do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8722 — Omers/Thames Water) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, pension scheme, pipeline transport, provision of services, water management








C_2017429EN.01000101.xml










14.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 429/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8722 — Omers/Thames Water)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 429/01)
On 8 December 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 32017M8722. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-611/16: Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — Trautmann v EEAS (Civil service — Officials — Remuneration — Family allowances — Education allowance — Article 15 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations — Conditions for grant — Article 3(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations — Regular full-time attendance at an educational establishment which charges fees — Article 85 of the Staff Regulations — Recovery of sums overpaid — Obligation to state reasons — Right to be heard)
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, education grant, family benefit, remuneration of work, rights of the defence, staff regulations (EU)








C_2018042EN.01002001.xml










5.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 42/20





Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — Trautmann v EEAS
(Case T-611/16) (1)

((Civil service - Officials - Remuneration - Family allowances - Education allowance - Article 15 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations - Conditions for grant - Article 3(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations - Regular full-time attendance at an educational establishment which charges fees - Article 85 of the Staff Regulations - Recovery of sums overpaid - Obligation to state reasons - Right to be heard))
(2018/C 042/28)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Ernst Ulrich Trautmann (Kraainem, Belgium) (represented by: M. Meyer, lawyer)

Defendant: European External Action Service (EEAS) (represented by: S. Marquardt and R. Weiss, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application based on Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, the annulment (i) of the decision of the appointing authority of the EEAS of 18 November 2015 to reassess the amount of the education allowance due to the applicant, (ii) of the decision of the Office for the Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements (PMO) of 12 January 2016 to recover, by means of deductions from pay, the sums unduly paid to the applicant, (iii) of the decision of 12 May 2016 rejecting the complaints against those decisions, and, second, and an order requiring the EEAS to return to the applicant the sums previously paid in accordance with his right to the education allowance.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Mr Ernst Ulrich Trautmann to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 371, 10.10.2016 (case initially registered before the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union under the number F-41/16 and transferred to the General Court of the European Union on 1.9.2016).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2017429EN.01000801.xml










14.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 429/8





Euro exchange rates (1)

13 December 2017
(2017/C 429/05)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1736 




JPY


Japanese yen


132,99 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4431 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87905 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,9060 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1647 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,8253 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,650 




HUF


Hungarian forint


314,36 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2146 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6325 




TRY


Turkish lira


4,5242 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5503 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5092 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,1612 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6886 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5874 




KRW


South Korean won


1 280,07 




ZAR


South African rand


15,9868 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7692 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5505 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 969,18 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,7959 




PHP


Philippine peso


59,252 




RUB


Russian rouble


69,1283 




THB


Thai baht


38,236 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,8907 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,5424 




INR


Indian rupee


75,6170 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Notice of open competition
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: Bulgaria, France, Germany, Romania, Sweden, United Kingdom, assistant, competition (EU), information profession, linguistics








C_2017429EN.01002801.xml










14.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 429/28





NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITION
(2017/C 429/12)
The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is organising the following open competition:






 


EPSO/AST/144/17 — LINGUISTIC ASSISTANTS (AST 1) for the following languages:






 


Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Romanian (RO) and Swedish (SV)








The competition notice is published in 24 languages in 
Official Journal of the European Union C 429 A of 14 December 2017.
Further information can be found on the EPSO website: https://epso.europa.eu/
Case C-101/17 P: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 December 2017 — Verus Eood v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Maquet GmbH (Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark LUCEO — Declaration of invalidity)
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, medical device, registered trade mark, sports equipment, trade-mark law, vehicle








C_2018083EN.01000901.xml










5.3.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 83/9





Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 December 2017 — Verus Eood v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Maquet GmbH
(Case C-101/17 P) (1)

((Appeal - Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark LUCEO - Declaration of invalidity))
(2018/C 083/12)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: Verus Eood (represented by: C. Pfitzer, Rechtsanwalt)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: A. Schifko, acting as Agent), Maquet GmbH (represented by: N. Hebeis, Rechtsanwalt)

Operative part of the order







1)


The appeal is dismissed.










