do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-645/13: Judgment of the General Court of 15 March 2016 — Nezi v OHIM — Etam (E) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark E — Earlier Community figurative mark E — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Reputation — Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2016-03-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2016156EN.01003302.xml










2.5.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/33






Judgment of the General Court of 15 March 2016 — Nezi v OHIM — Etam (E)
(Case T-645/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark E - Earlier Community figurative mark E - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Reputation - Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2016/C 156/43)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: Evcharis Nezi (Mykonos, Greece) (represented by: A. Salkitzoglou, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the General Court: Etam SAS (Clichy, France) (represented by: G. Barbaut and A. Champanhet, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 October 2013 (Case R 329/2013-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Etam SAS and Mrs Evcharis Nezi.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Dismisses the cross-claim;










3.


Orders Mrs Evcharis Nezi and Etam SAS to each bear half of the costs of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM), and to each pay their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 61, 1.3.2014.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2016-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2016099EN.01000201.xml










15.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 99/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

14 March 2016
(2016/C 99/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1119 




JPY


Japanese yen


126,36 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4585 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,77428 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,2810 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0969 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,4140 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


27,050 




HUF


Hungarian forint


310,11 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2837 




RON


Romanian leu


4,4658 




TRY


Turkish lira


3,2049 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4755 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4737 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,6253 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6591 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5281 




KRW


South Korean won


1 318,77 




ZAR


South African rand


17,1243 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,2230 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5650 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 504,47 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,5746 




PHP


Philippine peso


51,785 




RUB


Russian rouble


78,5889 




THB


Thai baht


38,961 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,0261 




MXN


Mexican peso


19,7648 




INR


Indian rupee


74,5653 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7948 — Hauptgenossenschaft Nord/Roth Agrarhandel) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, fertiliser industry, means of agricultural production, merger control, retail trade, wholesale trade








C_2016099EN.01000101.xml










15.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 99/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7948 — Hauptgenossenschaft Nord/Roth Agrarhandel)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 99/01)
On 1 March 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 German 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 32016M7948. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2016/563 of 15 March 2016 on the acceptance of Turkey's contribution to the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) (EUAM Ukraine/2/2016)
Date: 2016-03-15
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: EU police mission, Türkiye, Ukraine, financial aid, public safety, technical cooperation




L_2016096EN.01003701.xml










12.4.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 96/37








            POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION (CFSP) 2016/563
of 15 March 2016
         
on the acceptance of Turkey's contribution to the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) (EUAM Ukraine/2/2016)


THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular the third paragraph of Article 38 thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision 2014/486/CFSP of 22 July 2014 on the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) (1),

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 10(3) of Decision 2014/486/CFSP, the Council authorised the Political and Security Committee (‘PSC’) to take relevant decisions on the acceptance of contributions to EUAM Ukraine by third States.












(2)


The Civilian Operations Commander recommended that the PSC accept the proposed contribution from Turkey to EUAM Ukraine and to consider the contribution as significant.












(3)


Turkey should be exempted from financial contributions to the budget of EUAM Ukraine,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1

Third States' contributions


1.   The contribution from Turkey to EUAM Ukraine is accepted and considered to be significant.


2.   Turkey is exempted from financial contributions to the budget of EUAM Ukraine.



Article 2

Entry into force

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
It shall apply from 3 November 2015.




Done at Brussels, 15 March 2016.


For the Political and Security Committee


The Chairperson

W. STEVENS
            





(1)  
            OJ L 217, 23.7.2014, p. 42.
Case T-575/14: Order of the General Court of 15 March 2016 — Larymnis Larko v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Privatisation — Support measures for a debtor of the applicant — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market — No interest in bringing proceedings — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2016-03-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Greece, State aid, VAT, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, corporation tax, restriction on competition








C_2016156EN.01004202.xml










2.5.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/42






Order of the General Court of 15 March 2016 — Larymnis Larko v Commission
(Case T-575/14) (1)

((Action for annulment - State aid - Privatisation - Support measures for a debtor of the applicant - Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market - No interest in bringing proceedings - Inadmissibility))
(2016/C 156/56)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: Elliniki Metalleftiki kai Metallourgiki Larymnis Larko AE (Kallithea, Greece) (represented by: V. Koulouris, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouchagiar, acting as Agent, and by V. Chatzopoulos, lawyer)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2014/539/EU of 27 March 2014 on the State aid SA.34572 (13/C) (ex 13/NN) implemented by Greece for Larko General Mining & Metallurgical Company SA (OJ 2014 L 254, p. 24).

