do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2016-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2016292EN.01000201.xml










12.8.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 292/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

11 August 2016
(2016/C 292/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1153 




JPY


Japanese yen


113,05 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4386 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86038 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,4310 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0859 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,2293 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


27,020 




HUF


Hungarian forint


310,26 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2604 




RON


Romanian leu


4,4601 




TRY


Turkish lira


3,3050 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4460 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4559 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,6506 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5390 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4989 




KRW


South Korean won


1 226,97 




ZAR


South African rand


14,9080 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,4031 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4952 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 610,43 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,4676 




PHP


Philippine peso


52,085 




RUB


Russian rouble


72,3675 




THB


Thai baht


38,746 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,5156 




MXN


Mexican peso


20,5527 




INR


Indian rupee


74,5558 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7947 — Banco Santander Totta/Banif) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, financial services, merger control








C_2016292EN.01000101.xml










12.8.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 292/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7947 — Banco Santander Totta/Banif)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 292/01)
On 7 July 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 the 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 32016M7947. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-455/16 P: Appeal brought on 12 August 2016 by Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías, S.A. against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 2 June 2016 in Joined Cases T-426/10 to T-429/16 and T-438/12 to T-441/12, Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías and Others v Commission
Date: 2016-08-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: cartel, exchange of information, financial solvency, market-sharing agreement, price agreement, right to justice, rights of the defence, sanction (EU), steel, trade information








C_2016392EN.01001301.xml










24.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 392/13





Appeal brought on 12 August 2016 by Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías, S.A. against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 2 June 2016 in Joined Cases T-426/10 to T-429/16 and T-438/12 to T-441/12, Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías and Others v Commission
(Case C-455/16 P)
(2016/C 392/17)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Appellant: Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías, S.A. (represented by: F. González Díaz, A. Tresandi Blanco and V. Romero Algarra, lawyers)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission

Form of order sought

The appellant claims that the Court should:






—


set aside the judgment of the General Court of 2 June 2016 in Cases T-438/12 to T-441/12 and, in particular, in Case T-440/12, Moreda–Riviere Trefilerías S.A. v Commission;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs incurred in both the present proceedings and the proceedings before the General Court.





Grounds of appeal and main arguments







1.


The General Court erred in law in declaring inadmissible the plea in law relating to the infringement of the appellant’s rights of defence.










2.


The General Court erred in law by applying an incorrect legal standard when evaluating the second request for inability to pay and, consequently, the admissibility of the action.










3.


The General Court erred in law in evaluating the evidence or clearly distorting the evidence, failing to carry out a full review exercising its powers of unlimited jurisdiction, infringing the right to effective judicial protection and failing to state reasons.
Case C-454/16 P: Appeal brought on 12 August 2016 by Global Steel Wire, S.A. against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 2 June 2016 in Joined Cases T-426/10 to T-429/16 and T-438/12 to T-441/12, Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías and Others v Commission
Date: 2016-08-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: cartel, exchange of information, financial solvency, market-sharing agreement, price agreement, right to justice, rights of the defence, sanction (EU), steel, trade information








C_2016392EN.01001202.xml










24.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 392/12





Appeal brought on 12 August 2016 by Global Steel Wire, S.A. against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 2 June 2016 in Joined Cases T-426/10 to T-429/16 and T-438/12 to T-441/12, Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías and Others v Commission
(Case C-454/16 P)
(2016/C 392/16)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Appellant: Global Steel Wire, S.A. (represented by: F. González Díaz, A. Tresandi Blanco and V. Romero Algarra, lawyers)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission

Form of order sought

The appellant claims that the Court should:






—


set aside the judgment of the General Court of 2 June 2016 in Cases T-438/12 to T-441/12 and, in particular, in Case T-438/12, Global Steel Wire S.A. v Commission;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs incurred in both the present proceedings and the proceedings before the General Court.





Grounds of appeal and main arguments







1.


The General Court erred in law in declaring inadmissible the plea in law relating to the infringement of the appellant’s rights of defence.










2.


The General Court erred in law by applying an incorrect legal standard when evaluating the second request for inability to pay and, consequently, the admissibility of the action.










3.


