do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7934 — Blackstone/Norske Skog) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, pulp and paper industry








C_2016073EN.01000101.xml










25.2.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 73/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7934 — Blackstone/Norske Skog)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 73/01)
On 19 February 2016, 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 32016M7934. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/326 of 25 February 2016 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Frankfurter Grüne Soße/Frankfurter Grie Soß (PGI)]
Date: 2016-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Hesse, aromatic plant, designation of origin, foodstuff, labelling, product designation








L_2016062EN.01000101.xml










9.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 62/1








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/326
of 25 February 2016
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Frankfurter Grüne Soße/Frankfurter Grie Soß (PGI)]


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Germany's application to register the name ‘Frankfurter Grüne Soße’/‘Frankfurter Grie Soß’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Frankfurter Grüne Soße’/‘Frankfurter Grie Soß’ should therefore be entered in the register,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Frankfurter Grüne Soße’/‘Frankfurter Grie Soß’ (PGI) is hereby entered in the register.
The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.6. — Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed, as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 (3).


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 25 February 2016.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Phil HOGAN
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ C 350, 22.10.2015, p. 10.

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 36).
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 February 2016 on the draft Council decision authorising the Republic of Austria to sign and ratify, and Malta to accede to, the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, in the interest of the European Union (13777/2015 — C8-0401/2015 — 2013/0177(NLE))
Date: 2016-02-25
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: Austria, Malta, accession to an agreement, civil law, commercial law, international convention, judicial cooperation, judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU, ratification of an agreement, signature of an agreement








C_2018035EN.01016001.xml










31.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 35/160





P8_TA(2016)0052
Authorisation for Austria to sign and ratify, and Malta to accede to, the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 ***
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 February 2016 on the draft Council decision authorising the Republic of Austria to sign and ratify, and Malta to accede to, the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, in the interest of the European Union (13777/2015 — C8-0401/2015 — 2013/0177(NLE))
(Consent)
(2018/C 035/37)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the draft Council decision (13777/2015),










—


having regard to the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (13777/15/ADD1),










—


having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 81(2) and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C8-0401/2015),










—


having regard to the opinion of the Court of Justice of 14 October 2014 (1),










—


having regard to Rule 99(1), first and third subparagraphs, Rule 99(2), and Rule 108(7) of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A8-0018/2016),












1.


Gives its consent to the draft Council decision authorising the Republic of Austria to sign and ratify, and Malta to accede to, the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, in the interest of the European Union;












2.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and to the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.






(1)  Opinion of the Court of Justice of 14 October 2014, 1/13, ECLI:EU:C:2014:2303.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/327 of 25 February 2016 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Polvorones de Estepa (PGI)]
Date: 2016-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Andalusia, Spain, confectionery product, designation of origin, labelling, product designation








L_2016062EN.01000301.xml










9.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 62/3








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/327
of 25 February 2016
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Polvorones de Estepa (PGI)]


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Spain's application to register the name ‘Polvorones de Estepa’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Polvorones de Estepa’ should therefore be entered in the register,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Polvorones de Estepa’ (PGI) is hereby entered in the register.
The name referred to in the first paragraph identifies a product in Class 2.3 bread, pastry, cakes, confectionery, biscuits and other baker's wares, as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 (3).


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 25 February 2016.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Phil HOGAN
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ C 338, 13.10.2015, p. 10.

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 36).
Case C-143/15: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 25 February 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — G.E. Security BV v Staatssecretaris van Financiën (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 — Common Customs Tariff — Combined Nomenclature — Classification of goods — Headings 8517, 8521, 8531 and 8543 — Product known as a ‘video multiplexer’)
Date: 2016-02-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, audiovisual equipment, common customs tariff, specification of tariff heading








C_2016145EN.01001202.xml










25.4.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 145/12






Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 25 February 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — G.E. Security BV v Staatssecretaris van Financiën
(Case C-143/15) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 - Common Customs Tariff - Combined Nomenclature - Classification of goods - Headings 8517, 8521, 8531 and 8543 - Product known as a ‘video multiplexer’))
(2016/C 145/14)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Hoge Raad der Nederlanden

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: G.E. Security BV

Defendant: Staatssecretaris van Financiën

Operative part of the judgment

The Combined Nomenclature set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1214/2007 of 20 September 2007, must be interpreted as meaning that a product such as the ‘video multiplexer’ at issue in the main proceedings must, subject to the referring court’s assessment of all the facts before it, be classified in heading 8521 of that nomenclature.


(1)  
            OJ C 198, 15.6.2015.
Joined Cases T-589/14 and T-772/14: Judgment of the General Court of 25 February 2016 — Musso v Parliament (Emoluments of Members of the Parliament — Old-age pension — Obligation for French Members to claim their pension rights from the national schemes — Rule against overlapping — Implementing measures for the Statute for Members — Decision adopted at the conclusion of the complaint procedure — Debit note — Decision to suspend payment of the pension — Adversarial principle — Reasonable period — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2016-02-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: France, Member of the European Parliament, national law, pension scheme








C_2016118EN.01002801.xml










4.4.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 118/28





Judgment of the General Court of 25 February 2016 — Musso v Parliament

(Joined Cases T-589/14 and T-772/14) (1)

