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Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 217/2015 of 25 September 2015 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/524]
Date: 2015-09-25
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, chemical product, market approval, plant health control, plant health product, revision of an agreement




L_2017085EN.01003801.xml










30.3.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 85/38








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 217/2015
of 25 September 2015
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/524]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 of 11 March 2015 on implementing Article 80(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and establishing a list of candidates for substitution (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 13zzzzs (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/553) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:







‘13zzzzt.



32015 R 0408: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 of 11 March 2015 on implementing Article 80(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and establishing a list of candidates for substitution (OJ L 67, 12.3.2015, p. 18).’







Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 26 September 2015, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
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, 25 September 2015.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Ingrid SCHULERUD
            





(1)  
            OJ L 67, 12.3.2015, p. 18.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Case C-463/15 PPU: Order of the Court of 25 September 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam — Netherlands) — Openbaar Ministerie v A. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Urgent preliminary-ruling procedure — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA — European arrest warrant — Article 2(4) and Article 4.1 — Conditions of execution — National criminal law making the execution of a European arrest warrant subject to, in addition to double criminality, the condition that the criminal act is punishable by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least 12 months under the law of the executing Member State)
Date: 2015-09-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European arrest warrant, application of EU law, offence








C_2016038EN.01002001.xml










1.2.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 38/20





Order of the Court of 25 September 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam — Netherlands) — Openbaar Ministerie v A.
(Case C-463/15 PPU) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Urgent preliminary-ruling procedure - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters - Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA - European arrest warrant - Article 2(4) and Article 4.1 - Conditions of execution - National criminal law making the execution of a European arrest warrant subject to, in addition to double criminality, the condition that the criminal act is punishable by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least 12 months under the law of the executing Member State))
(2016/C 038/29)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Rechtbank Amsterdam

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Openbaar Ministerie

Defendant: A.

Operative part of the order

Article 2(4) and Article 4.1 of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States, as amended by Council Framework Decision 2009/299/JHA of 26 February 2009, must be interpreted as precluding a situation in which surrender pursuant to a European arrest warrant is subject, in the executing Member State, not only to the condition that the act for which the arrest warrant was issued constitutes an offence under the law of that Member State, but also to the condition that it is, under that same law, punishable by a custodial sentence of a maximum of at least twelve months.


(1)  OJ C 363, 3.11.2015.
Case T-572/15: Action brought on 25 September 2015 — Aldi v OHIM — Rouard (GOURMET)
Date: 2015-09-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, foodstuff, processed food product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015389EN.01006401.xml










23.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 389/64





Action brought on 25 September 2015 — Aldi v OHIM — Rouard (GOURMET)
(Case T-572/15)
(2015/C 389/72)
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Aldi GmbH & Co. KG (Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany) (represented by: C. Fürsen und N. Bertram, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Pierre-André Rouard (Madrid, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before OHIM


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: Community figurative mark with the word element ‘GOURMET’ — Application No 10 509 446

Procedure before OHIM: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 July 2015 in Case R 1985/2013-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order OHIM to pay the costs.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 63 of Regulation No 207/2009 in conjunction with Rule 20(7) of Regulation No 2868/95;










—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 212/2015 of 25 September 2015 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/519]
Date: 2015-09-25
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, cytology, health control, quality standard, revision of an agreement, safety standard, technical specification




L_2017085EN.01002901.xml










30.3.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 85/29








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 212/2015
of 25 September 2015
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/519]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Directive (EU) 2015/565 of 8 April 2015 amending Directive 2006/86/EC as regards certain technical requirements for the coding of human tissues and cells (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Directive (EU) 2015/566 of 8 April 2015 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC as regards the procedures for verifying the equivalent standards of quality and safety of imported tissues and cells (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Chapter XIII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:






(1)


the following is added in point 15z (Commission Directive 2006/86/EC):

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32015 L 0565: Commission Directive (EU) 2015/565 of 8 April 2015 (OJ L 93, 9.4.2015, p. 43).’;














(2)


the following point is inserted after point 16 (Regulation (EU) No 658/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘17.



32015 L 0566: Commission Directive (EU) 2015/566 of 8 April 2015 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC as regards the procedures for verifying the equivalent standards of quality and safety of imported tissues and cells (OJ L 93, 9.4.2015, p. 56).’










