do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2016-10-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2016398EN.01000601.xml










28.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 398/6





Euro exchange rates (1)

27 October 2016
(2016/C 398/08)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0927 




JPY


Japanese yen


114,39 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4376 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,89158 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,8150 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0838 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,9858 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


27,022 




HUF


Hungarian forint


309,23 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3292 




RON


Romanian leu


4,5038 




TRY


Turkish lira


3,3845 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4339 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4605 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,4741 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5296 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5211 




KRW


South Korean won


1 249,16 




ZAR


South African rand


15,1421 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,4082 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5010 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 240,57 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,5846 




PHP


Philippine peso


52,985 




RUB


Russian rouble


68,6064 




THB


Thai baht


38,343 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,4261 




MXN


Mexican peso


20,4611 




INR


Indian rupee


73,0135 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-547/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain) lodged on 28 October 2016 — Gasorba, S.L., Josefa Rico Gil and Antonio Ferrándiz González v Repsol Comercial de Productos Petrolíferos, S.A.
Date: 2016-10-28
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: competition law, competition policy, dominant position, exclusive distribution agreement








C_2017022EN.01000901.xml










23.1.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 22/9





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain) lodged on 28 October 2016 — Gasorba, S.L., Josefa Rico Gil and Antonio Ferrándiz González v Repsol Comercial de Productos Petrolíferos, S.A.
(Case C-547/16)
(2017/C 022/13)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Supremo

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Gasorba, S.L., Josefa Rico Gil and Antonio Ferrándiz González

Defendant: Repsol Comercial de Productos Petrolíferos, S.A.

Questions referred







1.


Under Article 16 (‘Uniform application of Community competition law’) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (1) of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty, does Commission Decision (2) of 12 April 2006 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 of the EC Treaty (Case COMP/B-1/38.348 — Repsol C.P.P.) preclude a national court from declaring that the agreements to which that decision applies are invalid on account of the duration of the exclusive supply period, even though they may be declared invalid for other reasons such as, for example, the imposition of a minimum retail price by the supplier on the buyer (or reseller)?










2.


If so, are long-term contracts to which the Commitment Decision applies to be regarded as benefiting from an individual exemption, under Article 101(3) TFEU, as a consequence of that decision?






(1)  OJ 2003 L 1, p. 1.

(2)  OJ 2006 L 176, p. 104.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8184 — CVC/CPPIB/Petco) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-10-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, pet food, retail trade, veterinary medicine








C_2016398EN.01000201.xml










28.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 398/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8184 — CVC/CPPIB/Petco)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 398/03)
On 21 October 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 32016M8184. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 210/2016 of 28 October 2016 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/531]
Date: 2016-10-28
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU Member State, European Economic Area, child, manufactured goods, market approval, product safety, revision of an agreement, safety standard




L_2018089EN.01001301.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 89/13








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 210/2016
of 28 October 2016
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/531]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/575 of 29 March 2016 extending the validity of Decision 2006/502/EC requiring Member States to take measures to ensure that only lighters which are child-resistant are placed on the market and to prohibit the placing on the market of novelty lighters (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent is added in point 3k (Commission Decision 2006/502/EC) of Chapter XIX of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32016 D 0575: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/575 of 29 March 2016 (OJ L 98, 14.4.2016, p. 4).’.






Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/575 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 29 October 2016, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 28 October 2016.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR
            





(1)  
            OJ L 98, 14.4.2016, p. 4.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 207/2016 of 28 October 2016 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/528]
Date: 2016-10-28
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Community certification, European Economic Area, approximation of laws, motor vehicle, revision of an agreement, road safety, safety standard, spare part, technical standard, vehicle parts




L_2018089EN.01000801.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 89/8








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 207/2016
of 28 October 2016
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/528]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1004 of 22 June 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent is added in point 45zza (Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter I of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:







‘—



32016 R 1004: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1004 of 22 June 2016 (OJ L 165, 23.6.2016, p. 1).’







Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) 2016/1004 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 29 October 2016, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 28 October 2016.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR
            





(1)  
            OJ L 165, 23.6.2016, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 211/2016 of 28 October 2016 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2018/532]
Date: 2016-10-28
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, European standard, approval, driving period, revision of an agreement, road transport, satellite navigation, speed control, technical specification, technical standard




L_2018089EN.01001401.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 89/14








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 211/2016
of 28 October 2016
         
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2018/532]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 of 18 March 2016 implementing Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the requirements for the construction, testing, installation, operation and repair of tachographs and their components (1), as corrected by OJ L 146, 3.6.2016, p. 31, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 21ba (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/68) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement:







‘21bb.



32016 R 0799: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 of 18 March 2016 implementing Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the requirements for the construction, testing, installation, operation and repair of tachographs and their components (OJ L 139, 26.5.2016, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 146, 3.6.2016, p. 31.’







Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799, as corrected by OJ L 146, 3.6.2016, p. 31, in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 29 October 2016, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 122/2016 of 3 June 2016 (2), whichever is the later.


