do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
European Parliament decision of 14 October 2015 on the proposal for the appointment of the Deputy Managing Director of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (C8-0305/2015 — 2015/0902(NLE))
Date: 2015-10-14
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: appointment of members, fund (EU), investment, managing director








C_2017349EN.01011601.xml










17.10.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 349/116





P8_TA(2015)0358
Appointment of Deputy Managing Director of EFSI
European Parliament decision of 14 October 2015 on the proposal for the appointment of the Deputy Managing Director of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (C8-0305/2015 — 2015/0902(NLE))
(Approval)
(2017/C 349/35)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the proposal of the Steering Board of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) of 2 October 2015 for the appointment of its Deputy Managing Director (C8-0305/2015),










—


having regard to Article 7(6) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2015 on the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the European Investment Advisory Hub and the European Investment Project Portal and amending Regulations (EU) No 1291/2013 and (EU) No 1316/2013 — the European Fund for Strategic Investments (1),










—


having regard to its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the joint deliberations of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs under Rule 55 of the Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A8-0293/2015),










A.


whereas Article 7(6) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 provides that the Managing Director and Deputy Managing Director of the EFSI are to be appointed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) after approval by the European Parliament following an open and transparent selection process in line with EIB procedures, during which the European Parliament shall be kept duly informed in a timely manner at all stages;










B.


whereas, on 2 October 2015, the Steering Board of the EFSI adopted a proposal for the appointment of the Managing Director and Deputy Managing Director of the EFSI and transmitted this proposal to the European Parliament;










C.


whereas, on 13 October 2015, the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs held a hearing with Iliyana Tsanova, the proposed candidate for the function of Deputy Managing Director of the EFSI, at which she made an opening statement and then responded to questions from the members of the Committees;












1.


Approves the appointment of Iliyana Tsanova for the position of Deputy Managing Director of the EFSI;












2.


Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council, the Commission, the European Investment Bank and the governments of the Member States.






(1)  OJ L 169, 1.7.2015, p. 1.
EU-28 ethyl alcohol balance sheet for 2014 (Established on 24 September 2015 in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2336/2003)
Date: 2015-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU market, balance sheet, ethanol, exchange of information








C_2015339EN.01000401.xml










14.10.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 339/4





EU-28 ethyl alcohol balance sheet for 2014
(Established on 24 September 2015 in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2336/2003)
(2015/C 339/05)









 


EU-28 ethyl alcohol balance sheet for 2014
Established on 24 September 2015 in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2336/2003 (1)



Hectolitres of pure alcohol (HLPA)




1.


Initial stock


—










—


Agricultural origin






16 415 600










—


Non-agricultural origin






—




2.


Production


—










—


Agricultural origin






69 106 578










—


Non-agricultural origin






—




3.


Imports (2)
 (3)



4 919 325










—


0 % duty






4 044 646










—


Reduced duty






—










—


100 % duty






874 679




4.


Total resources


90 441 503




5.


Exports


2 081 573




6.


Internal consumption


71 433 079




 


Agricultural


Non-agricultural


Total




Food


14 735 795


 


 




Industrial


8 169 771


 


 




Fuel (3)



47 050 088


 


 




Other


1 477 425


 


 




 



Total




71 433 079



 


 




7.


Final stock


—










—


Agricultural origin






16 926 851










—


Non-agricultural origin






—









(1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2336/2003 of 30 December 2003 introducing certain detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 670/2003 laying down specific measures concerning the market in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin (OJ L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 19).

(2)  Covers only products under codes CN 2207 10, CN 2207 20, CN 2208 90 91 and CN 2208 90 99.

(3)  Excludes 3,5 million HLPA under CN 3824 90 97 and 0,8 million HLPA of ETBE under CN 2909 19 10 used to produce fuel.

Sources: Communications from the Member States/Eurostat Comext
European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 October 2015 on the draft Council Implementing Decision fixing the date of effect of Decision 2008/633/JHA concerning access for consultation of the Visa Information System (VIS) by designated authorities of Member States and by Europol for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and of other serious criminal offences (10506/2015 — C8-0193/2015 — 2015/0807(CNS))
Date: 2015-10-14
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU Member State, EU visa policy, Europol, data protection, disclosure of information, exchange of information, information system, offence, personal data, terrorism