Article 2
The texts of Directives (EU) 2015/565 and (EU) 2015/566 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 26 September 2015, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
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, 25 September 2015.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Ingrid SCHULERUD
            





(1)  
            OJ L 93, 9.4.2015, p. 43.

(2)  
            OJ L 93, 9.4.2015, p. 56.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 230/2015 of 25 September 2015 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2017/537]
Date: 2015-09-25
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, environmental protection, revision of an agreement, waste, waste management




L_2017085EN.01005701.xml










30.3.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 85/57








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 230/2015
of 25 September 2015
         
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2017/537]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Regulation (EU) No 660/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 on shipments of waste (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 1234/2014 of 18 November 2014 amending Annexes IIIB, V and VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indents are added in point 32c (Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32014 R 0660: Regulation (EU) No 660/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 (OJ L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 135),










—



32014 R 1234: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1234/2014 of 18 November 2014 (OJ L 332, 19.11.2014, p. 15).’






Article 2
The texts of Regulations (EU) No 660/2014 and (EU) No 1234/2014 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 26 September 2015, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
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, 25 September 2015.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Ingrid SCHULERUD
            





(1)  
            OJ L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 135.

(2)  
            OJ L 332, 19.11.2014, p. 15.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Case C-513/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas lodged on 25 September 2015 in the administrative proceedings for review of legality between Agrodetalė UAB and Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija
Date: 2015-09-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU market, approval, commercial vehicle, supply, tractor, used goods








C_2015414EN.01002002.xml










14.12.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 414/20





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas lodged on 25 September 2015 in the administrative proceedings for review of legality between Agrodetalė UAB and Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija
(Case C-513/15)
(2015/C 414/25)
Language of the case: Lithuanian

Referring court

Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas

Parties to the main proceedings


Interested parties: Agrodetalė UAB, Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija

Questions referred









1.


Do the provisions of Directive 2003/37/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical units and repealing Directive 74/150/EEC apply to the supply to the EU market and registration of used or second-hand vehicles manufactured outside the European Union or can Member States regulate the registration of such vehicles in a Member State by special national rules and impose requirements applicable to such registration (for example, the obligation to comply with the requirements of Directive 2003/37/EC)?












2.


Can Article 23(1)(b) of Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical units and repealing Directive 74/150/EEC, read in conjunction with Article 2(q) thereof, be interpreted as laying down that the provisions of the directive are applicable to machinery in categories Tl, T2 and T3 manufactured after 1 July 2009?






(1)  OJ 2003 L 171, p. 1.
Case T-567/15: Action brought on 25 September 2015 — Monster Energy v OHIM — Mad Catz Interactive (Representation of a black square with four white stripes)
Date: 2015-09-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, footwear industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015381EN.01005501.xml










16.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 381/55





Action brought on 25 September 2015 — Monster Energy v OHIM — Mad Catz Interactive (Representation of a black square with four white stripes)
(Case T-567/15)
(2015/C 381/65)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Monster Energy Company (Corona, United States) (represented by: P. Brownlow, Solicitor)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (San Diego, United States)

Details of the proceedings before OHIM


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: Figurative mark (representation of a black square with four white stripes) — Application for registration No 11 390 853

Procedure before OHIM: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 July 2015 in Case R 2368/2014-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the decision of the Board of Appeal of 4 May 2015 in Case R 2368/2014-5;










—


annul the decision of the Opposition Division of 1 July 2015 in opposition No B2182320;










—


reject the opposed mark in respect of class 25;










—


order OHIM to pay its own costs and those of the opponent.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) Regulation No 207/2009;










—


Infringement of Article 8(5) Regulation No 207/2009.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 219/2015 of 25 September 2015 amending Annex V (Free movement of workers) to the EEA Agreement [2017/526]
Date: 2015-09-25
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, free movement of workers, revision of an agreement




L_2017085EN.01004101.xml










30.3.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 85/41








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 219/2015
of 25 September 2015
         
amending Annex V (Free movement of workers) to the EEA Agreement [2017/526]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Directive 2014/54/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on measures facilitating the exercise of rights conferred on workers in the context of freedom of movement for workers (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex V to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is inserted after point 7 (deleted) of Annex V to the EEA Agreement:







‘8.



32014 L 0054: Directive 2014/54/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on measures facilitating the exercise of rights conferred on workers in the context of freedom of movement for workers (OJ L 128, 30.4.2014, p. 8).
The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






(a)


The words “Union citizens” shall be replaced by the words “nationals of EU Member States and EFTA States”.