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 28 October 2016.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR
            





(1)  
            OJ L 139, 26.5.2016, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

(2)  
            OJ L 308, 23.11.2017, p. 27.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8215 — Apollo Management/Rackspace Hosting) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-10-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, information technology industry, merger control








C_2016398EN.01000101.xml










28.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 398/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8215 — Apollo Management/Rackspace Hosting)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 398/01)
On 21 October 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 32016M8215. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-546/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Órgano Administrativo de Recursos Contractuales de la Comunidad Autónoma de Euskadi (Spain) lodged on 28 October 2016 — Montte SL v Musikene
Date: 2016-10-28
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: award of contract, competition law, invitation to tender, tendering








C_2017022EN.01000801.xml










23.1.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 22/8





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Órgano Administrativo de Recursos Contractuales de la Comunidad Autónoma de Euskadi (Spain) lodged on 28 October 2016 — Montte SL v Musikene
(Case C-546/16)
(2017/C 022/12)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Órgano Administrativo de Recursos Contractuales de la Comunidad Autónoma de Euskadi

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Montte SL

Defendant: Musikene

Questions referred







1.


Does Directive 2014/24/EU (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC preclude national legislation such as Article 150(4) TRLCSP, (2) or a practice for interpreting and implementing that legislation, which authorises contracting authorities to establish in the documents governing an open tendering procedure award criteria which apply in successive elimination stages for tenders which do not exceed a predetermined minimum score threshold?










2.


If the reply to question 1 is in the negative, does the aforementioned Directive 2014/24 preclude national legislation, or a practice for interpreting and implementing that legislation, which uses in the open procedure the aforementioned system of award criteria which apply in successive elimination stages in such a way that in the last stage there are not sufficient tenders to ensure genuine competition?










3.


If the reply to question 2 is in the affirmative, does the aforementioned Directive 2014/24 preclude, because it does not ensure genuine competition or circumvents the mandate to award the contract to the tender with the best quality/price ratio, a clause such as that at issue, in which the price factor is evaluated only for tenders which have obtained 35 out of 50 points in the technical criteria?






(1)  OJ 2014 L 94, p. 65.

(2)  Consolidated text of the Law on Public Sector Contracts.
Case T-746/16: Action brought on 28 October 2016 — Andreassons Åkeri and Others v Commission
Date: 2016-10-28
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Poland, Sweden, administrative sanction, frontier worker, provision of services, residence, self-employed person, social security legislation, social-security contribution








C_2017038EN.01003401.xml










6.2.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 38/34





Action brought on 28 October 2016 — Andreassons Åkeri and Others v Commission
(Case T-746/16)
(2017/C 038/47)
Language of the case: Swedish

Parties


Applicants: Andreassons Åkeri i Veddige AB (Veddige, Sweden), Luke Transport AB (Laholm, Sweden), Zimit Transportförmedling AB i konkurs (Veddige) (represented by: A. Broch and C.M. von Quitzow)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought







—


Annul Commission Decision (Ares (2016) 4309876 of 10 August 2016 to close down EU-Pilot 7504/15/EMPL





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on four pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law: The applicants have, by means of civil law contracts, hired Polish self-employed workers with businesses registered in Poland, which then provided services to the applicants. After the contracted services were performed, the workers returned to Poland where they are resident under social security law. Subsequently, following special assessment (tax assessment), the Swedish Skatteverket (Tax Board) required the applicants to pay Swedish employer social security contributions in respect of the Polish self-employed workers and imposed special financial penalties on the applicants. That runs counter to Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72, which has now been replaced by Council Regulation (EC) No 987/2009.










2.


Second plea in law: On the basis of Article 4 of Regulation No 574/72, which was applicable at the time of Sweden's accession to the EU, the Swedish Government designated the Försäkringskassan (Social Security Fund) as the competent authority for Sweden for social security law questions as regards the implementation of the rules of EU law relevant here. Under Swedish national law, however, it is the Skatteverket which ensures the collection of employer social security contributions.










3.


Third plea in law: The social security contributions have been deducted twice, which is precisely what the regulations in question are intended to prevent.










4.


Fourth plea in law: There is a requirement that the individual must be registered with the Swedish Försäkringskassan so that Swedish employer contributions may be levied with regard to the Polish self-employed workers. There has been no examination by the Skatteverket of whether that was the case. The fact that, in accordance with the above, social security contributions are deducted without their having been deposited in respect of a particular person, as is the case in a number of Member States, must be regarded as contrary to EU law.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1912 of 28 October 2016 establishing a prohibition of fishing for alfonsinos in Union and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of Spain
Date: 2016-10-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, EU waters, Spain, catch by species, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, international waters, sea fish, sea fishing, ship's flag








L_2016296EN.01000301.xml










1.11.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 296/3








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2016/1912
of 28 October 2016
         
establishing a prohibition of fishing for alfonsinos in Union and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of Spain


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) No 1367/2014 (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, 28 October 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) No 1367/2014 of 15 December 2014 fixing for 2015 and 2016 the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (OJ L 366, 20.12.2014, p. 1).




ANNEX






No


33/TQ1367




Member State


Spain




Stock


ALF/3X14-




Species


Alfonsinos (Beryx spp.)




Zone


Union and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV




Closing date


5.10.2016
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 214/2016 of 28 October 2016 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2018/535]
Date: 2016-10-28
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, air safety, air traffic control, airline, civil aviation, common transport policy, revision of an agreement, transport company, transport licence




L_2018089EN.01001701.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 89/17








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 214/2016
of 28 October 2016
         
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2018/535]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/963 of 16 June 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 474/2006 as regards the list of air carriers which are subject to an operating ban within the Union (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent is added in point 66zab (Commission Regulation (EC) No 474/2006) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32016 R 0963: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/963 of 16 June 2016 (OJ L 160, 17.6.2016, p. 50).’






Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/963 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 29 October 2016, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 28 October 2016.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR
            





(1)  
            OJ L 160, 17.6.2016, p. 50.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.