do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Special Report No 5/2016 — ‘Has the Commission ensured effective implementation of the Services Directive?’
Date: 2016-03-16
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: administrative cooperation, audit, directive (EU), freedom to provide services, infringement procedure (EU), national implementing measure, provision of services








C_2016100EN.01000301.xml










16.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 100/3





Special Report No 5/2016
‘Has the Commission ensured effective implementation of the Services Directive?’
(2016/C 100/04)
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 5/2016 ‘Has the Commission ensured effective implementation of the Services Directive?’ has just been published.
The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu or on EU Bookshop: https://bookshop.europa.eu
Case T-100/15: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2016 — Dextro Energy v European Commission (Consumer protection — Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 — Health claims made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health — Refusal to authorise certain claims despite the positive opinion of the EFSA — Proportionality — Equal treatment — Duty to state reasons)
Date: 2016-03-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Food Safety Authority, child, consumer information, equal treatment, food inspection, foodstuff, health control, labelling, principle of proportionality








C_2016156EN.01004101.xml










2.5.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/41






Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2016 — Dextro Energy v European Commission

(Case T-100/15) (1)

((Consumer protection - Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 - Health claims made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health - Refusal to authorise certain claims despite the positive opinion of the EFSA - Proportionality - Equal treatment - Duty to state reasons))
(2016/C 156/54)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Dextro Energy GmbH & Co. KG (Krefeld, Germany) (represented by: M. Hagenmeyer and T. Teufer, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: S. Grünheid, acting as Agent)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/8 of 6 January 2015 refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health (OJ 2015 L 3, p. 6).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Dextro Energy GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 155, 11.5.2015.
Call for applications 2016 — Third Programme of the Union’s action in the field of health (2014-2020) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, EU programme, action programme, financial aid, health care








C_2016100EN.01000401.xml










16.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 100/4





Call for applications 2016
Third Programme of the Union’s action in the field of health (2014-2020)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 100/05)
A call for applications for approved European Reference Networks (ERNs) and for framework partnership agreements (FPAs) is launched today in the framework of the third Programme of the Union’s action in the field of health (2014-2020) (1).
This call for applications consists of:






—


a call for proposals for approved European Reference Networks (ERNs),










—


a call for proposals for a multiannual framework partnership agreements (FPAs).




The deadline for online submissions of proposals is 21 June 2016.
All the information, including the Commission Decision of 1 March 2016 on the adoption of the work programme for 2016 for implementation of the third Programme of the Union’s action in the field of health (2014-2020), and on the selection, award and other criteria for financial contributions to the actions of this programme, is available on the website of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (Chafea) at the following address:
http://ec.europa.eu/chafea/
Please note that the nature of this call stipulates submission of application both for ERN and EU co-funding through FPA with subsequent SGAs (Specific Grant Agreements). For applicants for approved ERNs without EU co-funding a separate call will be opened later this year.


(1)  Regulation (EU) No 282/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 on the establishment of a third Programme for the Union’s action in the field of health (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1350/2007/EC (OJ L 86, 21.3.2014, p. 1).
Case T-571/15: Order of the General Court of 16 March 2016 — Bimbo v OHIM — ISMS (BIMBO BEL SIMPLY)
Date: 2016-03-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, food industry, registered trade mark, supermarket, trade-mark law








C_2016191EN.01004604.xml










30.5.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 191/46





Order of the General Court of 16 March 2016 — Bimbo v OHIM — ISMS (BIMBO BEL SIMPLY)
(Case T-571/15) (1)

(2016/C 191/66)
Language of the case: English
The President of the Sixth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 406, 7.12.2015.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7799 — Schlumberger/Cameron) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gas industry, holding company, merger control, oil industry, processing industry, provision of services








C_2016100EN.01000102.xml










16.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 100/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7799 — Schlumberger/Cameron)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 100/02)
On 4 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 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 32016M7799. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2015/2424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on the Community trade mark and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OJ L 341, 24.12.2015)
Date: 2016-03-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, brand name, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








L_2016071EN.01032201.xml










16.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 71/322







Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2015/2424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on the Community trade mark and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
(
Official Journal of the European Union L 341 of 24 December 2015
)

On page 89, Article 4, third paragraph:
for:


                  ‘… in so far as it relates to Articles 124(1)(f) …. of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 …. Until that date, the powers referred to in Article 124(1)(f) …’,

read:


