do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2213 of 6 December 2016 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Pommes et poires de Savoie/Pommes de Savoie/Poires de Savoie (PGI))
Date: 2016-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Auvergne, France, Rhône-Alpes, designation of origin, fresh fruit, labelling, pip fruit, product designation








L_2016334EN.01000501.xml










9.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 334/5








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/2213
of 6 December 2016
         
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Pommes et poires de Savoie/Pommes de Savoie/Poires de Savoie (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 the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission has examined France's application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Pommes et poires de Savoie’/‘Pommes de Savoie’/‘Poires de Savoie’ (PGI), registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2).












(2)


Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union (3) as required by Article 50(2)(a) of that Regulation.












(3)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the amendments to the specification should be approved,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name ‘Pommes et poires de Savoie’/‘Pommes de Savoie’/‘Poires de Savoie’ (PGI) are hereby approved.


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, 6 December 2016.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Phil HOGAN
            

Member of the Commission






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

(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 of 12 June 1996 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (OJ L 148, 21.6.1996, p. 1).

(3)  
            OJ C 261, 19.7.2016, p. 7.
Case C-159/16: Order of the President of the First Chamber of the Court of 6 December 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa — Latvia) — proceedings brought by „Starptautiskā lidosta ‘Riga’ VAS, intervener: Konkurences padome
Date: 2016-12-06
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, discriminatory price, dominant position, public sector








C_2017086EN.01002201.xml










20.3.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 86/22





Order of the President of the First Chamber of the Court of 6 December 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa — Latvia) — proceedings brought by „Starptautiskā lidosta ‘Riga’ VAS, intervener: Konkurences padome
(Case C-159/16) (1)

(2017/C 086/27)
Language of the case: Latvian
The President of the First Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 191, 30.5.2016.
Case T-703/15: Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2016 — Groupe Go Sport v EUIPO — Design Go (GO SPORT) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for an EU word mark GO SPORT — Earlier national word marks GO — Partial refusal of registration by the Opposition Division — Late filing of the statement of grounds of appeal — Inadmissibility of the appeal brought before the Board of Appeal — Article 60 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Rule 49(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95)
Date: 2016-12-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, footwear industry, registered trade mark, sports equipment, trade-mark law








C_2017022EN.01003001.xml










23.1.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 22/30





Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2016 — Groupe Go Sport v EUIPO — Design Go (GO SPORT)
(Case T-703/15) (1)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for an EU word mark GO SPORT - Earlier national word marks GO - Partial refusal of registration by the Opposition Division - Late filing of the statement of grounds of appeal - Inadmissibility of the appeal brought before the Board of Appeal - Article 60 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Rule 49(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95))
(2017/C 022/40)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Groupe Go Sport (Sassenage, France) (represented by: G. Arbant and E. Henry-Mayer, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Design Go Ltd (London, United Kingdom)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 September 2015 (Case R 569/2015-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Design Go and Groupe Go Sport.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Groupe Go Sport to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 48, 8.2.2016.
Case C-148/16: Order of the President of the Court of 6 December 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen — Sweden) — Riksåklagaren v Zenon Robert Akarsar
Date: 2016-12-06
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, European arrest warrant, carrying out of sentence, imprisonment, offence








C_2017086EN.01002102.xml










20.3.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 86/21





Order of the President of the Court of 6 December 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen — Sweden) — Riksåklagaren v Zenon Robert Akarsar
(Case C-148/16) (1)

(2017/C 086/26)
Language of the case: Swedish
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 175, 17.5.2016.
Case T-858/16: Action brought on 6 December 2016 — Dow Corning and Dow Corning Europe v Commission
Date: 2016-12-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Belgium, State aid, control of State aid, interest, multinational enterprise, profit, reimbursement of aid, tax law








C_2017046EN.01002001.xml










13.2.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 46/20





Action brought on 6 December 2016 — Dow Corning and Dow Corning Europe v Commission
(Case T-858/16)
(2017/C 046/23)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Dow Corning Corporation (Midland, Michigan, United States) and Dow Corning Europe (Seneffe, Belgium) (represented by: S. Verschuur, M. Stroungi and L. Mélia, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Court should:






—


annul Articles 1-4 of the Commission’s decision of 11 January 2016 on State Aid SA.37667 (2015/C) (ex 2015/NN) on the Excess Profit Exemption State aid Scheme implemented by Belgium (‘the contested decision’) (1);










—


in the alternative, annul Article 2(1) of the contested decision;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs of this procedure.