The General Court erred in law in evaluating the evidence or clearly distorting the evidence, failing to carry out a full review exercising its powers of unlimited jurisdiction, infringing the right to effective judicial protection and failing to state reasons.
Case F-75/15: Action brought on 12 August 2016 — OT v Commission
Date: 2016-08-12
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, competition (EU), damages, indemnification, managing director








C_2016383EN.01003001.xml










17.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 383/30





Action brought on 12 August 2016 — OT v Commission
(Case F-75/15)
(2016/C 383/39)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: OT (represented by: D. Sobor, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the defendant’s decision of 26 September 2014 refusing to accept the applicant’s candidature for the post of Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and claim for compensation for the material and non-material damage which the applicant alleges to have suffered.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the defendant’s decision of 26 September 2014 refusing to accept the applicant’s candidature for the post of Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction;










—


annul the defendant’s decision of 9 April 2015 rejecting the applicant’s complaint;










—


order the defendant to pay a sum of EUR 2 836 107 (that is, two million eight hundred and thirty-six thousand one hundred and seven euro) covering the material damages suffered by the Applicant;










—


order the defendant to pay a sum of EUR 100 000 (that is one hundred thousand euro) covering the non-material damages suffered by the applicant; and










—


order the Defendant to bear the costs of the proceedings.
Case C-456/16 P: Appeal brought on 12 August 2016 by Trefilerías Quijano, S.A. against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 2 June 2016 in Joined Cases T-426/10 to T-429/16 and T-438/12 to T-441/12, Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías and Others v Commission
Date: 2016-08-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: cartel, exchange of information, financial solvency, market-sharing agreement, price agreement, right to justice, rights of the defence, sanction (EU), steel, trade information








C_2016392EN.01001401.xml










24.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 392/14





Appeal brought on 12 August 2016 by Trefilerías Quijano, S.A. against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 2 June 2016 in Joined Cases T-426/10 to T-429/16 and T-438/12 to T-441/12, Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías and Others v Commission
(Case C-456/16 P)
(2016/C 392/18)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Appellant: Trefilerías Quijano, S.A. (represented by: F. González Díaz, A. Tresandi Blanco and V. Romero Algarra, lawyers)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission

Form of order sought

The appellant claims that the Court should:






—


set aside the judgment of the General Court of 2 June 2016 in Cases T-438/12 to T-441/12 and, in particular, in Case T-439/12, Trefilerías Quijano v European Commission;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs incurred in both the present proceedings and the proceedings before the General Court





Grounds of appeal and main arguments







1.


The General Court erred in law in declaring inadmissible the plea in law relating to the infringement of the appellant’s rights of defence.










2.


The General Court erred in law by applying an incorrect legal standard when evaluating the second request for inability to pay and, consequently, the admissibility of the action.










3.


The General Court erred in law in evaluating the evidence or clearly distorting the evidence, failing to carry out a full review exercising its powers of unlimited jurisdiction, infringing the right to effective judicial protection and failing to state reasons.
Case C-458/16 P: Appeal brought on 12 August 2016 by Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC, S.L. against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 2 June 2016 in Joined Cases T-426/10 to T-429/16 and T-438/12 to T-441/12, Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías and Others v Commission
Date: 2016-08-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: cartel, exchange of information, financial solvency, market-sharing agreement, price agreement, right to justice, rights of the defence, sanction (EU), steel, trade information








C_2016392EN.01001601.xml










24.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 392/16





Appeal brought on 12 August 2016 by Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC, S.L. against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 2 June 2016 in Joined Cases T-426/10 to T-429/16 and T-438/12 to T-441/12, Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías and Others v Commission
(Case C-458/16 P)
(2016/C 392/20)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Appellant: Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC, S.L. (represented by: F. González Díaz, A. Tresandi Blanco and V. Romero Algarra, lawyers)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission

Form of order sought

The appellant claims that the Court should:






—


set aside the judgment of the General Court of 2 June 2016 in Cases T-438/12 to T-441/12 and, in particular, in Case T-441/12, Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC, S.L. v Commission;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs incurred in both the present proceedings and the proceedings before the General Court.





Grounds of appeal and main arguments







1.


The General Court erred in law in declaring inadmissible the plea in law relating to the infringement of the appellant’s rights of defence.










2.


The General Court erred in law by applying an incorrect legal standard when evaluating the second request for inability to pay and, consequently, the admissibility of the action.










3.