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as inadmissible.










2.


Elliniki Metalleftiki kai Metallourgiki Larymnis Larko AE shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission.






(1)  
            OJ C 395, 10.11.2014.
Case C-153/16: Action brought on 15 March 2016 — European Commission v Republic of Slovenia
Date: 2016-03-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: air quality, environmental protection, hazardous waste, pneumatic tyre, prevention of pollution, public health, soil pollution, storage of waste, waste disposal, water pollution








C_2016222EN.01000302.xml










20.6.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 222/3






Action brought on 15 March 2016 — European Commission v Republic of Slovenia
(Case C-153/16)
(2016/C 222/04)
Language of the case: Slovenian

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: D. Kukovec and E. Sanfrutos Cano, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Slovenia

Form of order sought by the applicant

The Commission claims that the Court should:






—


declare that, by allowing an ongoing persistent situation of environmental and health insecurity, through the unsuitable storage of substantial quantities of used tyres together with other waste, including hazardous waste, and through the disposal thereof contrary to the requirements of the Landfill Directive, the Republic of Slovenia has infringed Article 12 (Disposal), Article 13 as regards waste management which takes into account the protection of human health and the environment, and Article 36(1) (Enforcement and penalties) of the Waste Framework Directive, as well as Article 5(3)(d) of the Landfill Directive;










—


order the Republic of Slovenia to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The Republic of Slovenia has allowed an ongoing persistent situation of environmental and health insecurity, through the unsuitable storage of substantial quantities of used tyres together with other waste, including hazardous waste, and through the disposal thereof contrary to the requirements of, first, the Landfill Directive and, second, the Waste Framework Directive.
Case F-15/16: Action brought on 15 March 2016 — ZZ v EEAS
Date: 2016-03-15
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: administrator, censorship, publication








C_2016191EN.01005201.xml










30.5.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 191/52





Action brought on 15 March 2016 — ZZ v EEAS
(Case F-15/16)
(2016/C 191/75)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (represented by: S. Rodrigues and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)

Defendant: European External Action Service (EEAS)

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision refusing the applicant permission to publish an article, in the absence of modification of the proposed text.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the contested decision and, so far as necessary, the decision rejecting the complaint;










—


order the defendant to pay the costs.
Council Decision (EU) 2016/1946 of 15 March 2016 concerning the signing and conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Georgia on security procedures for exchanging and protecting classified information
Date: 2016-03-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Georgia, agreement (EU), confidentiality, data protection, exchange of information, ratification of an agreement, signature of an agreement








L_2016300EN.01000101.xml










8.11.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 300/1








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2016/1946
of 15 March 2016
         
concerning the signing and conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Georgia on security procedures for exchanging and protecting classified information


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, in particular Article 37 thereof, and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in particular Article 218(5) and the first subparagraph of Article 218(6) thereof,


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

Whereas:







(1)


At its meeting on 20 January 2014, the Council decided to authorise the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR) to open negotiations pursuant to Article 37 of the Treaty on European Union and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 218(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in order to conclude an Agreement on the security of information between the European Union and Georgia.












(2)


Following that authorisation, the HR negotiated an Agreement with Georgia on security procedures for exchanging and protecting classified information.












(3)


That Agreement should be approved,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The Agreement between the European Union and Georgia on security procedures for exchanging and protecting classified information is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.


Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Union.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 15 March 2016.