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






1.


First plea in law, alleging that the Commission violated Article 1(d) of Regulation 2015/1589 (2) by incorrectly qualifying the excess profit rulings as a scheme, thereby committing various manifest errors of law, fact and assessment and also giving an inadequate statement of reasons.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that the Commission violated Article 107(1) TFEU by committing a material error of law and a manifest error of assessment when interpreting and applying the reference system for purposes of assessing whether the excess profit rulings conferred a selective advantage.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging that the Commission violated Article 107(1) TFEU by incorrectly establishing that the excess profit rulings conferred a selective advantage, thereby committing various manifest errors of fact and assessment, failing to conduct a diligent and impartial examination and giving an inadequate statement of reasons.










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging that the Commission violated Article 16 of Regulation 2015/1589 and various principles of EU law by committing a material error of law and a manifest error of assessment and giving an inadequate statement of reasons when establishing the methodology to quantify the alleged aid.






(1)  Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1699 of 11 January 2016 on the excess profit exemption State aid scheme SA.37667 (2015/C) (ex 2015/NN) implemented by Belgium (notified under document C(2015) 9837) (OJ L 260, 2016, p. 61)

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 of 13 July 2015 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (OJ L 248, 2015, p. 9)
Case T-735/15: Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2016 — The Art Company B & S v EUIPO — Manifatture Daddato and Laurora (SHOP ART) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for an EU figurative mark SHOP ART — Earlier EU figurative mark art — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2016-12-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, jewellery and goldsmith's articles, leather, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2017022EN.01003101.xml










23.1.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 22/31





Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2016 — The Art Company B & S v EUIPO — Manifatture Daddato and Laurora (SHOP ART)
(Case T-735/15) (1)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for an EU figurative mark SHOP ART - Earlier EU figurative mark art - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2017/C 022/41)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: The Art Company B & S, SA (Quel, Spain) (represented by: L. Sánchez Calderón and J. Villamor Muguerza, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervening before the General Court: Manifatture Daddato SpA (Barletta, Italy) (represented by: D. Russo, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Sabina Laurora (Trani, Italy)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 October 2015 (Case R 3050/2014-1), relating to opposition proceedings between The Art Company B & S, on the one hand, and Manifatture Daddato and Ms Laurora, on the other.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 8 October 2015 (Case R 3050/2014-1);










2.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 68, 22.2.2016.
Council Decision (EU) 2016/2267 of 6 December 2016 amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of Banc Ceannais na hÉireann/the Central Bank of Ireland
Date: 2016-12-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European System of Central Banks, Ireland, accounting, auditing, central bank, euro area




L_2016342EN.01003201.xml










16.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 342/32








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2016/2267
of 6 December 2016
         
amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of Banc Ceannais na hÉireann/the Central Bank of Ireland


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Protocol No 4 on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 27.1 thereof,


Having regard to the Recommendation of the European Central Bank of 28 October 2016 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Central Bank of Ireland (ECB/2016/29) (1),

Whereas:







(1)


The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Member States whose currency is the euro are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the Governing Council of the ECB and approved by the Council.












(2)


The mandate of the external auditors of Banc Ceannais na hÉireann/the Central Bank of Ireland expired after the audit for the financial year 2015. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors as from the financial year 2016.












(3)


Banc Ceannais na hÉireann/the Central Bank of Ireland has selected Mazars as its external auditors for the financial years 2016 to 2020.












(4)


The Governing Council of the ECB has recommended that Mazars should be appointed as the external auditors of Banc Ceannais na hÉireann/the Central Bank of Ireland for the financial years 2016 to 2020.












(5)


Following the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB, Council Decision 1999/70/EC (2) should be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
In Article 1 of Decision 1999/70/EC, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:


‘5.   Mazars are hereby approved as the external auditors of Banc Ceannais na hÉireann/the Central Bank of Ireland for the financial years 2016 to 2020.’.