(b)


The words “Union workers” shall be replaced by the word “workers”.










(c)


In Articles 1 and 3 the words “Article 45 TFEU” shall be replaced by the words “Article 28 of the EEA Agreement”.










(d)


In Article 4, the words “Union rules on free movement of workers” shall be replaced by the words “the rules on free movement of workers according to the EEA Agreement”.










(e)


In Article 6, the words “Union law” shall be replaced by the words “the EEA Agreement”.










(f)


In Article 7, the words “Article 21 TFEU and” shall not apply.’











Article 2
The texts of Directive 2014/54/EU in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 26 September 2015, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
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, 25 September 2015.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Ingrid SCHULERUD
            





(1)  
            OJ L 128, 30.4.2014, p. 8.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Case F-126/15: Action brought on 25 September 2015 — ZZ and Others v Court of Justice
Date: 2015-09-25
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: damages, interest, servant (EU), transfer of pension rights








C_2015414EN.01004202.xml










14.12.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 414/42





Action brought on 25 September 2015 — ZZ and Others v Court of Justice
(Case F-126/15)
(2015/C 414/53)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: ZZ and Others (represented by: S. Orlandi and T. Martin, lawyers)

Defendant: Court of Justice of the European Union

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Payment of compensation to the applicants for the material harm they have incurred on account of the loss of their pension rights acquired in the national system following the transfer of those rights to the pension scheme of the European Union.

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Tribunal should:






—


order the Court of Justice to pay the sums referred to in the application to any fund or insurance policy in the applicants’ names;










—


in the alternative, order the Court of Justice to pay EU 61  121,08 to ZZ, EUR 1 29  440,98 to [another applicant], EUR 76  324,29 to [another applicant] and EUR 99  565,13 to [another applicant], those sums to be paid together with interest calculated at a rate of 3,1 % per annum from the date of the transfer of the applicants’ pension rights to the PSEUI;










—


in the further alternative, declare that the Court of Justice acted negligently when it transferred the applicants’ pension rights;










—


order the Court of Justice to pay the costs.
Case T-360/13: Judgment of the General Court of 25 September 2015 — VECCO and Others v Commission (REACH — Inclusion of chromium trioxide in the list of substances subject to authorisation — Uses or categories of uses exempted from the authorisation requirement — Concept of ‘existing specific Community legislation imposing minimum requirements relating to the protection of human health or the environment for the use of the substance’ — Manifest error of assessment — Proportionality — Rights of the defence — Principle of sound administration)
Date: 2015-09-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: carcinogenic substance, environmental protection, health control, health risk, market approval, principle of proportionality, rights of the defence








C_2015389EN.01003201.xml










23.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 389/32





Judgment of the General Court of 25 September 2015 — VECCO and Others v Commission
(Case T-360/13) (1)

((REACH - Inclusion of chromium trioxide in the list of substances subject to authorisation - Uses or categories of uses exempted from the authorisation requirement - Concept of ‘existing specific Community legislation imposing minimum requirements relating to the protection of human health or the environment for the use of the substance’ - Manifest error of assessment - Proportionality - Rights of the defence - Principle of sound administration))
(2015/C 389/33)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Verein zur Wahrung von Einsatz und Nutzung von Chromtrioxid und anderen Chrom-VI-verbindungen in der Oberflächentechnik eV (VECCO) (Memmingen, Germany) and the other 185 applicants whose names are listed in Annex I to the judgment (represented by: C. Mereu, K. Van Maldegem, lawyers, and J. Beck, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: K. Talabér-Ritz and J. Tomkin, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the applicants: Assogalvanica (Padua, Italy) and the 31 other interveners whose names are listed in Annex II to the judgment (represented by: C. Mereu, K. Van Maldegem and J. Beck)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (represented by: W. Broere, M. Heikkilä and T. Zbihlej, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for partial annulment of Commission Regulation (EU) No 348/2013 of 17 April 2013 amending Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (OJ 2013 L 108, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Verein zur Wahrung von Einsatz und Nutzung von Chromtrioxid und anderen Chrom-VI-verbindungen in der Oberflächentechnik eV (VECCO) and the applicants whose names are listed in Annex I to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;










3.


Orders Assogalvanica and the other interveners whose names are listed in Annex II to bear their own costs;










4.


Orders the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 260, 7.9.2013.