do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-139/15 P: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 21 September 2016 — European Commission v Kingdom of Spain (Appeal — Cohesion Fund — Reduction of financial assistance — Procedure of adoption of the decision by the European Commission — Existence of a time limit — Non-compliance with the time limit laid down — Consequences)
Date: 2016-09-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Cohesion Fund, EU aid, financing, waste management








C_2016419EN.01001602.xml










14.11.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 419/16





Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 21 September 2016 — European Commission v Kingdom of Spain
(Case C-139/15 P) (1)

((Appeal - Cohesion Fund - Reduction of financial assistance - Procedure of adoption of the decision by the European Commission - Existence of a time limit - Non-compliance with the time limit laid down - Consequences))
(2016/C 419/20)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Appellant: European Commission (represented by: S. Pardo Quintillán and D. Recchia, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: A. Rubio González, acting as Agent)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: B. Koopman and M. Bulterman, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders the European Commission to pay the costs;










3.


Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 155, 11.5.2015.
Case C-631/15: Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 21 September 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 1 de Oviedo — Spain) — Carlos Álvarez Santirso v Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deporte del Principado de Asturias (References for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Directive 1999/70/EC — Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP — Clause 4 — Successive fixed-term employment contracts in the public sector — Non-tertiary education — National rules — Grant of remuneration supplement — Condition — Positive result obtained in evaluation process — Professors employed as interim civil servants — Not included — Principle of non-discrimination)
Date: 2016-09-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: civil servant, framework agreement, staff assessment, teacher, temporary employment








C_2016454EN.01001401.xml










5.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 454/14






Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 21 September 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 1 de Oviedo — Spain) — Carlos Álvarez Santirso v Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deporte del Principado de Asturias
(Case C-631/15) (1)

((References for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Directive 1999/70/EC - Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP - Clause 4 - Successive fixed-term employment contracts in the public sector - Non-tertiary education - National rules - Grant of remuneration supplement - Condition - Positive result obtained in evaluation process - Professors employed as interim civil servants - Not included - Principle of non-discrimination))
(2016/C 454/26)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 1 de Oviedo

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Carlos Álvarez Santirso

Defendant: Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deporte del Principado de Asturias

Operative part of the order

Clause 4(1) of the of the Framework agreement on fixed-term work, concluded on 18 March 1999, which is set out in the Annex to Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP must be interpreted as precluding national rules, such as those at issue in the main proceedings, which reserve participation in teaching evaluation plans and, in the case of a positive result, the ensuing financial incentives, exclusively for teachers employed under permanent employment relationships as established career civil servants, thereby excluding persons employed as interim civil servants under fixed-term employment relationships.


(1)  OJ C 68, 22.2.2016.
Case T-669/16 P: Appeal brought on 21 September 2016 by Carlo De Nicola against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of 21 July 2016 in Case F-82/15, De Nicola v EIB
Date: 2016-09-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European civil service, damages, health expenditure, indemnification, staff regulations (EU), therapeutics








C_2016410EN.01002502.xml










7.11.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 410/25





Appeal brought on 21 September 2016 by Carlo De Nicola against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of 21 July 2016 in Case F-82/15, De Nicola v EIB
(Case T-669/16 P)
(2016/C 410/36)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Appellant: Carlo De Nicola (Strassen, Luxembourg) (represented by G. Ferabecoli, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings: European Investment Bank (EIB)

Form of order sought

The appellant claims that the Court should:






—


uphold the present appeal and, partially reversing the judgment under appeal, annul point 2 of the operative part, together with paragraphs 12, 13, 24, 55 to 57, 123 to 135 and 157 to 165 of the judgment itself;










—


consequently, order the respondent to compensate Mr De Nicola for the damage suffered, as requested in the application initiating proceedings.





Grounds of appeal and main arguments

The present appeal is brought against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of 21 July 2016, which dismissed the proceedings brought by the appellant, concerning, in essence, on the one hand, the annulment of the decision of 4 December 2014, by which the respondent denied the appellant the reimbursement of certain medical expenses, and, on the other hand, the award by the respondent and the European Union of compensation for the damage he allegedly suffered.
In support of his appeal, the appellant disputes the findings on the scientific benefits of laser therapy in the judgment under appeal.
The appellant claims furthermore that the conditions relating to compensation for damage, whether material or non-material, are met in the present case.
Special Report No 22/2016 — ‘EU nuclear decommissioning assistance programmes in Lithuania, Bulgaria and Slovakia: some progress made since 2011, but critical challenges ahead’
Date: 2016-09-21
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: Bulgaria, EU programme, Lithuania, Slovakia, decommissioning of power stations, nuclear policy, nuclear power station, nuclear safety, radioactive materials, radioactive waste








