do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union — Cases where the Commission raises no objectionsText with EEA relevance, except for products falling under Annex I of the Treaty.
Date: 2017-12-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, State aid, control of State aid, regions and communities of Belgium








C_2017422EN.01002001.xml










8.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 422/20





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance, except for products falling under Annex I of the Treaty)
(2017/C 422/02)







Date of adoption of the decision


29.09.2017




Aid number


SA.47085 (2017/N)




Member State


Belgium




Region


BELGIQUE-BELGIE


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Vergoeding van verliezen die door aardappelproducenten zijn geleden ingevolge maatregelen tegen schadelijke organismen.




Legal basis


Koninklijk besluit van 5 december 2004 tot vaststelling van de door de aardappelproducenten verschuldigde tijdelijke crisisbijdragen voor het vergoeden van verliezen ingevolge maatregelen tegen schadelijke organismen.




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Aid for the costs of prevention, control and eradication of animal diseases and plant pests and aid to make good the damage caused by animal diseases and plant pests




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 3,35  (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 0,67  (in millions)




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


until 31.12.2022




Economic sectors


Crop and animal production; hunting and related service activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Federale Overheidsdienst Volksgezondheid, Veiligheid van de Voedselketen en Leefmilieu




Victor Hortaplein 40 bus 10 — 1060 Brussel








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8602 — DIF/CDC/ADTIM) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-12-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, postal and telecommunications services, public institution, services of general interest








C_2017421EN.01000101.xml










8.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 421/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8602 — DIF/CDC/ADTIM)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 421/01)
On 28 November 2017, 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 32017M8602. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-690/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 8 December 2017 — ÖKO-Test Verlag GmbH v Dr. Rudolf Liebe Nachf. GmbH & Co.KG
Date: 2017-12-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, consultancy, consumer information, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2018112EN.01001301.xml










26.3.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/13





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 8 December 2017 — ÖKO-Test Verlag GmbH v Dr. Rudolf Liebe Nachf. GmbH & Co.KG
(Case C-690/17)
(2018/C 112/17)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: ÖKO-Test Verlag GmbH

Defendant: Dr. Rudolf Liebe Nachf. GmbH & Co.KG

Questions referred







1.


Is an individual trade mark used in such a way as to infringe rights for the purposes of point (b) of the second sentence of Article 9(1) of the EC Trade Mark Regulation (1)/EU Trade Mark Regulation (2) or point (a) of the second sentence of Article 5(1) of the Trade Mark Directive (3) in the case where






—


the individual trade mark is affixed to a product in respect of which the individual trade mark is not protected;










—


the affixing of the individual trade mark by a third party is perceived by the public as a ‘test seal’, which is to say that, although the product has been manufactured and placed on the market by a third party not acting under the control of the trade mark proprietor, the trade mark proprietor has tested some of the characteristics of that product and, on that basis, given it a particular rating shown on the test seal; and










—


the individual trade mark is registered for, inter alia, ‘consumer information and consultancy with regard to the selection of goods and services, in particular using test and investigation results and by means of quality judgments’?














2.


Should the Court of Justice answer Question 1 in the negative:
Is an individual trade mark used in such a way as to infringe rights for the purposes of point (c) of the second sentence of Article 9(1) of the EC Trade Mark Regulation and Article 5(2) of the Trade Mark Directive in the case where






—


the individual trade mark has a reputation only as a test seal as described in Question 1; and










—


the individual trade mark is used as a test seal by the third party?










(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1).

(2)  Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark (OJ 2017 L 154, p. 1).

(3)  Directive 2008/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (OJ 2008 L 299, p. 25).
Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
Date: 2017-12-08
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, Belgium, EU waters, catch area, catch by species, catch quota, fishing rights, sea fish, sea fishing








C_2017421EN.01001902.xml










8.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 421/19





Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
(2017/C 421/13)
In accordance with Article 35(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), a decision has been taken to close the fishery as set down in the following table:






Date and time of closure


10.10.2017




Duration


10.10.2017-31.12.2017




Member State


Belgium




Stock or Group of stocks


SRX/89-C (including special condition RJC/89-C., RJH/89-C., RJN/89-C., RJU/8-C. and RJU/9-C.)