((Emoluments of Members of the Parliament - Old-age pension - Obligation for French Members to claim their pension rights from the national schemes - Rule against overlapping - Implementing measures for the Statute for Members - Decision adopted at the conclusion of the complaint procedure - Debit note - Decision to suspend payment of the pension - Adversarial principle - Reasonable period - Obligation to state reasons))
(2016/C 118/31)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: François Musso (Ajaccio, France) (represented by: A. Gross and L. Stachnik, lawyers)

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

Re:

First, application for annulment of the decision of the Bureau of the Parliament of 26 June 2014 confirming the decision of the Secretary-General of the Parliament of 17 October 2011 which determined the monthly amount of pension rights, taking into account the sums received from two French pension schemes, and by which recovery of EUR 127 065,19 was determined and, second, application for annulment of the decision of the Parliament of 22 September 2014.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the actions;










2.


Orders Mr François Musso to bear his own costs and to pay those of the European Parliament.






(1)  OJ C 351 of 6.10.2014.
Case T-402/14: Judgment of the General Court of 25 February 2016 — FCC Aqualia v OHIM — Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona (AQUALOGY) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark AQUALOGY — Earlier Community word mark AQUALIA and earlier national figurative mark aqualia — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Date: 2016-02-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, water management








C_2016118EN.01002502.xml










4.4.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 118/25





Judgment of the General Court of 25 February 2016 — FCC Aqualia v OHIM — Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona (AQUALOGY)
(Case T-402/14) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark AQUALOGY - Earlier Community word mark AQUALIA and earlier national figurative mark aqualia - Relative grounds for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009))
(2016/C 118/27)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: FCC Aqualia, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J. de Oliveira Vaz Miranda de Sousa, N. González-Alberto Rodríguez and C. Sueiras Villalobos, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: V. Melgar and J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: J. Grau Mora, C. Viola Zendrera and A. Torrente Tomás, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 13 March 2014 (Case R 1209/2013-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, SA and FCC Aqualia, SA.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders FCC Aqualia to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 261, 11.8.2014.
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 February 2016 on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of San Marino providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (COM(2015)0518 — C8-0370/2015 — 2015/0244(NLE))
Date: 2016-02-25
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: European tax cooperation, San Marino, agreement (EU), exchange of information, interest, protocol to an agreement, ratification of an agreement, revision of an agreement, savings, tax on investment income








C_2018035EN.01016101.xml










31.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 35/161





P8_TA(2016)0053
EU-San Marino agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information*
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 February 2016 on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of San Marino providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (COM(2015)0518 — C8-0370/2015 — 2015/0244(NLE))
(Consultation)
(2018/C 035/38)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2015)0518),










—


having regard to the draft Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of San Marino providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (13448/2015),










—


having regard to Article 115 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (b), and paragraph (8), second subparagraph, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C8-0370/2015),










—


having regard to Rules 59, 108(7) and 50(1) of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A8-0025/2016),












1.


Approves conclusion of the Amending Protocol to the Agreement;












2.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of San Marino.
Council Regulation (EU) 2016/277 of 25 February 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus
Date: 2016-02-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Belarus, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, natural person








L_2016052EN.01002201.xml










27.2.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 52/22








            COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2016/277
of 25 February 2016
         
amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215 thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus (1),


Having regard to the joint proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and of the European Commission,

Whereas:







(1)


Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 (2) provides for a freezing of the assets of President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus, as well as of assets of persons responsible for serious violations of human rights or the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and of persons and entities benefiting from or supporting the Lukashenko regime, including, in particular, persons and entities providing financial or material support to that regime.












(2)


The application of the asset freeze should be maintained in respect of four persons listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006.












(3)


All persons and entities listed in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 in respect of which the application of the asset freeze was suspended should be deleted, and the suspension of the application of the prohibition should be brought to an end.












(4)


This measure falls within the scope of the Treaty and regulatory action at the level of the Union is therefore necessary in order to give effect to it, in particular with a view to ensuring its uniform application by economic operators in all Member States.












(5)


Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 is amended as follows:






(1)


in Article 2, paragraph 6 is deleted;










(2)


Article 8b is deleted;










(3)


Annex IV is deleted.






Article 2
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, 25 February 2016.


For the Council


The President

K.H.D.M. DIJKHOFF
            





(1)  
            OJ L 285, 17.10.2012, p. 1.

(2)  Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus (OJ L 134, 20.5.2006, p. 1).
Case C-346/15 P: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 25 February 2016 — Steinbeck GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Alfred Sternjakob GmbH & Co. KG (Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Community word marks BE HAPPY — Declaration of invalidity — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 7(1)(b) — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character)
Date: 2016-02-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, textile industry, trade-mark law








C_2016200EN.01000302.xml










6.6.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 200/3





Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 25 February 2016 — Steinbeck GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Alfred Sternjakob GmbH & Co. KG
(Case C-346/15 P) (1)

((Appeal - Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court - Community word marks BE HAPPY - Declaration of invalidity - Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 7(1)(b) - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character))
(2016/C 200/04)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: Steinbeck GmbH (represented by: M. Heinrich and M. Fischer, Rechtsanwälte)

Other party to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Alfred Sternjakob GmbH & Co. KG

Operative part of the order







1.


The appeal is rejected.










2.


Steinbeck GmbH shall bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 302, 14.9.2015.