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European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 September 2016 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels, amending Directive 2009/100/EC and repealing Directive 2006/87/EC (07532/2/2016 — C8-0227/2016 — 2013/0302(COD))
Date: 2016-09-14
Institutions: Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on Transport and Tourism, European Parliament
Subjects: carriage of goods, inland waterway fleet, inland waterway shipping, maritime safety, network of navigable waterways, ship's passport, technical specification, technical standard








C_2018204EN.01022101.xml










13.6.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 204/221





P8_TA(2016)0341
Technical requirements for inland waterway vessels ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 September 2016 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels, amending Directive 2009/100/EC and repealing Directive 2006/87/EC (07532/2/2016 — C8-0227/2016 — 2013/0302(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)
(2018/C 204/36)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the Council position at first reading (07532/2/2016 — C8-0227/2016),










—


having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 21 January 2014 (1),










—


having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 31 January 2014 (2),










—


having regard to its position at first reading (3) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2013)0622),










—


having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










—


having regard to Rule 76 of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A8-0256/2016),












1.


Approves the Council position at first reading;












2.


Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;












3.


Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;












4.


Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;












5.


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






(1)  OJ C 177, 11.6.2014, p. 58.

(2)  OJ C 126, 26.4.2014, p. 48.

(3)  Texts adopted of 15.4.2014, P7_TA(2014)0343.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1682 of 14 September 2016 establishing a prohibition of fishing for anglerfish in areas VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
Date: 2016-09-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, Belgium, EU waters, catch area, catch by species, catch quota, fishing rights, sea fish, sea fishing, ship's flag








L_2016254EN.01001601.xml










20.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 254/16








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2016/1682
of 14 September 2016
         
establishing a prohibition of fishing for anglerfish in areas VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe by vessels flying the flag of Belgium


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 (2) lays down quotas for 2016.












(2)


According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2016.












(3)


It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2016 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.


Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.


Article 3

Entry into force

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, 14 September 2016.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

João AGUIAR MACHADO
            

Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 of 22 January 2016 fixing for 2016 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/104 (OJ L 22, 28.1.2016, p. 1).




ANNEX






No


30/TQ72




Member State


Belgium




Stock


ANF/*8ABDE




Species


Anglerfish (Lophiidae)




Zone


VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe




Closing date


20.8.2016
European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 September 2016 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part (10107/2016 — C8-0243/2016 — 2016/0005(NLE))
Date: 2016-09-14
Institutions: Committee on Development, Committee on International Trade, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: Southern African Development Community, cooperation agreement (EU), economic cooperation, ratification of an agreement








C_2018204EN.01022201.xml










13.6.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 204/222





P8_TA(2016)0342
Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and the SADC EPA States ***
European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 September 2016 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part (10107/2016 — C8-0243/2016 — 2016/0005(NLE))
(Consent)
(2018/C 204/37)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the draft Council decision (10107/2016),










—


having regard to the draft Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part (05730/2016),










—


having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 207(3) and (4), Article 209(2), and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C8-0243/2016),










—


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 International Trade and the opinion of the Committee on Development (A8-0242/2016),












1.


Gives its consent to conclusion of 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 SADC EPA States (Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8118 — OpenGate Capital/Umicore Zinc Chemicals) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-09-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, metallurgical industry








C_2016337EN.01000102.xml










14.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 337/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8118 — OpenGate Capital/Umicore Zinc Chemicals)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 337/02)
On 31 August 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 32016M8118. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-710/15: Order of the General Court of 14 September 2016 — Drex Technologies v Council
Date: 2016-09-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: common foreign and security policy, damages, economic sanctions, goodwill, indemnification, international sanctions, trade restriction








C_2016410EN.01003602.xml










7.11.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 410/36





Order of the General Court of 14 September 2016 — Drex Technologies v Council
(Case T-710/15) (1)

(2016/C 410/63)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Seventh Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 59, 15.2.2016.
Case T-471/15: Order of the General Court of 14 September 2016 — Syriatel Mobile Telecom v Council
Date: 2016-09-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Syria, economic sanctions, goodwill, international sanctions, ownership, right to justice, rights of the defence, telecommunications industry








C_2016410EN.01003501.xml










7.11.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 410/35





Order of the General Court of 14 September 2016 — Syriatel Mobile Telecom v Council
(Case T-471/15) (1)

(2016/C 410/57)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Seventh Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 337, 12.10.2015.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1679 of 14 September 2016 establishing a prohibition of fishing for plaice in VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
Date: 2016-09-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, Belgium, EU waters, catch area, catch by species, catch quota, fishing rights, sea fish, sea fishing, ship's flag








L_2016254EN.01001001.xml










20.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 254/10








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2016/1679
of 14 September 2016
         
establishing a prohibition of fishing for plaice in VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 by vessels flying the flag of Belgium


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 (2) lays down quotas for 2016.












(2)


According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2016.












(3)


It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2016 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.


Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.