Species


Skates and rays (Rajiformes)




Zone


Union waters of VIII and IX




Type(s) of fishing vessels


—




Reference number


25/TQ127






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
Case C-689/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht München I (Germany) lodged on 8 December 2017 — Conti 11. Container Schiffahrts-GmbH & Co. KG Ms ‘MSC Flaminia’ v Land Niedersachsen
Date: 2017-12-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: accidental pollution, hazardous waste, maritime shipping, pollution from ships, waste management








C_2018094EN.01000702.xml










12.3.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 94/7





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht München I (Germany) lodged on 8 December 2017 — Conti 11. Container Schiffahrts-GmbH & Co. KG Ms ‘MSC Flaminia’ v Land Niedersachsen
(Case C-689/17)
(2018/C 094/09)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landgericht München I

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Conti 11. Container Schiffahrts-GmbH & Co. KG Ms ‘MSC Flaminia’

Defendant: Land Niedersachsen

Question referred

Are residues from damage to a ship at sea in the form of scrap metal and fire extinguishing water mixed with sludge and cargo residues on board the ship ‘waste generated on board vehicles, trains, aeroplanes and ships’ for the purposes of Article 1(3)(b) of Regulation No 1013/2006 (1)?


(1)  Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste (OJ 2006 L 190, p. 1).
Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for 28 Member States applicable as from 1 January 2018 (Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1))
Date: 2017-12-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, interest, reimbursement of aid








C_2017421EN.01001601.xml










8.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 421/16





Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for 28 Member States applicable as from 1 January 2018

(Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1))

(2017/C 421/08)
Base rates calculated in accordance with the Communication from the Commission on the revision of the method for setting the reference and discount rates (OJ C 14, 19.1.2008, p. 6). Depending on the use of the reference rate, the appropriate margins have still to be added as defined in this communication. For the discount rate this means that a margin of 100 basis points has to be added. The Commission Regulation (EC) No 271/2008 of 30 January 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 foresees that, unless otherwise provided for in a specific decision, the recovery rate will also be calculated by adding 100 basis points to the base rate.
Modified rates are indicated in bold.
Previous table published in OJ C 385, 15.11.2017, p. 17.


































From


To


AT


BE


BG


CY


CZ


DE


DK


EE


EL


ES


FI


FR


HR


HU


IE


IT


LT


LU


LV


MT


NL


PL


PT


RO


SE


SI


SK


UK




1.1.2018


…



-0,18 




-0,18 




0,65 




-0,18 




0,75 




-0,18 




0,02 




-0,18 




-0,18 




-0,18 




-0,18 




-0,18 




0,54 




0,13 




-0,18 




-0,18 




-0,18 




-0,18 




-0,18 




-0,18 




-0,18 




1,85 




-0,18 




1,89 




-0,42 




-0,18 




-0,18 




0,73
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2017-12-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2017421EN.01000901.xml










8.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 421/9





Euro exchange rates (1)

7 December 2017
(2017/C 421/06)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1786 




JPY


Japanese yen


132,88 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4415 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,88068 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,9558 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1700 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,7503 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,611 




HUF


Hungarian forint


314,84 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2129 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6354 




TRY


Turkish lira


4,5553 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5682 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5131 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,2040 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7252 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5916 




KRW


South Korean won


1 287,95 




ZAR


South African rand


16,0897 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8013 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5450 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 967,83 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8184 




PHP


Philippine peso


59,646 




RUB


Russian rouble


69,7763 




THB


Thai baht


38,458 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,8824 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,3177 




INR


Indian rupee


76,1110 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Special Report No 20/2017 — ‘EU-funded loan guarantee instruments: positive results but better targeting of beneficiaries and coordination with national schemes needed’
Date: 2017-12-08
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EU aid, EU loan, EU programme, European Investment Fund, aid to undertakings, credit guarantee, economic and social cohesion, financial aid, financial management, small and medium-sized enterprises








C_2017421EN.01001701.xml










8.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 421/17





Special Report No 20/2017
‘EU-funded loan guarantee instruments: positive results but better targeting of beneficiaries and coordination with national schemes needed’
(2017/C 421/09)
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 20/2017 ‘EU-funded loan guarantee instruments: positive results but better targeting of beneficiaries and coordination with national schemes needed’ has just been published.
The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors' website: http://eca.europa.eu
Case T-798/17: Action brought on 8 December 2017 — De Masi and Varoufakis v ECB
Date: 2017-12-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to EU information, central bank, interpretation of the law, legal aid








