do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-548/16: Order of the President of the Court of 5 July 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Mons — Belgium) — Belgian State v Biologie Dr Antoine SPRL
Date: 2017-07-05
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: balance sheet, closing of accounts, financial year, reserves, share








C_2017300EN.01002801.xml










11.9.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 300/28





Order of the President of the Court of 5 July 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Mons — Belgium) — Belgian State v Biologie Dr Antoine SPRL
(Case C-548/16) (1)

(2017/C 300/34)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 30, 30.1.2017.
European Parliament decision of 5 July 2017 concerning the consultation of confidential information (interpretation of Rules 5(5) and 210a of the Rules of Procedure) (2017/2095(REG))
Date: 2017-07-05
Institutions: Committee on Constitutional Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: access to EU information, confidentiality, information processing, interpretation of the law, parliamentary rules of procedure








C_2018334EN.01018801.xml










19.9.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 334/188






P8_TA(2017)0293
Consultation of confidential information (interpretation of Rules 5(5) and 210a of the Rules of Procedure)
European Parliament decision of 5 July 2017 concerning the consultation of confidential information (interpretation of Rules 5(5) and 210a of the Rules of Procedure) (2017/2095(REG))
(2018/C 334/21)

The European Parliament,







—


having regard to the letter of 23 June 2017 from the Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs,










—


having regard to Rule 226 of its Rules of Procedure,












1.


Decides to append the following interpretation to Rule 5(5) of the Rules of Procedure:
‘Access to confidential information is subject to the rules laid down in interinstitutional agreements concluded by Parliament relating to the treatment of confidential information (1a) and to the internal rules for their implementation adopted by Parliament's competent bodies (1b).
(1a)  Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 November 2002 between the European Parliament and the Council concerning access by the European Parliament to sensitive information of the Council in the field of security and defence policy (OJ C 298, 30.11.2002, p. 1).Framework Agreement of 20 October 2010 on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission (OJ L 304, 20.11.2010, p. 47).
Interinstitutional Agreement of 12 March 2014 between the European Parliament and the Council concerning the forwarding to and handling by the European Parliament of classified information held by the Council on matters other than those in the area of the common foreign and security policy (OJ C 95, 1.4.2014, p. 1)."
                        (1b)  Decision of the European Parliament of 23 October 2002 on the implementation of the Interinstitutional Agreement governing European Parliament access to sensitive Council information in the sphere of security and defence policy (OJ C 298, 30.11.2002, p. 4).Decision of the Bureau of 15 April 2013 concerning the rules governing the treatment of confidential information by the European Parliament (OJ C 96, 1.4.2014, p. 1).’"
                        











2.


Decides to append the following interpretation to Rule 210a of the Rules of Procedure:
‘This Rule applies to the extent that the applicable legal framework relating to the treatment of confidential information provides for the possibility of consulting the confidential information at a meeting in camera outside the secure facilities.’












3.


Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission, for information.
Case T-3/16: Judgment of the General Court of 5 July 2017 — Allstate Insurance v EUIPO (DRIVEWISE) (EU trade mark — Application for registration of the EU word mark DRIVEWISE — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)
Date: 2017-07-05
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, software, trade-mark law








C_2017277EN.01003701.xml










21.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 277/37





Judgment of the General Court of 5 July 2017 — Allstate Insurance v EUIPO (DRIVEWISE)
(Case T-3/16) (1)

((EU trade mark - Application for registration of the EU word mark DRIVEWISE - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009))
(2017/C 277/54)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Allstate Insurance Company (Northfield, Illinois, United States) (represented by: G. Würtenberger and N. Martzivanou, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral and K. Doherty, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 October 2015 (Case R 956/2015-2), relating to an application for registration of the word sign DRIVEWISE as an EU trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The General Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Allstate Insurance Company to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 78, 29.2.2016.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2017-07-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2017215EN.01005901.xml










5.7.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 215/59





Euro exchange rates (1)

4 July 2017
(2017/C 215/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1353 




JPY


Japanese yen


128,57 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4367 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87805 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,6735 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0954 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,4850 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


26,132 




HUF


Hungarian forint


308,30 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2426 




RON


Romanian leu


4,5884 




TRY


Turkish lira


4,0377 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4922 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4730 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,8646 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5594 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5701 




KRW


South Korean won


1 307,61 




ZAR


South African rand


15,0182 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7220 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4165 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 174,42 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8790 




PHP


Philippine peso


57,343 




RUB


Russian rouble


67,3400 




THB


Thai baht


38,617 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,7503 




MXN


Mexican peso


20,6761 




INR


Indian rupee


73,4970 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8493 — Deere &amp; Company/Wirtgen) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-07-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural machinery, building industry, economic concentration, financial services, machinery, merger control, sale








C_2017215EN.01006701.xml










5.7.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 215/67





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8493 — Deere & Company/Wirtgen)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 215/06)






1.