2)


Verus Eood shall pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 195, 19.6.2017.
Case C-630/16: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 December 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Helsingin hallinto-oikeus — Finland) — Proceedings brought by Anstar Oy (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products — Harmonised standard EN 1090-1:2009+A1:2011 — Criteria for determining the scope of a standard adopted by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) in accordance with a mandate of the European Commission — Anchors to be fixed into concrete before it sets and used for fastening facade elements and masonry supports to the building frame)
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EC conformity marking, European Committee for Standardisation, European standard, building materials, harmonisation of standards, market approval, metal structure, technical specification, technical standard








C_2018052EN.01001101.xml










12.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/11





Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 December 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Helsingin hallinto-oikeus — Finland) — Proceedings brought by Anstar Oy
(Case C-630/16) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products - Harmonised standard EN 1090-1:2009+A1:2011 - Criteria for determining the scope of a standard adopted by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) in accordance with a mandate of the European Commission - Anchors to be fixed into concrete before it sets and used for fastening facade elements and masonry supports to the building frame))
(2018/C 052/14)
Language of the case: Finnish

Referring court

Helsingin hallinto-oikeus

Parties to the main proceedings

Anstar Oy

Other party: Turvallisuus- ja kemikaalivirasto (Tukes)

Operative part of the judgment

Harmonised standard EN 1090-1:2009+A1:2011, ‘Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures — Part 1: Requirements for conformity assessment of structural components’, must be interpreted as meaning that products, such as those at issue in the main proceedings, intended to be fixed into concrete before it sets fall within its scope if they have a structural function, in the sense that their removal from a structure would immediately reduce its resistance.


(1)  OJ C 63, 27.2.2017.
Case T-828/16: Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — Consejo Regulador ‘Torta del Casar’ v EUIPO — Consejo Regulador ‘Queso de La Serena’ (QUESO Y TORTA DE LA SERENA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative trade mark QUESO Y TORTA DE LA SERENA — Protection of the designation of origin ‘Torta del Casar’ — Relative ground for refusal — Article 2(2), Article 3(1) and Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, Extremadura, distribution of production, registered trade mark, sheep's milk cheese, storage, trade-mark law








C_2018042EN.01002202.xml










5.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 42/22





Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — Consejo Regulador ‘Torta del Casar’ v EUIPO — Consejo Regulador ‘Queso de La Serena’ (QUESO Y TORTA DE LA SERENA)
(Case T-828/16) (1)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative trade mark QUESO Y TORTA DE LA SERENA - Protection of the designation of origin ‘Torta del Casar’ - Relative ground for refusal - Article 2(2), Article 3(1) and Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 - Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))
(2018/C 042/32)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen ‘Torta del Casar’ (Casar de Cáceres, Spain) (represented by: A. Pomares Caballero and M. Pomares Caballero, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Protegida ‘Queso de La Serena’ (Castuera, Spain)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 September 2016 (Case R 2573/2014–4), concerning opposition proceedings between Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen ‘Torta del Casar’ and Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Protegida ‘Queso de La Serena’.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 26 September 2016 (Case R 2573/2014–4);










2.


Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those of the Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen ‘Torta del Casar’.






(1)  OJ C 22, 23.1.2017.
Case T-460/14: Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — AETMD v Council (Dumping — Prepared or preserved sweetcorn in kernels originating in Thailand — Partial interim review — Amendment of the definitive anti-dumping duty — Association representing EU producers — Infringement of procedural rights — Rights of the defence)
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Thailand, anti-dumping duty, import (EU), maize, originating product








C_2018042EN.01001001.xml










5.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 42/10





Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — AETMD v Council
(Case T-460/14) (1)

((Dumping - Prepared or preserved sweetcorn in kernels originating in Thailand - Partial interim review - Amendment of the definitive anti-dumping duty - Association representing EU producers - Infringement of procedural rights - Rights of the defence))
(2018/C 042/13)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Association européenne des transformateurs de maïs doux (AETMD) (Paris, France) (represented initially by: A. Willems, S. De Knop and J. Charles, and subsequently by: A. Willems, S. De Knop and C. Zimmerman, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: S. Boelaert, acting as Agent, S. Gubel, lawyer, and B. O'Connor, Solicitor)

Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: J.-F. Brakeland, A. Stobiecka-Kuik and A. Demeneix, acting as Agents) and River Kwai International Food Industry Co. Ltd (Kaeng Sian, Thailand) (represented by: J. Cornelis and F. Graafsma, lawyers)

Re:

Application on the basis of Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 307/2014 of 24 March 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 875/2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain prepared or preserved sweetcorn in kernels originating in Thailand following an interim review pursuant of Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 (OJ 2014 L 91, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 307/2014 of 24 March 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 875/2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain prepared or preserved sweetcorn in kernels originating in Thailand following an interim review pursuant of Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009;










2.


Dismisses the remainder of the action;










3.


Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the Association européenne des transformateurs de maïs doux (AETMD);










4.


Orders the European Commission and River Kwai International Food Industry Co. Ltd to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 303, 8.9.2014.
Case T-849/16: Order of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — PGNiG Supply & Trading v Commission (Action for annulment — Internal market in natural gas — Directive 2009/73/EC — Commission decision amending the conditions for exemption from the EU requirements of the rules governing operation of the OPAL pipeline in regard to third-party access and tariff regulation — Lack of direct concern — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: admissibility, derogation from EU law, gas pipeline, market access, natural gas, single market








C_2018052EN.01002901.xml










12.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/29





Order of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — PGNiG Supply & Trading v Commission
(Case T-849/16) (1)

((Action for annulment - Internal market in natural gas - Directive 2009/73/EC - Commission decision amending the conditions for exemption from the EU requirements of the rules governing operation of the OPAL pipeline in regard to third-party access and tariff regulation - Lack of direct concern - Inadmissibility))
(2018/C 052/41)
Language of the case: Polish

Parties


Applicant: PGNiG Supply & Trading GmbH (Munich, Germany) (represented by: M. Jeżewski, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: O. Beynet and K. Herrmann, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking annulment of Commission Decision C(2016) 6950 final of 28 October 2016 on the review of the conditions for exemption of the OPAL pipeline, granted under Directive 2003/55/EC, from the rules on third-party access and tariff regulation.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as being inadmissible.










2.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the applications to intervene.










3.


PGNiG Supply & Trading GmbH shall bear its own costs and pay those of the European Commission, including the costs relating to the interlocutory proceedings.










4.


The Federal Republic of Germany shall bear its own costs relating to the interlocutory proceedings.










5.


PGNiG Supply & Trading, the Commission, the Federal Republic of Germany, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, Naftogaz Ukrainy SA, OPAL Gastransport GmbH & Co. KG and Gazprom Eksport LLC shall each bear their own respective costs relating to the applications to intervene.






(1)  OJ C 38, 6.2.2017.
Case T-21/17: Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — RL v Court of Justice of the European Union (Civil Service — Officials — Promotion — 2015 promotion year — Decision not to promote the applicant to grade AD 10, with effect from 1 July 2015 — Interinstitutional transfer — Prorata temporis system — Comparative examination of the merits — Article 45 of the Staff Regulations — Liability)
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: administrator, indemnification, pay scale, promotion, reassignment, staff assessment, staff regulations (EU)








C_2018052EN.01002801.xml










12.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/28





Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — RL v Court of Justice of the European Union
(Case T-21/17) (1)

((Civil Service - Officials - Promotion - 2015 promotion year - Decision not to promote the applicant to grade AD 10, with effect from 1 July 2015 - Interinstitutional transfer - Prorata temporis system - Comparative examination of the merits - Article 45 of the Staff Regulations - Liability))
(2018/C 052/39)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: RL (represented by: C. Bernard-Glanz and A. Tymen, lawyers)

