatibility of aid — Judgment in Altmark)
Date: 2015-09-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Denmark, State aid, advertising, control of State aid, public sector, services of general interest, television








C_2015389EN.01002601.xml










23.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 389/26





Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2015 — Viasat Broadcasting UK v Commission
(Case T-125/12) (1)

((State aid - Public-service broadcasting - Decision declaring aid compatible with the internal market - Aid implemented by the Danish authorities in favour of the Danish public-service broadcaster TV2/Danmark - Public funding granted to offset the costs involved in the performance of public-service obligations - Compatibility of aid - Judgment in Altmark))
(2015/C 389/26)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Viasat Broadcasting UK Ltd (West Drayton, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Kalsmose-Hjelmborg and M. Honoré, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Denmark (represented initially by C. Vang and V. Pasternak Jørgensen, acting as Agents, and subsequently by V. Pasternak Jørgensen and K. Lundgaard Hansen, lawyer, and finally by C. Thorning, acting as Agent, and by K. Lundgaard Hansen and R. Holgaard, lawyer); and TV2/Danmark A/S (Odense, Denmark) (represented by: O. Koktvedgaard, lawyer)

Re:

Application for annulment in part of Commission Decision 2011/839/EU of 20 April 2011 on the measures implemented by Denmark (C 2/03) for TV2/Danmark (OJ 2011 L 340, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that it is unnecessary to adjudicate on the action, in so far as it seeks the annulment of Commission Decision 2011/839/EU of 20 April 2011 on the measures implemented by Denmark (C 2/03) for TV2/Danmark, in that the Commission found that the advertising revenue from 1995 and 1996 paid to TV2/Danmark A/S by the TV2 Fund amounted to State aid;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders Viasat Broadcasting UK Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;










4.


Orders the Kingdom of Denmark to bear its own costs;










5.


Orders TV2/Danmark to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 138, 12.5.2012.
Case C-507/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van Koophandel te Gent (Belgium) lodged on 24 September 2015 — Agro Foreign Trade & Agency Ltd v Petersime NV
Date: 2015-09-24
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Türkiye, free movement of persons, private international law, residence, sales representative








C_2015414EN.01002001.xml










14.12.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 414/20





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van Koophandel te Gent (Belgium) lodged on 24 September 2015 — Agro Foreign Trade & Agency Ltd v Petersime NV
(Case C-507/15)
(2015/C 414/24)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Rechtbank van Koophandel te Gent

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Agro Foreign Trade & Agency Ltd

Defendant: Petersime NV

Question referred

Is the Belgian Handelsagentuurwet, (1) which transposes the Commercial Agency Directive into Belgian national law, in accordance with that Directive and/or the provisions of the Association Agreement which has as its express aim the accession of Turkey to the European Union and/or the obligations between Turkey and the European Union to eliminate restrictions with regard to the free movement of services between them, when that Belgian Handelsagentuurwet provides that it only applies to commercial agents whose principal place of business is in Belgium, and does not apply when a principal established in Belgium and an agent established in Turkey have explicitly chosen Belgian law?


(1)  Council Directive 86/653/EEC of 18 December 1986 on the coordination of the laws of the Member States relating to self-employed commercial agents (OJ 1986 L 382, p. 17).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7572 — OG Capital/Kem One Innovative Vinyls) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, holding company, merger control, plastics industry








C_2015316EN.01000102.xml










24.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 316/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7572 — OG Capital/Kem One Innovative Vinyls)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 316/02)
On 6 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 32015M7572. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7741 — Apollo Management/Stemcor) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, iron and steel industry, logistics, merger control, wholesale trade








C_2015316EN.01000201.xml










24.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 316/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7741 — Apollo Management/Stemcor)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 316/03)
On 17 September 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 32015M7741. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Notice of open competition
Date: 2015-09-24
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: accountant, administrator, audit, competition (EU)