C_2017349EN.01010701.xml










17.10.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 349/107





P8_TA(2015)0352
Access for consultation of the Visa Information System (VIS) by Member States and Europol for the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and of other serious criminal offences *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 October 2015 on the draft Council Implementing Decision fixing the date of effect of Decision 2008/633/JHA concerning access for consultation of the Visa Information System (VIS) by designated authorities of Member States and by Europol for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and of other serious criminal offences (10506/2015 — C8-0193/2015 — 2015/0807(CNS))
(Special legislative procedure — consultation)
(2017/C 349/30)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the Council draft (10506/2015),










—


having regard to Article 39(1) of the Treaty on European Union, as amended by the Treaty of Amsterdam, and Article 9 of Protocol No 36 on Transitional Provisions, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C8-0193/2015),










—


having regard to Council Decision 2008/633/JHA of 23 June 2008 concerning access for the consultation of the Visa Information System (VIS) by designated authorities of Member States and by Europol for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and of other serious criminal offences (1), and in particular Article 18(2) thereof,










—


having regard to its Resolution of 9 July 2015 on the European Agenda on Security (2),










—


having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A8-0287/2015),












1.


Approves the Council draft;












2.


Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;












3.


Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to substantially amend the text approved by Parliament;












4.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






(1)  OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 129.

(2)  Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0269.
Case C-535/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 14 October 2015 — Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg v Jost Pinckernelle
Date: 2015-10-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: administrative formalities, chemical product, dangerous substance, export (EU), transport of dangerous goods








C_2016007EN.01000901.xml










11.1.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 7/9





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 14 October 2015 — Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg v Jost Pinckernelle
(Case C-535/15)
(2016/C 007/14)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesverwaltungsgericht

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg

Defendant: Jost Pinckernelle

Intervening party: The representative of the national interest in the Bundesverwaltungsgericht

Question referred

Is Article 5 of the REACH Regulation (1) to be interpreted as meaning that, subject to Articles 6, 7, 21 and 23 of the REACH Regulation, substances may not be exported out of the European Union unless they have been registered in accordance with the relevant provisions of Title II of the REACH Regulation where this is required?


(1)  Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ 2006 L 396, p. 1), Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/830 of 28 May 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (OJ 2015 L 132, p. 8).
Case T-593/15: Action brought on 14 October 2015 — The Art Company B & S v OHIM — G-Star Raw (THE ART OF RAW)
Date: 2015-10-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015414EN.01003601.xml










14.12.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 414/36





Action brought on 14 October 2015 — The Art Company B & S v OHIM — G-Star Raw (THE ART OF RAW)
(Case T-593/15)
(2015/C 414/47)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: The Art Company B & S, SA (Quel, Spain) (represented by: J. Villamor Muguerza and L. Sánchez Calderón, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: G-Star Raw CV (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Details of the proceedings before OHIM


Applicant: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: Community word mark ‘THE ART OF RAW’ — Application for registration No 11 093 036

Procedure before OHIM: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 July 2015 in Case R 1980//2014-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order OHIM as well as the CTMA Applicant (in case it intervenes) to pay the costs of the present Appeal.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7770 — Vitol/VTTI) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gas industry, holding company, investment company, merger control, oil industry, storage








C_2015339EN.01000201.xml










14.10.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 339/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7770 — Vitol/VTTI)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 339/02)
On 8 October 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 32015M7770. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2015-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2015339EN.01000301.xml










14.10.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 339/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

13 October 2015
(2015/C 339/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1374




JPY


Japanese yen


136,16




DKK


Danish krone


7,4608




GBP


Pound sterling


0,74800




SEK


Swedish krona


9,2560




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0910




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,2690




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,131




HUF


Hungarian forint


311,53




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2391




RON


Romanian leu


4,4163




TRY


Turkish lira


3,3600




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5585




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4840




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,8149




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6974




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5929




KRW


South Korean won


1 308,93




ZAR


South African rand


15,3060




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,2123




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6165




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 511,63




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,7735




PHP


Philippine peso


52,384




RUB


Russian rouble


71,4085




THB


Thai baht


40,532




BRL


Brazilian real


4,3271




MXN


Mexican peso


18,8763




INR


Indian rupee


74,1414






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-594/15: Action brought on 14 October 2015 — Metabolic Balance Holding GmbH v OHIM (Metabolic Balance)
Date: 2015-10-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, nutrition, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015398EN.01007601.xml










30.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 398/76





Action brought on 14 October 2015 — Metabolic Balance Holding GmbH v OHIM (Metabolic Balance)
(Case T-594/15)
(2015/C 398/88)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Metabolic Balance Holding GmbH (Isen, Germany) (represented by: W. Riegger, lawyer)

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

Details of the proceedings before OHIM


Trade mark at issue: Community figurative mark containing the word element ‘Metabolic Balance’ — Application for registration No 1 2 5 86  137

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 12 August in Case R 2156/2014-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order OHIM to pay the costs, including those of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal.