On 28 June 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Deere & Company (‘Deere’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of over the entire operative business of the Wirtgen Group (‘Wirtgen’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Deere: manufacture and sale of agricultural, construction, and forestry machinery, industrial diesel engines and certain other components as well as lawn care equipment. Deere also offers financial services for its own equipment mainly. Deere is active globally and listed among the S&P 500 on the NYSE.
—   for Wirtgen: manufacture and sale of construction machinery equipment incorporating the product brands Wirtgen, Vögele, Hamm, Kleemann, Benninghoven and Ciber, including sales and service companies. Wirtgen is 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.8493 — Deere & Company/Wirtgen 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’).
Case T-448/15: Order of the General Court of 5 July 2017 — EEB v Commission (Action for annulment and compensation — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents concerning the withdrawal of Proposal COM(2014) 397 final for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council — Partial refusal of access — No need to adjudicate in part — Partial manifest inadmissibility)
Date: 2017-07-05
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to EU information, access to information, damages, disclosure of information, document, environmental policy, indemnification, interest, interpretation of the law, right to information








C_2017283EN.01004901.xml










28.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 283/49





Order of the General Court of 5 July 2017 — EEB v Commission
(Case T-448/15) (1)

((Action for annulment and compensation - Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents concerning the withdrawal of Proposal COM(2014) 397 final for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council - Partial refusal of access - No need to adjudicate in part - Partial manifest inadmissibility))
(2017/C 283/75)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: European Environmental Bureau (EEB) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: B. Kloostra, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Pignataro-Nolin, E. Sanfrutos Cano and A. Buchet, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: European Parliament (represented by A. Tamás and I. McDowell, acting as Agents) and Council of the European Union (represented by B. Driessen, E. Rebasti and M. Moore, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application, first, under Article 263 TFEU, for, primarily, the annulment of the Commission’s decision of 1 June 2015 and, in the alternative, the annulment of an implied refusal and, secondly, under Article 268 TFEU, for repair of the damage allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of that measure.

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no need to adjudicate on the application for annulment.










2.


The action is dismissed as to the remainder as manifestly inadmissible.










3.


The European Commission is ordered to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB).










4.


The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union are ordered to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 328, 5.10.2015.
European Parliament legislative resolution of 5 July 2017 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (06182/1/2017 — C8-0150/2017 — 2012/0193(COD))
Date: 2017-07-05
Institutions: Committee on Budgetary Control, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: criminal law, fraud, fraud against the EU, general budget (EU), judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU, penalty, sanction (EU)








C_2018334EN.01023701.xml










19.9.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 334/237






P8_TA(2017)0299
Fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution of 5 July 2017 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (06182/1/2017 — C8-0150/2017 — 2012/0193(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)
(2018/C 334/36)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the Council position at first reading (06182/1/2017 — C8-0150/2017),










—


having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2012)0363),










—


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










—


having regard to Rule 67a of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the joint deliberations of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs under Rule 55 of the Rules of Procedure










—


having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Budgetary Control and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A8-0230/2017),












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 national parliaments.






(1)  Texts adopted of 16.4.2014, P7_TA(2014)0427.
Case T-426/17: Action brought on 5 July 2017 — Item Industrietechnik v EUIPO (EFUSE)
Date: 2017-07-05
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, audiovisual equipment, automatic vending machine, electrical engineering, plumbing equipment, precision engineering, registered trade mark, software, thermal equipment, trade-mark law








C_2017277EN.01005901.xml










21.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 277/59





Action brought on 5 July 2017 — Item Industrietechnik v EUIPO (EFUSE)
(Case T-426/17)
(2017/C 277/83)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Item Industrietechnik GmbH (Solingen, Germany) (represented by: G. Hasselblatt, V. Töbelmann and M. Vitt, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark including the word element ‘EFUSE’ — Application No 15 463 003

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 April 2017 in Case R 1881/2016-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 207/2009.
Case T-427/17: Action brought on 5 July 2017 — Item Industrietechnik v EUIPO (EFUSE)
Date: 2017-07-05
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, audiovisual equipment, automatic vending machine, electrical engineering, plumbing equipment, precision engineering, registered trade mark, software, thermal equipment, trade-mark law








C_2017277EN.01005902.xml










21.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 277/59





Action brought on 5 July 2017 — Item Industrietechnik v EUIPO (EFUSE)
(Case T-427/17)
(2017/C 277/84)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Item Industrietechnik GmbH (Solingen, Germany) (represented by: G. Hasselblatt, V. Töbelmann and M. Vitt, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘EFUSE’ — Application No 15 463 011

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 April 2017 in Case R 1882/2016-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 207/2009.
Designation of the acting Hearing Officer in trade proceedings
Date: 2017-07-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: accountant, appointment of staff, commercial court, self-employed person








C_2017215EN.01006601.xml










5.7.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 215/66





Designation of the acting Hearing Officer in trade proceedings
(2017/C 215/05)
With effect from 1 July 2017, the member of the Commission responsible for trade policy designated Mr Piotr OGONOWSKI to act as Hearing Officer, in accordance with Article 3 of the Decision of the President of the European Commission of 29 February 2012 on the function and terms of reference of the hearing officer in certain trade proceedings (OJ L 107, 19.4.2012, p. 5).