C_2016345EN.01001001.xml










21.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 345/10





Special Report No 22/2016
‘EU nuclear decommissioning assistance programmes in Lithuania, Bulgaria and Slovakia: some progress made since 2011, but critical challenges ahead’
(2016/C 345/06)
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 22/2016 ‘EU nuclear decommissioning assistance programmes in Lithuania, Bulgaria and Slovakia: some progress made since 2011, but critical challenges ahead’ 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
Notice for the attention of persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 and in Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya
Date: 2016-09-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Libya, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








C_2016345EN.01000201.xml










21.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 345/2





Notice for the attention of persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 and in Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya
(2016/C 345/02)
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities designated in Annexes II and IV to Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 (1), as implemented by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2016/1694 (2), and in Annex III to Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1687 (4), concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya.
The Council of the European Union, after having reviewed the list of persons and entities designated in the abovementioned Annexes, has determined that the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/137/CFSP (5) and in Council Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 (6) should continue to apply to those persons and entities.
The attention of the persons and entities concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated on the websites in Annex IV to Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 8 of the Regulation).
The persons and entities concerned may submit a request to the Council before 1 June 2017, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the abovementioned list should be reconsidered. Any such request should be sent to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




DGC 1C




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu




Any observations received will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council’s periodic review, in accordance with Article 17(2) of Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 and Article 21(6) of Regulation (EU) 2016/44, of the list of designated persons and entities.


(1)  OJ L 206, 1.8.2015, p. 34.

(2)  OJ L 255, 21.9.2016, p. 33.

(3)  OJ L 12, 19.1.2016, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 255, 21.9.2016, p. 12.

(5)  OJ L 58, 3.3.2011, p. 53.

(6)  OJ L 58, 3.3.2011, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2016-09-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2016345EN.01000401.xml










21.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 345/4





Euro exchange rates (1)

20 September 2016
(2016/C 345/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1184 




JPY


Japanese yen


113,93 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4520 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86213 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,5763 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0943 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,2648 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


27,022 




HUF


Hungarian forint


309,12 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2975 




RON


Romanian leu


4,4513 




TRY


Turkish lira


3,3275 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4812 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4792 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,6753 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5220 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5237 




KRW


South Korean won


1 252,40 




ZAR


South African rand


15,5144 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,4604 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5127 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 698,01 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6310 




PHP


Philippine peso


53,527 




RUB


Russian rouble


72,5141 




THB


Thai baht


38,909 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,6473 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,9650 




INR


Indian rupee


74,9620 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-683/16: Action brought on 21 September 2016 — KUKA Systems v EUIPO (MATRIX BODY SHOP)
Date: 2016-09-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, machinery, mechanical engineering, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2016410EN.01002902.xml










7.11.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 410/29





Action brought on 21 September 2016 — KUKA Systems v EUIPO (MATRIX BODY SHOP)
(Case T-683/16)
(2016/C 410/41)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: KUKA Systems GmbH (Augsburg, Germany) (represented by: B. Maneth and C. Huch-Hallwachs, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘MATRIX BODY SHOP’ — Application No 14 182 661

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 19 July 2016 in Case R 2503/2015-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 207/2009.
Case C-261/15: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 21 September 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Vredegerecht te Ieper — Belgium) — Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen NV v Gregory Demey (Rail transport — Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 — Passengers’ rights and obligations — Absence of a ticket — Failure to regularise within the prescribed period — Criminal offence)
Date: 2016-09-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: carriage of passengers, consumer protection, contract, offence, rail transport, transport price








C_2016419EN.01002001.xml










14.11.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 419/20





Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 21 September 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Vredegerecht te Ieper — Belgium) — Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen NV v Gregory Demey
(Case C-261/15) (1)

((Rail transport - Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 - Passengers’ rights and obligations - Absence of a ticket - Failure to regularise within the prescribed period - Criminal offence))
(2016/C 419/25)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Vredegerecht te Ieper

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen NV

Defendant: Gregory Demey

Operative part of the judgment

The final sentence of Article 6(2) of Appendix A to the Convention Concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) of 9 May 1980, as modified by the Protocol for the modification of the Convention Concerning International Carriage by Rail of 3 June 1999, in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations, must be interpreted as not precluding national provisions which lay down that a person making a train journey while not in possession of a ticket for that purpose, who fails to regularise his situation within the periods laid down in those provisions, does not have a contractual relationship with the railway undertaking.