C_2015316EN.01003501.xml










24.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 316/35





NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITION
(2015/C 316/11)
The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is organising the following open competition:






 


EPSO/AD/321/15 — ADMINISTRATORS IN THE FIELD OF AUDIT (AD 5/AD 7)




The competition notice is published in 24 languages in the 
Official Journal of the European Union
C 316 A of 24 September 2015
.
Further information can be found on the EPSO website: http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/eu-careers.info/
Decision of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States No 2/2015/SC of 24 September 2015 establishing an EEA Financial Mechanism Interim Committee 2014-21 [2015/2024]
Date: 2015-09-24
Institutions: Standing Committee of the EFTA States
Subjects: EU financing, European Economic Area, Norway, committee (EU), financial management, financing method, president of an institution




L_2015295EN.01006301.xml










12.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 295/63








            DECISION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE EFTA STATES
         
No 2/2015/SC
of 24 September 2015
         
establishing an EEA Financial Mechanism Interim Committee 2014-21 [2015/2024]


THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE EFTA STATES,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as the EEA Agreement,


Having regard to the agreement to be concluded establishing a new EEA Financial Mechanism for the period 2014-21,


Having regard to the agreement to be concluded between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union to establish a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2014-21,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1

1.   An EEA Financial Mechanism Interim Committee 2014-21, hereinafter referred to as the Interim Committee, which should be operative as soon as possible, is hereby established.


2.   The Interim Committee shall assist the EFTA States in preparing for the implementation of the EEA Financial Mechanism for 2014-21.


3.   The Interim Committee shall report to the Standing Committee.


4.   The Interim Committee may be assisted by the Missions of the EEA EFTA States to the EU.


5.   The Interim Committee shall on the day of entering into force or on the day of provisional application of the agreement establishing the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-21 be replaced by an EEA Financial Mechanism Committee 2014-21.


6.   The Interim Committee shall discuss and assess possible coordination between the EEA Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism.


7.   The Interim Committee shall agree upon a Chairman who shall be confirmed by the Standing Committee.



Article 2
This Decision shall take immediate effect.


Article 3
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 24 September 2015.


For the Standing Committee


Acting Chair

Ingrid SCHULERUD
            

The Secretary-General

Kristinn F. ÁRNASON
Case T-211/14: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2015 — Klement v OHIM — Bullerjan (Form of an oven) (Community trade mark — Revocation proceedings — Three-dimensional Community mark — Form of an oven — Genuine use of a mark — Article 15(1)(a) and Article 51 (1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Nature of use of the mark — Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character)
Date: 2015-09-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, furnace, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015389EN.01004801.xml










23.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 389/48





Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2015 — Klement v OHIM — Bullerjan (Form of an oven)
(Case T-211/14) (1)

((Community trade mark - Revocation proceedings - Three-dimensional Community mark - Form of an oven - Genuine use of a mark - Article 15(1)(a) and Article 51 (1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Nature of use of the mark - Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character))
(2015/C 389/52)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Toni Klement (Dippoldiswalde, Germany) (represented by: J. Weiser and A. Grohmann, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Bullerjan GmbH (Isernhagen-Kirchhorst, Germany)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 January 2014 (Case R 927/2013-1), relating to revocation proceedings between Mr Toni Klement and Bullerjan GmbH.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Mr Toni Klement to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 245, 28.7.2014.
Case C-509/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin (Germany) lodged on 24 September 2015 — Recep Kilic v Land Berlin
Date: 2015-09-24
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: family migration, foreign national, migrant worker, residence permit








C_2016016EN.01001601.xml










18.1.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 16/16





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin (Germany) lodged on 24 September 2015 — Recep Kilic v Land Berlin
(Case C-509/15)
(2016/C 016/19)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgericht Berlin

