do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Information concerning the extension of the International Sugar Agreement (1992)
Date: 2018-01-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: commodity agreement, renewal of an agreement, sugar, trade agreement (EU)








L_2018012EN.01000102.xml










17.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 12/1







Information concerning the extension of the International Sugar Agreement (1992)

At its 52nd session (London, 1 December 2017), the International Sugar Council decided to extend the International Sugar Agreement (1992) (1) for a period of two years until 31 December 2019.


(1)  
            OJ L 379, 23.12.1992, p. 16.
European Parliament decision of 17 January 2018 on the nomination of Tony James Murphy as a Member of the Court of Auditors (C8-0402/2017 — 2017/0820(NLE))
Date: 2018-01-17
Institutions: Committee on Budgetary Control, European Parliament
Subjects: appointment of members, member of the Court of Auditors (EU)








C_2018458EN.01022501.xml










19.12.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 458/225






P8_TA(2018)0008
Nomination of a Member of the Court of Auditors — Tony James Murphy
European Parliament decision of 17 January 2018 on the nomination of Tony James Murphy as a Member of the Court of Auditors (C8-0402/2017 — 2017/0820(NLE))
(Consultation)
(2018/C 458/14)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to Article 286(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C8-0402/2017),










—


having regard to Rule 121 of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A8-0002/2018),










A.


whereas Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control proceeded to evaluate the credentials of the nominee, in particular in view of the requirements laid down in Article 286(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;










B.


whereas at its meeting of 11 January 2018 the Committee on Budgetary Control heard the Council’s nominee for membership of the Court of Auditors;












1.


Delivers a favourable opinion on the Council’s nomination of Tony James Murphy as a Member of the Court of Auditors;












2.


Calls on the Member States to pay attention to, and if possible take inspiration from, the open competition model used by Ireland when selecting their nominees;












3.


Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and, for information, the Court of Auditors, the other institutions of the European Union and the audit institutions of the Member States.
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: 2018-01-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: chemical compound, chemical product, health control, health risk, market approval, marketing standard, solvent








C_2018015EN.01000201.xml










17.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 15/2





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)
(2018/C 15/02)

Decisions granting an authorisation













Reference of the decision (2)



Date of decision


Substance name


Holder of the authorisation


Authorisation numbers


Authorised uses


Date of expiry of review period


Reasons for the decision




C(2018) 14


10 January 2018


1,2-dichloroethane
EC No 203-458-1
CAS No 107-06-2


BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-Str. 38, 67056 Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany


REACH/17/34/0


Industrial use as solvent and crystallisation medium in the synthesis of the plant protection active substance bentazone (EC No 246-585-8 and CAS No 25057-89)


22 November 2029


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 for the applicant before the sunset date




REACH/17/34/1


Industrial use as solvent and crystallisation medium in the synthesis of the biocidal active substance flocoumafen (EC No: 421-960-0 and CAS No 90035-08-8)






(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
Case T-18/18: Action brought on 17 January 2018 — Lillelam v EUIPO — Pfaff (LITTLE LAMB)
Date: 2018-01-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2018094EN.01003101.xml










12.3.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 94/31





Action brought on 17 January 2018 — Lillelam v EUIPO — Pfaff (LITTLE LAMB)
(Case T-18/18)
(2018/C 094/41)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Lillelam A/S (Oslo, Norway) (represented by: N. Köster, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Nick Pfaff (Ammanford, United Kingdom)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘LITTLE LAMB’ — EU trade mark No 8 121 675

Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 November 2017 in Case R 536/2017-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


revoke the EU Trademark No 8 121 675 ‘LITTLE LAMB’ for at least ‘Clothing’ and ‘Accessories for Clothing’










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) and Article 18(1) of Regulation No 2017/1001.
Case T-20/18: Action brought on 17 January 2018 — CV v Commission
Date: 2018-01-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: administrative procedure, damages, medical report, occupational disease








C_2018112EN.01003401.xml










26.3.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/34





Action brought on 17 January 2018 — CV v Commission
(Case T-20/18)
(2018/C 112/44)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: CV (represented by: F. Moyse, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decisions of 15 and 20 March 2017 and of 18 October 2017;










—


award the applicant the amount of EUR 1 475 by way of compensation for material damage plus statutory interest at the rate of 2,25 %, to be calculated as from the payment of that amount, or, in the alternative, as from the date on which the complaint was lodged, or, in the further alternative, as from the date on which the application was lodged, and the amount of EUR 1 by way of compensation for non-material damage;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






1.