Article 3

Entry into force

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, 14 September 2016.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

João AGUIAR MACHADO
            

Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 of 22 January 2016 fixing for 2016 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/104 (OJ L 22, 28.1.2016, p. 1).




ANNEX






No


27/TQ72




Member State


Belgium




Stock


PLE/8/3411




Species


Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)




Zone


VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1




Closing date


20.8.2016
Proposal for a amendment of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management
Date: 2016-09-14
Institutions: European Commission, Secretariat-General
Subjects: administrative expenditure (EU), budgetary procedure, budgetary reserve (EU), financial management, interinstitutional cooperation (EU)

EN 

   EN 

   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 14.9.2016  COM(2016) 606 final   Proposal for a amendment of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management  
 
 
THE  EUROPEAN  PARLIAMENT,  THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION  AND 
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

A  new  special  instrument  establishing  a  European  Union  Crisis  Reserve  financed 
from decommitted appropriations is provided for in Article 13a of Council Regulation 
(EU,  Euratom)  No  1311/2013  laying  down  the  the  mutliannual  financial  framework 
for years 2014 -20201 in order to allow the Union to react rapidly to crises, as well as 
to events with serious humanitarian or security implications. 

The  procedure  for  mobilising  the  European  Union  Crisis  Reserve  needs  to  be 
provided  for  in  the  Interinstitutional  agreement  on  budgetary  discipline,  cooperation 
in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, 

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 

A new point 14a is introduced in part I, section B:  

" European Union Crisis Reserve 

14a  When  the  Commission  considers  that  the  Reserve  needs  to  be  called  on,  it  shall 
present to the two arms of the budgetary authority a proposal for a transfer from the 
Reserve to the corresponding budgetary lines. 

Any Commission proposal for a transfer to draw on the Reserve, however, shall be 
preceded by an examination of the scope for reallocating appropriations. 

In the event of disagreement a trilogue procedure shall be initiated. 

The  transfers  from  the  Reserve  shall  be  made  in  accordance  with  the  Financial 
Regulation." 

Done at Brussels,  

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

For the Commission 
The President 

1  

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884. 

EN 

2 

   EN
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8168 — Steinhoff International/Poundland) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-09-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, retail outlet, supermarket








C_2016337EN.01000101.xml










14.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 337/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8168 — Steinhoff International/Poundland)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 337/01)
On 31 August 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 32016M8168. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-584/15: Order of the General Court of 14 September 2016 — POA v Commission (Action for annulment — Application for registration of a protected designation of origin (‘Halloumi’ or ‘Hellim’) — Decision to publish in the Official Journal, C series, an application for registration of a protected designation of origin pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 — Preparatory measure — Measure not open to challenge — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2016-09-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Cyprus, agricultural product, designation of origin, foodstuff, milk, product designation, quality control of agricultural products, semi-soft cheese








C_2016402EN.01004602.xml










31.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 402/46





Order of the General Court of 14 September 2016 — POA v Commission
(Case T-584/15) (1)

((Action for annulment - Application for registration of a protected designation of origin (‘Halloumi’ or ‘Hellim’) - Decision to publish in the Official Journal, C series, an application for registration of a protected designation of origin pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 - Preparatory measure - Measure not open to challenge - Inadmissibility))
(2016/C 402/55)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Pagkyprios organismos ageladotrofon Dimosia Ltd (POA) (Latsia, Cyprus) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Lewis and J. Guillem Carrau, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of the Commission’s decision to publish in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ 2015 C 246, p. 9) application for registration No CY/PDO/0005/01243, introduced by the Republic of Cyprus, inasmuch as it found that that application met the conditions laid down by 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 (OJ 2012 L 343, p. 1), as referred to in Article 50(1) of that regulation.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


Pagkyprios organismos ageladotrofon Dimosia Ltd (POA) shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission, including the costs relating to the proceedings for interim measures.






(1)  OJ C 406, 7.12.2015.
Case T-479/15: Judgment of the General Court of 14 September 2016 — Lotte v EUIPO — Kuchenmeister (KOALA LAND) (European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark KOALA LAND — Prior national word mark KOALA — Rejection in part of the application for registration — Likelihood of confusion — Genuine use — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Date: 2016-09-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, confectionery product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2016392EN.01003902.xml










24.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 392/39





Judgment of the General Court of 14 September 2016 — Lotte v EUIPO — Kuchenmeister (KOALA LAND)
(Case T-479/15) (1)

((European Union trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark KOALA LAND - Prior national word mark KOALA - Rejection in part of the application for registration - Likelihood of confusion - Genuine use - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009))
(2016/C 392/51)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Lotte Co. Ltd (Tokyo, Japan) (represented by: M. Knitter and S. Schicker, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Fischer, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Kuchenmeister GmbH (Soest, Germany) (represented by: P. Blumenthal, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 June 2015 (Case R 815/2014-1) concerning opposition proceedings between Kuchenmeister and Lotte.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Lotte Co. Ltd to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 337, 12.10.2015.