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Recep Kilic

Defendant: Land Berlin

Question referred

Can the extension of the residence permit of a family member — who was permitted to join the principal person entitled at a time when the latter was not duly registered as belonging to the labour force — at a date on which the principal person entitled, with whom the family member is lawfully resident, has become an employed person be regarded as constituting an ‘authorisation to join’ for the purposes of Article 7 of EEC-Turkey Association Council Decision No 1/80 of 19 September 1980?
Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
Date: 2015-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Azores, EU waters, Faroes, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, catch area, catch by species, catch quota, fishing rights, international waters, sea fish, sea fishing








C_2015316EN.01000501.xml










24.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 316/5





Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
(2015/C 316/07)
In accordance with Article 35(3) of 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), a decision has been taken to close the fishery as set down in the following table:






Date and time of closure


21.8.2015




Duration


21.8.2015-31.12.2015




Member State


Germany




Stock or Group of stocks


RED/51214D




Species


Redfish (Sebastes spp.)




Zone


Union and international waters of V; international waters of XII and XIV




Type(s) of fishing vessels


—




Reference number


37/TQ104






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
Case F-92/14: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 24 September 2015 — Weissenfels v Parliament (Civil Service — Officials — Action for compensation — Non-contractual liability of the European Union — Content of an e-mail sent by the administration to a retired official — Impugnment of the applicant’s honour — Absence — Communication by the staff representing the institution of the applicant’s personal information to his lawyer in proceedings before the General Court — Infringement of Regulation No 45/2001 — False factual assertions)
Date: 2015-09-24
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: damages, electronic mail, fundamental rights, indemnification, personal data








C_2015363EN.01004901.xml










3.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 363/49





Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 24 September 2015 — Weissenfels v Parliament
(Case F-92/14) (1)

((Civil Service - Officials - Action for compensation - Non-contractual liability of the European Union - Content of an e-mail sent by the administration to a retired official - Impugnment of the applicant’s honour - Absence - Communication by the staff representing the institution of the applicant’s personal information to his lawyer in proceedings before the General Court - Infringement of Regulation No 45/2001 - False factual assertions))
(2015/C 363/58)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Roderich Weissenfels (Freiburg in Brisgau, Germany) (represented by: G. Maximini, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: J. Steele and S. Seyr, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application, firstly, for annulment of the European Parliament’s refusal to compensate the application for the harm which he has suffered due to infringements of his personal rights and of the provisions of Regulation No 45/2011 in the handling of a previous case, and, secondly, for damages for the non-material harm allegedly suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Mr Weissenfels to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Parliament.






(1)  OJ C 448, 15.12.2014, p. 40.
Case T-382/14: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2015 — Rintisch v OHIM — Compagnie laitière européenne (PROTICURD) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Community — Word mark PROTICURD — Earlier national word marks PROTI and PROTIPLUS — Earlier national figurative mark Proti Power — Relative ground for refusal — Admissibility — Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 and Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 216/96 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier marks — Article 42(2) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Date: 2015-09-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, dairy industry, pharmaceutical product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015389EN.01005101.xml










23.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 389/51





Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2015 — Rintisch v OHIM — Compagnie laitière européenne (PROTICURD)
(Case T-382/14) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Community - Word mark PROTICURD - Earlier national word marks PROTI and PROTIPLUS - Earlier national figurative mark Proti Power - Relative ground for refusal - Admissibility - Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 and Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 216/96 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 - Genuine use of the earlier marks - Article 42(2) of Regulation No 207/2009 - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009))
(2015/C 389/56)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Bernhard Rintisch (Bottrop, Germany) (represented by: A. Dreyer, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Compagnie laitière européenne SA (Condé-sur-Vire, France) (represented by C. Hertz-Eichenrode, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 March 2014 (Case R 609/2011-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Mr Bernhard Rintisch and Compagnie laitière européenne SA

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 14 March 2014 (Case R 609/2011-4);










2.


Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Mr Bernhard Rintisch;










3.


Orders Compagnie laitière européenne SA to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 282, 25.8.2014.