do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8689 — Rubis/Phillips 66/Zeller &amp; Cie) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2017-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, chemical product, economic concentration, fertiliser, gas industry, merger control, oil industry, storage








C_2018432EN.01000101.xml










30.11.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 432/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8689 — Rubis/Phillips 66/Zeller & Cie)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 432/01)
On 21 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 32017M8689. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-713/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Oberösterreich (Austria) lodged on 21 December 2017 — Ahmad Shah Ayubi
Date: 2017-12-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: aid to refugees, direct applicability, equal treatment, foreign national, refugee, residence permit, right of asylum, social assistance, social-security benefit, stateless person








C_2018123EN.01000801.xml










9.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 123/8





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Oberösterreich (Austria) lodged on 21 December 2017 — Ahmad Shah Ayubi
(Case C-713/17)
(2018/C 123/11)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landesverwaltungsgericht Oberösterreich

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Ahmad Shah Ayubi

Defendant authority: Bezirkshauptmannschaft Linz-Land

Questions referred







1.


Is Article 29 of Directive 2011/95/EU, (1) under which a Member State has the obligation to provide to beneficiaries of international protection (in the Member State that granted such protection) the necessary social assistance as provided to nationals of that Member State, to be interpreted as satisfying the criteria for direct applicability as developed in the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union?










2.


Is Article 29 of Directive 2011/95/EU to be interpreted as precluding national legislation which provides that only persons granted asylum with permanent residence be given social assistance in the form of needs-based minimum benefits in full and to the same extent as nationals of the Member State, but provides for the reduction of social assistance from needs-based minimum benefits for those persons granted asylum with only temporary residence, and consequently, in the same amount of social assistance as is awarded to persons eligible for subsidiary protection?






(1)  Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (OJ 2011 L 337, p. 9).
Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/24 of 21 December 2017 establishing a prohibition of fishing for plaice in areas VIIf and VIIg by vessels flying the flag of France
Date: 2017-12-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, EU waters, France, catch area, catch by species, catch quota, fishing rights, sea fish, sea fishing, ship's flag








L_2018005EN.01001901.xml










10.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 5/19








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2018/24
of 21 December 2017
         
establishing a prohibition of fishing for plaice in areas VIIf and VIIg by vessels flying the flag of France


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 Union 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) 2017/127 (2) lays down quotas for 2017.












(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 2017.












(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 2017 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, 21 December 2017.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

João AGUIAR MACHADO
            

Director-General


Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2017/127 of 20 January 2017 fixing for 2017 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters (OJ L 24, 28.1.2017, p. 1).




ANNEX






No


41/TQ127




Member State


France




Stock


PLE/7FG.




Species


Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)




Zone


VIIf and VIIg




Closing date


6.11.2017
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2017-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2017440EN.01001001.xml










21.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 440/10





Euro exchange rates (1)

20 December 2017
(2017/C 440/06)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1845 




JPY


Japanese yen


134,16 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4443 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,88320 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,9128 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1702 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,8683 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,674 




HUF


Hungarian forint


312,75 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2041 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6284 




TRY


Turkish lira


4,5366 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5427 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5221 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,2677 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6970 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5940 




KRW


South Korean won


1 281,59 




ZAR


South African rand


15,0112 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7926 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5470 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 083,14 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8257 




PHP


Philippine peso


59,502 




RUB


Russian rouble


69,5139 




THB


Thai baht


38,792 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,8953 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,7971 




INR


Indian rupee


75,9475 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8720 — Jones Lang LaSalle/intu properties/The Chapelfield Partnership) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, real estate business, shopping centre








C_2017440EN.01003301.xml










21.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 440/33





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8720 — Jones Lang LaSalle/intu properties/The Chapelfield Partnership)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 440/12)






1.


On 8 December 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


LaSalle Investment Management (‘LaSalle’, United Kingdom),










—


intu properties plc (‘intu’, United Kingdom),










—


Chapelfield shopping centre (‘Chapelfield’, United Kingdom), currently indirectly wholly owned by intu.




Intu and LaSalle acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control over Chapelfield.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for intu: real estate investment trust, largely focused on shopping centre ownership, management and development across the United Kingdom and, to a more limited extent, in Spain,
—   for LaSalle: real estate investment management firm. It is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated,
—   for Chapelfield: covered commercial shopping centre in Norwich, a city in the east of England, in the United Kingdom.










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.
Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.










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. The following reference should always be specified:
M.8720 — Jones Lang LaSalle/intu properties/The Chapelfield Partnership
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:





Email:




COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu




Fax




+32 22964301




Postal 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’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/23 of 21 December 2017 establishing a prohibition of fishing for herring in areas VIaS, VIIb and VIIc by vessels flying the flag of Ireland
Date: 2017-12-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, EU waters, Ireland, catch area, catch by species, catch quota, fishing rights, sea fish, sea fishing, ship's flag








L_2018005EN.01001601.xml










10.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 5/16








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2018/23
of 21 December 2017
         
establishing a prohibition of fishing for herring in areas VIaS, VIIb and VIIc by vessels flying the flag of Ireland


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 Union 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) 2017/127 (2) lays down quotas for 2017.












(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 2017.












(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 2017 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, 21 December 2017.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

João AGUIAR MACHADO
            

Director-General


Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2017/127 of 20 January 2017 fixing for 2017 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters (OJ L 24, 28.1.2017, p. 1).