                  ‘… in so far as it relates to Articles 124(1)(h) …. of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 …. Until that date, the powers referred to in Article 124(1)(h) …’.
Case T-363/15: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2016 — Työhönvalmennus Valma v OHIM (Shape of game chest containing wooden blocks) (Community trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional Community trade mark — Shape of game chest containing wooden blocks — Absolute ground for refusal — Absence of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Lack of distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Date: 2016-03-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, toy industry, trade-mark law








C_2016156EN.01004201.xml










2.5.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/42






Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2016 — Työhönvalmennus Valma v OHIM (Shape of game chest containing wooden blocks)
(Case T-363/15) (1)

((Community trade mark - Application for a three-dimensional Community trade mark - Shape of game chest containing wooden blocks - Absolute ground for refusal - Absence of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Lack of distinctive character acquired through use - Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009))
(2016/C 156/55)
Language of the case: Finnish

Parties


Applicant: Työhönvalmennus Valma Oy (Lahti, Finland) (represented by: S. Salonen and K. Parviainen, lawyers)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 4 May 2015 (Case R 1690/2014-2) concerning an application for registration of a three-dimensional sign in the shape of a game chest containing wooden blocks as a Community trade mark.

Operative part

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Työhönvalmennus Valma Oy to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 337, 12.10.2015.
Case T-586/14: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2016 — Xinyi PV Products (Anhui) Holdings v Commission (Dumping — Imports of solar glass originating in the People’s Republic of China — Definitive anti-dumping duty — Market Economy Treatment (MET) — Article 2(7)(b) and (c), third indent, of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 — Significant distortion arising from the former non-market economy system — Tax incentives)
Date: 2016-03-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, glass, import (EU), originating product, tax incentive








C_2016156EN.01003601.xml










2.5.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/36






Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2016 — Xinyi PV Products (Anhui) Holdings v Commission
(Case T-586/14) (1)

((Dumping - Imports of solar glass originating in the People’s Republic of China - Definitive anti-dumping duty - Market Economy Treatment (MET) - Article 2(7)(b) and (c), third indent, of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 - Significant distortion arising from the former non-market economy system - Tax incentives))
(2016/C 156/46)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Xinyi PV Products (Anhui) Holdings Ltd (Anhui, China) (represented by: Y. Melin and V. Akritidis, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn and T. Maxian Rusche, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for the annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 470/2014 of 13 May 2014 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of solar glass originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ 2014 L 142, p. 1, with corrigendum in OJ 2014 L 253, p. 4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 470/2014 of 13 May 2014 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of solar glass originating in the People’s Republic of China in so far as it concerns Xinyi PV Products (Anhui) Holdings Ltd;










2.


Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 372, 20.10.2014.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7923 — LKQ Corporation/Rhiag Group) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, vehicle parts, wholesale trade








C_2016100EN.01000101.xml










16.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 100/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7923 — LKQ Corporation/Rhiag Group)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 100/01)
On 8 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 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 32016M7923. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-103/14: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2016 — Frucona Košice v Commission (State aid — Excise duties — Partial remission of a tax debt in the context of an arrangement — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Rights of the defence — Procedural rights of the interested parties — Private creditor test — Burden of proof)
Date: 2016-03-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Slovakia, State aid, aid to undertakings, beverage industry, control of State aid, excise duty, reimbursement of aid, rights of the defence, tax debt write-off








C_2016156EN.01003401.xml










2.5.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/34






Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2016 — Frucona Košice v Commission
(Case T-103/14) (1)

((State aid - Excise duties - Partial remission of a tax debt in the context of an arrangement - Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery - Rights of the defence - Procedural rights of the interested parties - Private creditor test - Burden of proof))
(2016/C 156/44)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Frucona Košice a.s. (Košice, Slovakia) (represented by: K. Lasok QC, B. Hartnett, Barrister, O. Geiss, lawyer, and J. Holmes, Barrister)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Armati, P.-J. Loewenthal and K. Walkerová, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2014/342/EU of 16 October 2013 on State aid No SA.18211 (C 25/2005) (ex NN 21/2005) granted by the Slovak Republic for Frucona Košice a.s. (OJ 2014 L 176, p. 38).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Commission Decision 2014/342/EU of 16 October 2013 on State aid No SA.18211 (C 25/2005) (ex NN 21/2005) granted by the Slovak Republic for Frucona Košice a.s.;










2.