Defendant: Court of Justice of the European Union (represented by: J. Inghelram and V. Hanley-Emilsson, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application on the basis of 270 TFEU and seeking, firstly, the annulment of the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 11 May 2016 refusing to promote the application on 1 July 2015 and, secondly, compensation for the loss which the applicant allegedly suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders RL to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 95, 27.3.2017.
Public holidays in 2018: EEA EFTA States and EEA institutions
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EEA joint institution, EFTA countries, public holiday








C_2017429EN.01002501.xml










14.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 429/25





Public holidays in 2018: EEA EFTA States and EEA institutions
(2017/C 429/10)










 


Iceland


Liechtenstein


Norway


EFTA Surveillance Authority


EFTA Court




Monday 1 January


X


X


X


X


X




Tuesday 2 January


 


X


 


X


X




Friday 2 February


 


X


 


 


 




Monday 12 February


 


 


 


 


X




Tuesday 13 February


 


X


 


 


 




Monday 19 March


 


X


 


 


 




Thursday 29 March


X


 


X


X


X




Friday 30 March


X


X


X


X


X




Monday 2 April


X


X


X


X


X




Thursday 19 April


X


 


 


 


 




Monday 30 April


 


 


 


 


X




Tuesday 1 May


X


X


X


X


X




Thursday 10 May


X


X


X


X


X




Friday 11 May


 


 


 


X


X




Thursday 17 May


 


 


X


 


 




Monday 21 May


X


X


X


X


X




Thursday 31 May


 


X


 


 


 




Monday 6 August


X


 


 


 


 




Wednesday 15 August


 


X


 


X


X




Monday 3 September


 


 


 


 


X




Thursday 1 November


 


X


 


X


X




Friday 2 November


 


 


 


X


X




Monday 24 December


X


X


 


X


X




Tuesday 25 December


X


X


X


X


X




Wednesday 26 December


X


X


X


X


X




Thursday 27 December


 


 


 


X


X




Friday 28 December


 


 


 


X


X




Monday 31 December


X


X


 


X


X




Public holidays falling on Saturdays and Sundays are not listed.
Case T-577/16: Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — Campo and Others v EEAS (Civil Service — Officials — Agents — Remuneration — EEAS staff posted to a third country — Article 10 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations — Annual assessment of the allowance for living conditions — Decision reducing the allowance for living conditions in Montenegro from 15 % to 10 % — Plea of illegality)
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, Montenegro, allowances and expenses, expatriate worker, legality, living conditions, pay, staff regulations (EU), third country








C_2018042EN.01001801.xml










5.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 42/18





Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — Campo and Others v EEAS
(Case T-577/16) (1)

((Civil Service - Officials - Agents - Remuneration - EEAS staff posted to a third country - Article 10 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations - Annual assessment of the allowance for living conditions - Decision reducing the allowance for living conditions in Montenegro from 15 % to 10 % - Plea of illegality))
(2018/C 042/25)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: Alessandro Campo (Podgorica, Montenegro) and the 12 other applicants whose names are set out in the annex to the judgment (represented by: N. de Montigny and J.-N. Louis, lawyers)

Defendant: European External Action Service (EEAS) (represented by: S. Marquardt, Agent, and M. Troncoso Ferrer, F.-M. Hislaire and S. Moya Izquierdo, lawyers)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU for annulment of the applicants’ salary slips in respect of March 2015 and of those drawn up afterwards in so far as those salary slips apply the decision of the EEAS of 23 February 2015 reducing, with effect from 1 January 2015, the allowance for living conditions paid to EU staff posted to Montenegro.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the salary slips for March 2015 of Mr Alessandro Campo and of the other officials and agents of the European External Action Service (EEAS), whose names are set out in the annex drawn up by the EEAS on the date on which the action was brought, in so far as those slips apply the decision of the EEAS of 23 February 2015 reducing, with effect from 1 January 2015, the allowance for living conditions paid to EU staff posted to Montenegro;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders the EEAS to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 145, 25.4.2016 (case initially registered before the European Union Civil Service Tribunal as Case F-6/16, transferred to the General Court of the European Union on 1.9.2016).