ANNEX






No


52/TQ127




Member State


Ireland




Stock


HER/6AS7BC




Species


Herring (Clupea harengus)




Zone


VIaS, VIIb, VIIc




Closing date


12.12.2017
Judgment of the Court of 21 December 2017 in Case E-5/17 — Merck Sharp &amp; Dohme Corp. v The Icelandic Patent Office (Einkaleyfastofan) (Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92 — Medicinal products — Supplementary protection certificate — Certificate of negative duration)
Date: 2017-12-21
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: European Economic Area, Iceland, market approval, patent law, pharmaceutical product








C_2018130EN.01000301.xml










12.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 130/3





JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
of 21 December 2017
in Case E-5/17
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v The Icelandic Patent Office (Einkaleyfastofan)


(Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92 — Medicinal products — Supplementary protection certificate — Certificate of negative duration)

(2018/C 130/03)
In Case E-5/17, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v The Icelandic Patent Office (Einkaleyfastofan) — REQUEST to the Court under Article 34 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice by the Supreme Court of Iceland (Hæstiréttur Íslands) concerning the interpretation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92 of 18 June 1992 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products, the Court, composed of Carl Baudenbacher, President, Per Christiansen (Judge-Rapporteur), and Páll Hreinsson, Judges, gave judgment on 21 December 2017, the operative part of which is as follows:
Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92 permits the issuing of a supplementary protection certificate where the period that has elapsed between the date on which the basic patent application was lodged and the date of the first marketing authorisation in the EEA is less than five years. This result is not affected by the fact that the Joint Committee Decision incorporating Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006 and Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 into the EEA Agreement has not entered into force.
Action brought on 21 December 2017 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against Iceland (Case E-16/17)
Date: 2017-12-21
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: European Economic Area, Iceland, application of EU law, consumer information, financial legislation, financial market, investment company, market supervision








C_2018067EN.01001501.xml










22.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 67/15





Action brought on 21 December 2017 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against Iceland
(Case E-16/17)
(2018/C 67/15)
An action against Iceland was brought before the EFTA Court on 21 December 2017 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority, represented by Carsten Zatschler, Catherine Howdle and Ingibjörg Ólöf Vilhjálmsdóttir, acting as Agents of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, 35 Rue Belliard, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.
The EFTA Surveillance Authority requests the EFTA Court to:






1.


Declare that Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 7 of the EEA Agreement by failing to make the act referred to at point 31bba of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013 of 19 December 2012 supplementing Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to exemptions, general operating conditions, depositaries, leverage, transparency and supervision), as adapted by Protocol 1 to the EEA Agreement, part of its internal legal order.










2.


Order Iceland to bear the costs of these proceedings.




Legal and factual background and pleas in law adduced in support:






—


The application addresses Iceland’s failure to comply, no later than 12 September 2017, with a reasoned opinion delivered by the EFTA Surveillance Authority on 12 July 2017 regarding that State’s failure to implement into its national legal order Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013 of 19 December 2012 supplementing Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to exemptions, general operating conditions, depositaries, leverage, transparency and supervision, as referred to at point 31bba of Annex IX to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and as adapted to that Agreement by way of Protocol 1 thereto (‘the Act’).










—


The EFTA Surveillance Authority submits that Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 7 of the EEA Agreement by failing to adopt the measures necessary to implement the Act within the time prescribed.
Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2426 of 21 December 2017 amending Decision 2014/512/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine
Date: 2017-12-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Russia, Ukraine, economic sanctions, international sanctions, territorial dispute




L_2017343EN.01007701.xml










22.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 343/77








            COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2017/2426
of 21 December 2017
         
amending Decision 2014/512/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:







(1)


On 31 July 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/512/CFSP (1).












(2)


On 19 March 2015, the European Council agreed that the necessary measures would be taken to clearly link the duration of the restrictive measures to the complete implementation of the Minsk agreements, bearing in mind that the complete implementation was foreseen for 31 December 2015.












(3)


On 28 June 2017, the Council renewed Decision 2014/512/CFSP until 31 January 2018 in order to enable it to further assess the implementation of the Minsk agreements.












(4)


Having assessed the implementation of the Minsk agreements, Decision 2014/512/CFSP should be renewed for a further six months in order to enable the Council to further assess their implementation.












(5)


Decision 2014/512/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Decision 2014/512/CFSP is replaced by the following:


‘1.   This Decision shall apply until 31 July 2018.’.




Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 21 December 2017.


For the Council


The President

M. MAASIKAS
            





(1)  Council Decision 2014/512/CFSP of 31 July 2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine (OJ L 229, 31.7.2014, p. 13).
Commission Notice on the EU Guide for Good Hygiene Practices in the production of artisanal cheese and dairy products
Date: 2017-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer protection, craft production, food contamination, food inspection, food safety, health control, health risk, milk product








C_2017440EN.01000101.xml










21.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 440/1





Commission Notice on the EU Guide for Good Hygiene Practices in the production of artisanal cheese and dairy products
(2017/C 440/01)
In accordance with the outcome of the assessment carried out, the Standing Committee on the Plant, Animal, Feed and Food (PAFF) agreed on the publication of the title and references of the following Community guide to good practice, pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (1).


Title
: European Guide for Good Hygiene Practices in the production of artisanal cheese and dairy products


Author
: Farmhouse and Artisan Cheese & Dairy Producers European Network (FACE network)


Reference
: Revised version of 20 December 2016
https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/biosafety/food_hygiene/guidance_en


(1)  OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1.