Orders the Commission to bear, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by Frucona Košice, including those incurred in connection with the proceedings for interim measures.






(1)  
            OJ C 112, 14.4.2014.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2016-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2016100EN.01000201.xml










16.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 100/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

15 March 2016
(2016/C 100/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1109 




JPY


Japanese yen


125,36 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4577 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,78358 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,2421 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0954 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,4800 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


27,043 




HUF


Hungarian forint


310,53 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2889 




RON


Romanian leu


4,4718 




TRY


Turkish lira


3,2128 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4877 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4832 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,6199 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6709 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5324 




KRW


South Korean won


1 326,80 




ZAR


South African rand


17,6117 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,2336 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5590 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 638,88 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6023 




PHP


Philippine peso


51,915 




RUB


Russian rouble


78,7265 




THB


Thai baht


39,004 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,1191 




MXN


Mexican peso


19,8474 




INR


Indian rupee


74,8283 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-201/14: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2016 — The Body Shop International v OHIM — Spa Monopole (SPA WISDOM) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark SPA WISDOM — Earlier Benelux word mark SPA — Relative grounds for refusal — Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier trade mark — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2016-03-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cosmetic product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2016156EN.01003501.xml










2.5.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/35






Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2016 — The Body Shop International v OHIM — Spa Monopole (SPA WISDOM)
(Case T-201/14) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark SPA WISDOM - Earlier Benelux word mark SPA - Relative grounds for refusal - Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier trade mark - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2016/C 156/45)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: The Body Shop International plc (Littlehampton, United Kingdom) (represented by: I. Vernimme, H. Viaene, S. Vandewynckel and D. Gillet, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Spa Monopole, compagnie fermière de Spa SA/NV (Spa, Belgium) (represented by: E. Cornu and E. De Gryse, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 January 2014 (Case R 1516/2012-4), relating to opposition proceedings between The Body Shop International plc and Spa Monopole, compagnie fermière de Spa SA/NV.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders The Body Shop International plc to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 235, 21.7.2014.
Case T-528/15: Order of the General Court of 16 March 2016 — Bimbo v OHIM — Globo (Bimbo)
Date: 2016-03-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, toy industry, trade-mark law








C_2016165EN.01002102.xml










10.5.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 165/21





Order of the General Court of 16 March 2016 — Bimbo v OHIM — Globo (Bimbo)
(Case T-528/15) (1)

(2016/C 165/27)
Language of the case: English
The President of the Sixth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 381, 16.11.2015.
Case C-158/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado Contencioso-Administrativo No 1 de Oviedo (Spain) lodged on 16 March 2016 — Margarita Isabel Vega González v Consejería de Hacienda y Sector Público de la Administración del Principado de Asturias
Date: 2016-03-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: elective office, equal treatment, public service, temporary employment, termination of employment, working conditions








C_2016211EN.01003001.xml










13.6.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 211/30






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado Contencioso-Administrativo No 1 de Oviedo (Spain) lodged on 16 March 2016 — Margarita Isabel Vega González v Consejería de Hacienda y Sector Público de la Administración del Principado de Asturias
(Case C-158/16)
(2016/C 211/38)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado Contencioso-Administrativo No 1 de Oviedo

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Margarita Isabel Vega González

Defendant: Consejería de Hacienda y Sector Público de la Administración del Principado de Asturias

Questions referred







1.


Must the term ‘employment conditions’ in Clause 4 of the framework agreement on fixed-term work [concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP] annexed to Council Directive 1999/70/EC (1) of 28 June 1999 … be interpreted as including a legal situation in which a fixed-term worker who has been elected to political office as a member of Parliament may, in the same way as a permanent member of staff, apply for and be granted a break in the service relationship with the employer so as to be reinstated in the same post once the relevant parliamentary term of office has expired?










2.


Must the principle of non-discrimination referred to in Clause 4 of the framework agreement on fixed-term work [concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP] annexed to Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 … be interpreted as precluding regional legislation such as Article 59(2) of the Law [of the Principality of Asturias] 3/1985 [of 26 December 1985] on the organisation of the civil service [of the Government of the Principality of Asturias], which totally and absolutely precludes giving an ‘interino’ civil servant special service leave in the event of being elected a member of Parliament, when that right is given to career civil servants?






(1)  OJ 1999 L 175, p. 43.