First plea in law, alleging irregularity of the administrative procedure preceding the adoption of the contested decisions, including before the Medical Committee, by which the application for recognition of the occupational origin of the applicant’s disease was rejected and certain costs and fees of the members of the Medical Committee were imposed on the applicant.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging a manifest error of assessment made by a doctor in that doctor’s reports.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging that the reasons stated in the contested decisions were insufficient.
Case C-363/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 January 2018 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — State aid — Aid declared unlawful and incompatible with the internal market — Obligation to recover — Second subparagraph of Article 108(2) TFEU — Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Article 14(3) — Undertaking benefiting from the aid declared insolvent — Insolvency proceedings — Registration of the liabilities in the schedule of liabilities — Cessation of activities — Suspension of insolvency proceedings for the purposes of examining the prospect of relaunching the business — Obligation to provide information — Failure to perform)
Date: 2018-01-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, aid to undertakings, claim, company in difficulties, control of State aid, financial solvency, reimbursement of aid, textile industry








C_2018083EN.01000302.xml










5.3.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 83/3





Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 January 2018 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic
(Case C-363/16) (1)

((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - State aid - Aid declared unlawful and incompatible with the internal market - Obligation to recover - Second subparagraph of Article 108(2) TFEU - Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 - Article 14(3) - Undertaking benefiting from the aid declared insolvent - Insolvency proceedings - Registration of the liabilities in the schedule of liabilities - Cessation of activities - Suspension of insolvency proceedings for the purposes of examining the prospect of relaunching the business - Obligation to provide information - Failure to perform))
(2018/C 083/04)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouchagiar and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents,

Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: K. Boskovits and V. Karra, acting as Agents.)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by failing to take, within the prescribed periods, all the measures necessary for the implementation of Commission Decision 2012/541/EU of 22 February 2012 on the State aid SA.26534 (C 27/10 ex NN 6/09) implemented by Greece in favour of United Textiles SA, and by failing to inform the Commission adequately of the measures taken pursuant to that decision, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 2 to 4 of that decision as and under the TFEU.










2.


Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 305, 22.8.2016.
Case C-29/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia (Spain) lodged on 17 January 2018 — Cobra Servicios Auxiliares, S.A. v FOGASA, José David Sanchez Iglesias and Incatema, S.L.
Date: 2018-01-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: collective dismissal, equal treatment, severance pay, temporary employment, work contract








C_2018142EN.01002401.xml










23.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 142/24





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia (Spain) lodged on 17 January 2018 — Cobra Servicios Auxiliares, S.A. v FOGASA, José David Sanchez Iglesias and Incatema, S.L.
(Case C-29/18)
(2018/C 142/32)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Cobra Servicios Auxiliares, S.A.

Respondents: FOGASA, José David Sanchez Iglesias and Incatema, S.L.

Questions referred







(1)


Must Clause 4 of the framework agreement on fixed-term work contained in the Annex to Directive 1999/70 (1) be interpreted as precluding national legislation which, in respect of the same set of facts (the termination of a contract for services (contrata) between the employer and a third-party undertaking at the latter’s instigation), provides for a lower level of compensation for (i) termination of a fixed-term contract (contrato) for a specific task or service with a term of the same duration as that of the contract between the employer and the third-party undertaking than it does for (ii) termination of the permanent contracts of comparable workers under a collective redundancy that is justified on production-related grounds pertaining to the employer and arises from the termination of the contract between the employer and the third-party undertaking?










(2)


If the answer is in the affirmative, is the unequal treatment between workers on fixed-term contracts and comparable permanent workers as regards compensation for termination of contract in cases where termination is prompted by the same factual circumstances but based on different legal grounds to be considered to constitute discrimination of the type prohibited in Article 21 of the Charter, inasmuch as it is contrary to the principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination in Articles 20 and 21 of the Charter, which form part of the general principles of EU law?






(1)  Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP (OJ 1999 L 175, p. 43).
Corrigendum to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2268 of 26 September 2017 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items (OJ L 334, 15.12.2017)
Date: 2018-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, dual-use good, export (EU), export licence, export monitoring, intra-EU trade, trade restriction, transit








L_2018012EN.01006201.xml










17.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 12/62







Corrigendum to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2268 of 26 September 2017 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 334 of 15 December 2017
)


On page 49, first row:
for:








‘0B001


b.


(continued)’,





read:








‘1C005


b.


(continued)’;





on page 56, first row:
for:








‘0B001


a. 2. a.


(continued)’,





read:








‘1C111


a. 2. a.


(continued)’;





on page 57, first row:
for:








‘0B001


a. 4.


(continued)’,





read:








‘1C111


a. 4.


(continued)’;





on page 58, first row:
for:








‘0B001


c.


(continued)’,





read:








‘1C111


c.


(continued)’;





on page 79, first row:
for:








‘0B001


d.


(continued)’,





read:








‘2B002


d.


(continued)’.
Information concerning the extension of the Grains Trade Convention (1995)
Date: 2018-01-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: cereals, commodity agreement, renewal of an agreement, trade agreement (EU)








L_2018012EN.01000101.xml










17.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 12/1







Information concerning the extension of the Grains Trade Convention (1995)

At its 45th session (London, 5 June 2017), the International Grains Council decided to extend the Grains Trade Convention (1995) (1) for a period of 2 years until 30 June 2019.