(1)  OJ C 270, 17.8.2015.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards certain provisions relating to financial management for certain Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability [COM(2016) 418 final — 2016/0193 (COD)]
Date: 2016-09-21
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: EU Member State, EU programme, co-financing, distribution of EU funding, economic and social cohesion, economic recession, financial aid, fund (EU)








C_2016487EN.01011101.xml










28.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 487/111





Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards certain provisions relating to financial management for certain Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability
[COM(2016) 418 final — 2016/0193 (COD)]
(2016/C 487/18)






Consultation


European Parliament, 4/07/2016
Council of the European Union, 8/07/2016




Legal basis


Articles 117 and 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion




Adopted at plenary


21/09/2016




Plenary session No


519




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


169/1/4




Since the Committee endorses the contents of the proposal and has already set out its views on the subject in its earlier opinions on ‘Amending Regulation for Structural Funds — specific measures for Greece’ adopted on 8 October 2015 (1), on ‘Financial management and decommitment rules for Member States facing serious difficulties’ adopted on 19 September 2013 (2), on ‘Structural Funds — General Provisions’ adopted on 25 April 2012 (3) and on ‘Amending provisions financial management — Structural Funds — for Member States in difficulties’ adopted on 27 October 2011 (4), it decided, at its 519th plenary session of 21 and 22 September 2016 (meeting of 21 September 2016), by 169 votes to 1 with 4 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text and to refer to the position it had taken in the above-mentioned documents.

Brussels, 21 September 2016.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Georges DASSIS




(1)  EESC opinion on the ‘Amending Regulation for Structural Funds — specific measures for Greece’ (OJ C 32 of 28.1.2016, p. 20).

(2)  EESC opinion on ‘Financial management and decommitment rules for Member States facing serious difficulties’ (OJ C 341 of 21.11.2013, p. 27).

(3)  EESC opinion on ‘Structural Funds — General Provisions’ (OJ C 191 of 29.6.2012, p. 30).

(4)  EESC opinion on ‘Amending provisions financial management — Structural Funds — for Member States in difficulties’ (OJ C 24 of 28.1.2012, p. 81).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8171 — SEGRO/PSPIB/SELP/TREZZO) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-09-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, real estate business, storage








C_2016345EN.01000101.xml










21.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 345/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8171 — SEGRO/PSPIB/SELP/TREZZO)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 345/01)
On 14 September 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 32016M8171. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on additional customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America (codification) [COM(2016) 408 final — 2014/0175 (COD)]
Date: 2016-09-21
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: United States, codification of EU law, customs duties, import (EU), originating product, restoration of customs duties, suspension of customs duties, tariff preference








C_2016487EN.01011201.xml










28.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 487/112





Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on additional customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America (codification)
[COM(2016) 408 final — 2014/0175 (COD)]
(2016/C 487/19)






Consultation


European Commission, 23/06/2016




Legal basis


Article 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


REX




Adopted at plenary


21/09/2016




Plenary session No


519th




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


165/0/8




Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the content of the proposal and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided, at its 519th plenary session of 21 and 22 September 2016 (meeting of 21 September), by 165 votes with 8 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.

Brussels, 21 September 2016.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Georges DASSIS
Case C-221/15: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 September 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel — Belgium) — Criminal proceedings against Etablissements Fr. Colruyt NV (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2011/64/EU — Article 15(1) — Free determination, by the manufacturers and importers, of the maximum retail selling prices of manufactured tobacco products — National regulation prohibiting the sale of such products by retailers at prices lower than those indicated on the revenue stamp — Free movement of goods — Article 34 TFEU — Selling arrangements — Article 101 TFEU, read in conjunction with Article 4(3) TEU)
Date: 2016-09-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: retail price, retail trade, selling price, stamp duty, tobacco, tobacco industry








C_2016419EN.01001901.xml










14.11.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 419/19





Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 September 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel — Belgium) — Criminal proceedings against Etablissements Fr. Colruyt NV
(Case C-221/15) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Directive 2011/64/EU - Article 15(1) - Free determination, by the manufacturers and importers, of the maximum retail selling prices of manufactured tobacco products - National regulation prohibiting the sale of such products by retailers at prices lower than those indicated on the revenue stamp - Free movement of goods - Article 34 TFEU - Selling arrangements - Article 101 TFEU, read in conjunction with Article 4(3) TEU))
(2016/C 419/23)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Hof van beroep te Brussel — Belgium

Party in the main proceedings

Etablissements Fr. Colruyt NV

Operative part of the judgment







1.


Article 15(1) of Directive 2011/64/EU of 21 June 2011 on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which prohibits retailers from selling tobacco products at a unit price lower than the price indicated by the manufacturer or importer on the revenue stamp affixed to those products, in so far as that price has been freely determined by the manufacturer or importer.










2.


Article 34 TFEU must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which prohibits retailers from selling tobacco products at a unit price lower than the price indicated by the manufacturer or importer on the revenue stamp affixed to those products, in so far as that price has been freely determined by the importer.










3.


Article 101 TFEU, read in conjunction with Article 4(3) TEU, must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which prohibits retailers from selling tobacco products at a unit price lower than the price indicated by the manufacturer or importer on the revenue stamp affixed to those products.






(1)  OJ C 262, 10.8.2015.