Pleas in law







—


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










—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7655 — Berkshire Hathaway/The Duracell Business) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electricity storage device, holding company, merger control








C_2015339EN.01000202.xml










14.10.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 339/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7655 — Berkshire Hathaway/The Duracell Business)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 339/03)
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 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 32015M7655. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-748/14: Order of the General Court of 14 October 2015 — Montenegro v OHIM (Shape of a bottle)
Date: 2015-10-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, industrial electric machinery, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015398EN.01007703.xml










30.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 398/77





Order of the General Court of 14 October 2015 — Montenegro v OHIM (Shape of a bottle)
(Case T-748/14) (1)

(2015/C 398/91)
Language of the case: English
The President of the Eighth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 7, 12.1.2015.
European Parliament decision of 14 October 2015 on the proposal for the appointment of the Managing Director of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (C8-0304/2015 — 2015/0901(NLE))
Date: 2015-10-14
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: appointment of members, fund (EU), investment, managing director








C_2017349EN.01011501.xml










17.10.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 349/115





P8_TA(2015)0357
Appointment of Managing Director of EFSI
European Parliament decision of 14 October 2015 on the proposal for the appointment of the Managing Director of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (C8-0304/2015 — 2015/0901(NLE))
(Approval)
(2017/C 349/34)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the proposal of the Steering Board of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) of 2 October 2015 for the appointment of its Managing Director (C8-0304/2015),










—


having regard to Article 7(6) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2015 on the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the European Investment Advisory Hub and the European Investment Project Portal and amending Regulations (EU) No 1291/2013 and (EU) No 1316/2013 — the European Fund for Strategic Investments (1),










—


having regard to its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the joint deliberations of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs under Rule 55 of the Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A8-0292/2015),










A.


whereas Article 7(6) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 provides that the Managing Director and Deputy Managing Director of the EFSI are to be appointed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) after approval by the European Parliament following an open and transparent selection process in line with EIB procedures, during which the European Parliament shall be kept duly informed in a timely manner at all stages;










B.


whereas, on 2 October 2015, the Steering Board of the EFSI adopted a proposal for the appointment of the Managing Director and Deputy Managing Director of the EFSI and transmitted this proposal to the European Parliament;










C.


whereas, on 13 October 2015, the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs held a hearing with Wilhelm Molterer, the proposed candidate for the function of Managing Director of the EFSI, at which he made an opening statement and then responded to questions from the members of the Committees;












1.


Approves the appointment of Wilhelm Molterer for the position of Managing Director of the EFSI;












2.


Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council, the Commission, the European Investment Bank and the governments of the Member States.






(1)  OJ L 169, 1.7.2015, p. 1.
Communication from the Commission — Automatic increase of an autonomous tariff quota under Council Regulation (EU) No 1220/2012
Date: 2015-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fishery product, import (EU), specification of tariff heading, suspension of customs duties, tariff quota








C_2015339EN.01000101.xml










14.10.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 339/1





COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION
Automatic increase of an autonomous tariff quota under Council Regulation (EU) No 1220/2012
(2015/C 339/01)
Pursuant to Article 3 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1220/2012 (1), the volume of the following tariff quota is increased as follows for the 2015 calendar year:











Order No


CN code


TARIC code


Description


Annual amount of quota
(tons)


Quota duty


Quota period




09.2759


ex 0302 51 10


20


Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, excluding livers and roes, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing (2)
 (3)



84 000


0 %


1.1.2015-31.12.2015




ex 0302 51 90


10




ex 0302 59 10


10




ex 0303 63 10


10




ex 0303 63 30


10




ex 0303 63 90


10




ex 0303 69 10


10






(1)  OJ L 349, 19.12.2012, p. 4.

(2)  The quota is subject to the conditions laid down in the Articles 291 to 300 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

(3)  The quota is not available for products intended solely for one or more of the following operations:






—


cleaning, gutting, tailing, heading,










—


cutting (excluding dicing, filleting, production of flaps or cutting of frozen blocks or splitting of frozen interleaved fillet blocks),










—


repacking of frozen IQF fillets,










—


sampling, sorting,










—


labelling,










—


packing,










—


chilling,










—


freezing,










—


deep freezing,










—


thawing, separation.




The quota is not available for products intended to undergo treatment or operations which give quota entitlement, where such treatment or operations are carried out at retail or catering level. The quota is only available for products intended for human consumption.