(1)  
            OJ L 21, 27.1.1996, p. 49.
Case C-676/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 January 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud — Czech Republic) — CORPORATE COMPANIES s.r.o. v Ministerstvo financí ČR (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing — Directive 2005/60/EC — Scope — Article 2(1), point 3(c) and Article 3, point 7(a) — Business activity of an undertaking consisting in the sale of companies already entered in the Register of Companies and formed solely for the purposes of sale — Sale by means of the transfer of the undertaking’s holding in the ready-made company)
Date: 2018-01-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: business activity, money laundering, sale, terrorism, transfer of businesses








C_2018083EN.01000501.xml










5.3.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 83/5





Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 January 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud — Czech Republic) — CORPORATE COMPANIES s.r.o. v Ministerstvo financí ČR
(Case C-676/16) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing - Directive 2005/60/EC - Scope - Article 2(1), point 3(c) and Article 3, point 7(a) - Business activity of an undertaking consisting in the sale of companies already entered in the Register of Companies and formed solely for the purposes of sale - Sale by means of the transfer of the undertaking’s holding in the ready-made company))
(2018/C 083/06)
Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Nejvyšší správní soud

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: CORPORATE COMPANIES s.r.o.

Defendant: Ministerstvo financí ČR

Operative part of the judgment

Article 2(1), point 3(c) of Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing, read in conjunction with Article 3, point 7(a) of that directive, must be interpreted as meaning that a person, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, whose commercial activity consists in selling companies which it formed itself, without any prior request on the part of its potential clients, for the purposes of sale to those clients, by means of a transfer of its shares in the capital of the company being sold, falls within the scope of those provisions.


(1)  OJ C 86, 20.3.2017.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 as regards the location of the seat of the European Banking Authority’ (COM(2017) 734 final — 2017/0326 (COD))
Date: 2018-01-17
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: EU office or agency, European Union membership, United Kingdom, banking, offshoring, operation of the Institutions








C_2018197EN.01007201.xml










8.6.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 197/72





Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 as regards the location of the seat of the European Banking Authority’
(COM(2017) 734 final — 2017/0326 (COD))
(2018/C 197/12)






Consultation


Council of the European Union, 14.12.2017
European Parliament, 11.12.2017




Legal basis


Articles 114 and 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion




Adopted at plenary


17.1.2018




Plenary session No


531




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


167/0/1




Since the Committee endorses the content of the proposal and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided unanimously not to hold a general discussion and to put the opinion straight to the vote (Rule 50(4) and 56(3)).

Brussels, 17 January 2018.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Georges DASSIS
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2018-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Estonia, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency




C_2018015EN.01000401.xml










17.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 15/4





New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
(2018/C 15/04)



Euro coins intended for circulation have legal tender status throughout the euro area. For the purpose of informing the public and all parties who handle the coins, the Commission publishes a description of the designs of all new coins (1). In accordance with the Council conclusions of 10 February 2009 (2), euro-area Member States and countries that have concluded a monetary agreement with the European Union providing for the issuing of euro coins are allowed to issue commemorative euro coins intended for circulation, provided that certain conditions are met, particularly that only the 2-euro denomination is used. These coins have the same technical characteristics as other 2-euro coins, but their national face features a commemorative design that is highly symbolic in national or European terms.


Issuing country
: Estonia


Subject of commemoration
: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will jointly issue a commemorative euro coin with a common design in 2018, celebrating the establishment of the States of Estonia and Latvia and the re-establishment of the State of Lithuania.


Description of the design
: The three Baltic States are symbolically represented as a braid. They are united by their history: a common past, present and future. A stylised numeral representing the 100th anniversary, and the heraldic signs of all three States, are featured as well. At the left side is the name of the issuing country ‘EESTI’ and at the right side is the year of issuance ‘2018’. The design was selected by public voting in all three Baltic countries.
The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.


Estimated number of coins to be issued
: 


Date of issue
: First quarter of 2018


(1)  See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1 for the national faces of all the coins issued in 2002.

(2)  See the conclusions of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of 10 February 2009 and the Commission Recommendation of 19 December 2008 on common guidelines for the national sides and the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 52).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2018-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2018015EN.01000101.xml










17.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 15/1





Euro exchange rates (1)

16 January 2018
(2018/C 15/01)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2230 




JPY


Japanese yen


135,40 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4492 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,88860 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,8228 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1795 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,6308 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,516 




HUF


Hungarian forint


308,75 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1713 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6483 




TRY


Turkish lira


4,6437 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5379 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5194 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,5680 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6808 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6185 




KRW


South Korean won


1 302,40 




ZAR


South African rand


14,9970 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8780 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4235 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 311,76 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8491 




PHP


Philippine peso


61,939 




RUB


Russian rouble


69,0251 




THB


Thai baht


39,112 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,9303 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,9588 




INR


Indian rupee


78,3300 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.