The General Court erred in law in evaluating the evidence or clearly distorting the evidence, failing to carry out a full review exercising its powers of unlimited jurisdiction, infringing the right to effective judicial protection and failing to state reasons.
Corrigendum to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/466 of 31 March 2016 implementing Article 21(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/44 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya (OJ L 85, 1.4.2016)
Date: 2016-08-12
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Libya, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








L_2016217EN.01008101.xml










12.8.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 217/81







Corrigendum to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/466 of 31 March 2016 implementing Article 21(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/44 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 85 of 1 April 2016
)


On pages 4 and 5, the Annex (concerning Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/44), the numbers ‘16.’, ‘17.’ and ‘18.’ in front of the listed persons are replaced by the numbers ‘21.’, ‘22.’ and ‘23.’.
Case C-451/16: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (United Kingdom) made on 12 August 2016 — MB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Date: 2016-08-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: anti-discriminatory measure, pension scheme, retirement conditions, surgery, unmarried person








C_2016383EN.01000602.xml










17.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 383/6





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (United Kingdom) made on 12 August 2016 — MB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
(Case C-451/16)
(2016/C 383/08)
Language of the case: English

Referring court

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: MB

Defendant: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Question referred

The question referred is whether Council Directive 79/7/EEC (1) precludes the imposition in national law of a requirement that, in addition to satisfying the physical, social and psychological criteria for recognizing a change of gender, a person who has changed gender must also be unmarried in order to qualify for a state retirement pension.


(1)  Council Directive 79/7/EEC of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security OJ 1979 L 6, p. 24
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1407 of 12 August 2016 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Pão de Ló de Ovar (PGI))
Date: 2016-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central Portugal, Portugal, confectionery product, designation of origin, labelling, product designation








L_2016229EN.01000101.xml










24.8.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 229/1








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1407
of 12 August 2016
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Pão de Ló de Ovar (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, Portugal's application to register the name ‘Pão de Ló de Ovar’ 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 ‘Pão de Ló de Ovar’ should therefore be entered in the register,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Pão de Ló de Ovar’ (PGI) is hereby entered in the register.
The name specified in the first paragraph denotes 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, 12 August 2016.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Violeta BULC
            

Member of the Commission






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

(2)  
            OJ C 141, 22.4.2016, p. 16.

(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).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8168 — Steinhoff International/Poundland) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, supermarket








C_2016292EN.01000501.xml










12.8.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 292/5





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8168 — Steinhoff International/Poundland)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 292/05)






1.


On 5 August 2016, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Steinhoff Europe AG part of the Steinhoff group (‘Steinhoff’, South Africa) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Poundland Group plc (‘Poundland’, United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Steinhoff: manufacture and wholesale sale of furniture and retail sale primarily of furniture, home decoration and household goods, electrical appliances and electronic consumer goods and clothing.
—   for Poundland: retail sale of a wide range of food and non-food consumer products in the UK, Ireland and Spain.










3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in this Notice.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.8168 — Steinhoff International/Poundland, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7963 — ADM Europe/Wilmar Europe/Olenex) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, fats, food industry, merger control








C_2016292EN.01000401.xml










12.8.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 292/4





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7963 — ADM Europe/Wilmar Europe/Olenex)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 292/04)






1.


On 4 August 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings ADM Europe BV (‘ADM Europe’, Netherlands), belonging to the group Archer Daniels Midland group of companies and Wilmar Holding Europe BV(‘Wilmar Europe’, Netherlands), belonging to the Wilmar International Limited group of companies, acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Olenex CV(‘Olenex’, Netherlands) by way of purchase of assets.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for ADM Europe: process of oilseeds, corn, sugar, wheat and other agricultural commodities; manufacture of protein meal, vegetable oil, corn sweeteners, flavours, flour, biodiesel, ethanol and other value added food and feed ingredients,
—   for Wilmar Europe: cultivation of oil palm; oilseed crushing; oil refining; sugar milling and refining; manufacture of specialty fats, oleochemicals, biodiesel, fertiliser, flour and rice milling,
—   for Olenex: sourcing, purchasing, marketing and selling refined vegetable oils and fats for food, animal feed, energy, and technical industries in the EEA and Switzerland. Olenex was a single sales desk for ADM and Wilmar’s refined oil output in the EEA. Through the proposed transaction ADM and Wilmar will transfer to Olenex manufacturing assets for the production of refined vegetable oils and vegetable fats in the EEA. Olenex will also have its own management and employees and become a full function joint venture, jointly controlled by ADM and Wilmar.










3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7963 — ADM Europe/Wilmar Europe/Olenex, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).