C_2018042EN.01003902.xml










5.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 42/39





Action brought on 8 December 2017 — De Masi and Varoufakis v ECB
(Case T-798/17)
(2018/C 042/55)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicants: Fabio De Masi (Hamburg, Germany) and Yanis Varoufakis (Athens, Greece) (represented by: Professor A. Fischer-Lescano)

Defendant: European Central Bank

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Court should:






—


annul the decision of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, notified by letter of 16 October 2017, by which the applicants’ application for access to the European Central Bank document ‘Responses to questions concerning the interpretation of Article 14.4 of the Statute of the ESCB and of the ECB’ of 23 April 2015 was rejected;










—


order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings, including the costs of any intervening party, pursuant to Article 87(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicants rely on two pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law: Incorrect application of the second indent of Article 4(2) of Decision of the European Central Bank of 4 March 2004 on public access to European Central Bank documents (ECB/2004/3) (1)







—


The applicants claim that the publication of the legal opinion in question would not undermine the defendant’s legal advice and that there is an overriding public interest in its disclosure. Furthermore, there was a lack of consideration and a failure to state adequate reasons.














2.


Second plea in law: Incorrect application of Article 4(3) of Decision of the European Central Bank of 4 March 2004 on public access to European Central Bank documents (ECB/2004/3)






—


Publication of the legal opinion in question would not undermine its internal use as part of deliberations and preliminary consultations within the European Central Bank, or for exchanges of views between the European Central Bank and national central banks.










(1)  Decision of the European Central Bank of 4 March 2004 on public access to European Central Bank documents (ECB/2004/3) (OJ 2004 L 80, p. 42).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8639 — Cariparma/Caricesena/Carim/Carismi) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-12-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, financial services, investment company, merger control, subsidiary








C_2017421EN.01000102.xml










8.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 421/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8639 — Cariparma/Caricesena/Carim/Carismi)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 421/02)
On 30 November 2017, 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 32017M8639. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
Date: 2017-12-08
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, catch by species, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, international waters, sea fish, sea fishing








C_2017421EN.01002002.xml










8.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 421/20





Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
(2017/C 421/15)
In accordance with Article 35(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), a decision has been taken to close the fishery as set down in the following table:






Date and time of closure


11.10.2017




Duration


11.10.2017-31.12.2017




Member State


Portugal




Stock or Group of stocks


ALB/AN05N




Species


Northern albacore (Thunnus alalunga)




Zone


Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N




Type(s) of fishing vessels


—




Reference number


29/TQ127






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
Date: 2017-12-08
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, EU waters, Spain, catch by species, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, international waters, sea fish, sea fishing








C_2017421EN.01002301.xml










8.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 421/23





Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
(2017/C 421/20)
In accordance with Article 35(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), a decision has been taken to close the fishery as set down in the following table:






Date and time of closure


3.10.2017




Duration


3.10.2017 – 31.12.2017




Member State


Spain




Stock or Group of stocks


RNG/5B67- including RHG/5B67-, RNG/*8X14- and RHG/*8X14-




Species


Roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris)




Zone


Union and international waters of Vb, VI and VII




Type(s) of fishing vessels


—




Reference number


19/TQ2285






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
Date: 2017-12-08
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, Belgium, EU waters, catch by species, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, international waters, sea fish, sea fishing








C_2017421EN.01001901.xml










8.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 421/19





Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
(2017/C 421/12)
In accordance with Article 35(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), a decision has been taken to close the fishery as set down in the following table:






Date and time of closure


10.10.2017




Duration


10.10.2017-31.12.2017




Member State


Belgium




Stock or Group of stocks


HKE/8ABDE. (and special condition HKE/*57-14)




Species


Hake (Merluccius merluccius)




Zone


VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (and special condition in VI and VII; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV)




Type(s) of fishing vessels


—




Reference number


24/TQ127






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
Date: 2017-12-08
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, Belgium, EU waters, catch by species, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, sea fish, sea fishing








C_2017421EN.01002201.xml










8.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 421/22





Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
(2017/C 421/18)
In accordance with Article 35(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), a decision has been taken to close the fishery as set down in the following table:






Date and time of closure


10.10.2017




Duration


10.10.2017-31.12.2017




Member State


Belgium




Stock or Group of stocks


ANF/*8ABDE (special condition to ANF/07.)




Species


Anglerfish (Lophiidae)




Zone


VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe




Type(s) of fishing vessels


—




Reference number


23/TQ127






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.