For the Council


The President

A.G. KOENDERS
Case T-576/14: Order of the General Court of 15 March 2016 — Larymnis Larko v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Privatisation — Support measures for a debtor of the applicant — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market — No interest in bringing proceedings — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2016-03-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Greece, State aid, company buyout, control of State aid, equal treatment, infringement of EU law, mining operation, privatisation, restriction on competition, rights of the defence, share capital








C_2016156EN.01004301.xml










2.5.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/43






Order of the General Court of 15 March 2016 — Larymnis Larko v Commission
(Case T-576/14) (1)

((Action for annulment - State aid - Privatisation - Support measures for a debtor of the applicant - Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market - No interest in bringing proceedings - Inadmissibility))
(2016/C 156/57)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: Elliniki Metalleftiki kai Metallourgiki Larymnis Larko AE (Kallithea, Greece) (represented by: V. Koulouris, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouchagiar, acting as Agent, and by V. Chatzopoulos, lawyer)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision C (2014) 1805 of 27 March 2014 declaring that the sale of some of the assets exploited by Larko General Mining & Metallurgical Company SA did not constitute State aid [SA. 37954 (2013/N)].

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as inadmissible.










2.


Elliniki Metalleftiki kai Metallourgiki Larymnis Larko AE shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission.






(1)  
            OJ C 395, 10.11.2014.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7924 — Bell AG/Coop Group/HL Verwaltungs-GmbH) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, meat processing industry, merger control, poultry farming, retail trade, wholesale trade








C_2016099EN.01000102.xml










15.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 99/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7924 — Bell AG/Coop Group/HL Verwaltungs-GmbH)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 99/02)
On 26 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 German 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 32016M7924. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for 28 Member States applicable as from 1 April 2016 (Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1))
Date: 2016-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, interest, reimbursement of aid








C_2016099EN.01000301.xml










15.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 99/3





Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for 28 Member States applicable as from 1 April 2016
(Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1))
(2016/C 99/04)
Base rates calculated in accordance with the Communication from the Commission on the revision of the method for setting the reference and discount rates (OJ C 14, 19.1.2008, p. 6). Depending on the use of the reference rate, the appropriate margins have still to be added as defined in this communication. For the discount rate this means that a margin of 100 basis points has to be added. The Commission Regulation (EC) No 271/2008 of 30 January 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 foresees that, unless otherwise provided for in a specific decision, the recovery rate will also be calculated by adding 100 basis points to the base rate.
Modified rates are indicated in bold.
Previous table published in OJ C 67, 20.2.2016, p. 7.


































From


To


AT


BE


BG


CY


CZ


DE


DK


EE


EL


ES


FI


FR


HR


HU


IE


IT


LT


LU


LV


MT


NL


PL


PT


RO


SE


SI


SK


UK




1.4.2016


…



0,03 




0,03 




1,19 




0,03 



0,46 



0,03 



0,30 



0,03 




0,03 




0,03 




0,03 




0,03 




1,50 



1,37 



0,03 




0,03 




0,03 




0,03 




0,03 




0,03 




0,03 



1,83 



0,03 




1,40 



- 0,22 



0,03 




0,03 



1,04 




1.3.2016


31.3.2016



0,06 




0,06 



1,63 



0,06 



0,46 



0,06 




0,30 




0,06 




0,06 




0,06 




0,06 




0,06 



1,92 


1,37 



0,06 




0,06 




0,06 




0,06 




0,06 




0,06 




0,06 



1,83 



0,06 



1,65 


- 0,22 



0,06 




0,06 



1,04 




1.2.2016


29.2.2016



0,09 




0,09 



1,63 



0,09 



0,46 



0,09 



0,36 



0,09 




0,09 




0,09 




0,09 




0,09 



1,92 


1,37 



0,09 




0,09 




0,09 




0,09 




0,09 




0,09 




0,09 



1,83 



0,09 



1,65 


- 0,22 



0,09 




0,09 



1,04 




1.1.2016


31.1.2016



0,12 




0,12 




1,63 




0,12 




0,46 




0,12 




0,36 




0,12 




0,12 




0,12 




0,12 




0,12 




1,92 




1,37 




0,12 




0,12 




0,12 




0,12 




0,12 




0,12 




0,12 




1,83 




0,12 




1,65 




- 0,22 




0,12 




0,12 




1,04