Article 2
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its notification.


Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the ECB.




Done at Brussels, 6 December 2016.


For the Council


The President

P. KAŽIMÍR
            





(1)  
            OJ C 413, 10.11.2016, p. 1.

(2)  Council Decision 1999/70/EC of 25 January 1999 concerning the external auditors of the national central banks (OJ L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 69).
Case T-860/16: Action brought on 6 December 2016 — Wirecard v EUIPO (mycard2go)
Date: 2016-12-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, electronic money, insurance, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2017038EN.01004602.xml










6.2.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 38/46





Action brought on 6 December 2016 — Wirecard v EUIPO (mycard2go)
(Case T-860/16)
(2017/C 038/61)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Wirecard AG (Aschheim, Germany) (represented by: A. Bayer, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark containing the word element ‘mycard2go’– Application for registration No 14 303 465

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 October 2016 in Case R 281/2016-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision and refer the case to the defendant to take further steps in the registration proceedings for EU trade mark 014303465;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs, including those incurred during the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 207/2009 and of Article 7(2) of Regulation No 207/2009.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8226 — TowerBrook Capital Partners/Van Dijk Educatie Beheer) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2016-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: book trade, economic concentration, merger control, retail trade








C_2016455EN.01000101.xml










6.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 455/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8226 — TowerBrook Capital Partners/Van Dijk Educatie Beheer)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 455/01)
On 28 November 2016, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32016M8226. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7982 — Abbott Laboratories/Alere) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2016-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, industrial manufacturing, mechanical engineering, medical device, merger control, metrology








C_2016455EN.01000601.xml










6.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 455/6





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7982 — Abbott Laboratories/Alere)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 455/06)






1.


On 29 November 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 Abbott Laboratories (‘Abbott’, United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Alere Inc. (‘Alere’, United States) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Abbott: research, development, manufacture and sale of a broad line of health care products in established pharmaceutical, diagnostics, nutritional and vascular products, active globally,
—   for Alere: production and sale of professional diagnostic solutions, mainly for infectious diseases, cardiometabolic diseases and toxicology, active globally.










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 M.7982 — Abbott Laboratories/Alere, 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’).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2016-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2016455EN.01000201.xml










6.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 455/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

5 December 2016
(2016/C 455/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0702 




JPY


Japanese yen


122,32 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4396 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84168 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,8015 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0797 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,9840 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


27,057 




HUF


Hungarian forint


313,97 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,5005 




RON


Romanian leu


4,5010 




TRY


Turkish lira


3,7794 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4391 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4240 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,2997 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5105 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5230 




KRW


South Korean won


1 254,48 




ZAR


South African rand


14,8125 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,3662 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5356 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 375,46 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,7608 




PHP


Philippine peso


53,188 




RUB


Russian rouble


68,1175 




THB


Thai baht


38,147 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,7044 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,0853 




INR


Indian rupee


72,9495 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2016-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical compound, chemical process, chemical product, health control, health risk, market approval, marketing standard, solvent








C_2016455EN.01000501.xml










6.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 455/5





Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
(published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (1))
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 455/05)

Decisions granting an authorisation













Reference of the decision (2)



Date of decision


Substance name


Holder of the authorisation


Authorisation number


Authorised use


Date of expiry of review period


Reasons for the decision




C(2016) 7609


29 November 2016


Trichloroethylene
EC No 201-167-4
CAS No 79-01-6


A.L.P.A. — Azienda Lavorazione Prodotti Ausiliari S.p.a., Via Castellazzo 58, 20010 Pregnana Milanese, Milano, Italy


REACH/16/6/0


Use as solvent in the synthesis of vulcanisation accelerating agents for fluoroelastomers


21 April 2023


In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socioeconomic benefits outweigh the risk to human health arising from the use of the substance and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies in terms of their technical and economic feasibility.




Caffaro Industrie S.p.a., piazzale Marinotti 1, 33050 Torviscosa (Udine), Italy


REACH/16/6/1






(1)  OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(2)  The decision is available on the European Commission website at: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/chemicals/reach/about/index_en.htm