do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Winding-up proceedings — Decision to open winding-up proceedings in respect of Rapid life životná poisťovňa, a.s., registered address: Garbiarska 2, 040 71 Košice, company registration number: 31690904 (Publication in accordance with Article 280 of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II))
Date: 2018-02-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, insurance company, judicial proceedings, liquidation








C_2018053EN.01000401.xml










13.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 53/4





Winding-up proceedings
Decision to open winding-up proceedings in respect of Rapid life životná poisťovňa, a.s., registered address: Garbiarska 2, 040 71 Košice, company registration number: 31 690 904

(Publication in accordance with Article 280 of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II))

(2018/C 53/04)






Insurance undertaking


Rapid life životná poisťovňa, a.s., registered address:





Garbiarska 2




040 71 Košice




SLOVENSKO/SLOVAKIA




Company registration number: 31 690 904 




Date, entry into force and nature of the decision


Resolution on bankruptcy declaration of 23 January 2018




Competent authorities


Košice I Regional Court, registered address:





Štúrova 29




041 60 Košice




SLOVENSKO/SLOVAKIA








Supervisory authority


National Bank of Slovakia, headquarters, registered address:





Imricha Karvaša 1




813 25 Bratislava




SLOVENSKO/SLOVAKIA








Administrator appointed


Ms Dana Husťáková, office address:





Žriedlová 3




040 01 Košice




SLOVENSKO/SLOVAKIA




Administrator reference number: S738




Applicable Law


Slovak Republic, Act No 7/2005 on bankruptcy and restructuring and amending certain acts, as amended
Case C-109/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain) lodged on 13 February 2018 — Associació de Productors i Usuaris d’Energia Elèctrica v Administración General del Estado
Date: 2018-02-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, electrical energy, energy production, environmental tax, equal treatment, hydraulic energy, hydroelectric power, inland waters, power plant, water resources








C_2018161EN.01002901.xml










7.5.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 161/29





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain) lodged on 13 February 2018 — Associació de Productors i Usuaris d’Energia Elèctrica v Administración General del Estado
(Case C-109/18)
(2018/C 161/32)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Supremo

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Associació de Productors i Usuaris d’Energia Elèctrica

Defendant: Administración General del Estado

Questions referred







1.


Must Article 9(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000, (1) which lays down the principle of the recovery of costs for water services and also the appropriate economic balancing of water uses, be interpreted as precluding the introduction of a tax on the use of inland waters to produce energy, such as the tax at issue in the proceedings, which does not incentivise the efficient use of water, nor establish mechanisms for the preservation and protection of public water resources, the quantification of that tax being totally unconnected to the capacity to cause damage to the public water resources, as it is focused solely and exclusively on the income-generating capacity of producers?










2.


Is a tax such as the hydraulic tax the subject of the proceedings, which exclusively affects hydroelectricity generators operating in river basins encompassing more than one autonomous community, but not concession-holding producers in river basins encompassing a single autonomous community, and also producers using hydroelectric technology, but not energy producers using other technologies, compatible with the principle of non-discrimination between operators provided for in Article 3(1) of Directive 2009/72/EC of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity? (2)











3.


Must Article 107(1) TFEU be interpreted as meaning that the failure to levy the hydraulic tax on hydroelectric production operating within river basins encompassing a single autonomous community and also on the remaining [consumptive] uses of waters, with only the electricity production use being taxed, constitutes prohibited State aid?






(1)  Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ 2000 L 327, p. 1).

(2)  Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 2003/54/EC (OJ 2009 L 211, p. 55).
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/214 of 13 February 2018 approving an amendment to the specification for a Protected Designation of Origin or a Protected Geographical Indication (‘Pla i Llevant’ (PDO))
Date: 2018-02-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Balearic Islands, Spain, designation of origin, fortified wine, labelling, product designation, red wine, rosé wine, sparkling wine, white wine








L_2018041EN.01001301.xml










14.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 41/13








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/214
of 13 February 2018
         
approving an amendment to the specification for a Protected Designation of Origin or a Protected Geographical Indication (‘Pla i Llevant’ (PDO))


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 99 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


The Commission has examined the application for the approval of an amendment to the specification for the Protected Designation of Origin ‘Pla i Llevant’, sent by Spain in accordance with Article 105 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.












(2)


The Commission has published the application for the approval of an amendment to the specification in the Official Journal of the European Union, as required by Article 97(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 (2).












(3)


No statement of objection has been received by the Commission under Article 98 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.












(4)


The amendment to the specification should therefore be approved in accordance with Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.












(5)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The amendment to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name ‘Pla i Llevant’ (PDO) is hereby approved.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 13 February 2018.


For the Commission


The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

(2)  
            OJ C 284, 29.8.2017, p. 5.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8695 — PSA/TIL/PPIT) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2018-02-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: container, economic concentration, harbour installation, investment company, merger control








C_2018053EN.01000101.xml










13.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 53/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8695 — PSA/TIL/PPIT)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 53/01)
On 6 February 2018, 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 32018M8695. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-102/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 13 February 2018 — Klaus Manuel Maria Brisch
Date: 2018-02-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: form, inheritance, judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU, law of succession, mutual recognition principle, official document, private international law








C_2018142EN.01003501.xml










23.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 142/35





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 13 February 2018 — Klaus Manuel Maria Brisch
(Case C-102/18)
(2018/C 142/46)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberlandesgericht Köln

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Klaus Manuel Maria Brisch

Question referred

Is the use of the form as set out in Annex 4 as Form IV, established in accordance with the advisory procedure under Article 81(2) of the EU Succession Regulation, (1) mandatory or merely optional for the purposes of an application for a European Certificate of Succession under Article 65(2) of the EU Succession Regulation, in accordance with Article 1(4) of the Implementing Regulation for the EU Succession Regulation? (2)



(1)  Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession (OJ 2012 L 201, p. 107).

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1329/2014 of 9 December 2014 establishing the Forms referred to in Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession (OJ 2014 L 359, p. 30).
Case C-104/18 P: Appeal brought on 13 February 2018 by Koton Mağazacilik Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) delivered on 30 November 2017 in Case T-687/16: Koton Mağazacilik Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ v European Union Intellectual Property Office
Date: 2018-02-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, carriage of goods, packaging, registered trade mark, storage, trade-mark law








C_2018152EN.01001601.xml










30.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 152/16





Appeal brought on 13 February 2018 by Koton Mağazacilik Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) delivered on 30 November 2017 in Case T-687/16: Koton Mağazacilik Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ v European Union Intellectual Property Office
(Case C-104/18 P)
(2018/C 152/19)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: Koton Mağazacilik Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (represented by: J. Güell Serra, E. Stoyanov Edissonov, lawyers)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Union Intellectual Property Office, Joaquín Nadal Esteban

Form of order sought

The appellant claims that the Court should:






—


set aside the judgment under appeal;










—


annul the contested decision;










—


declare invalid the contested EUTM No. 9917436; and










—


order Joaquín Nadal Esteban and EUIPO to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The General Court stated in the judgment under appeal as regards the assessment of the conditions for the application of Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation No. 207/2009 (1) that it was apparent from the judgment of the Court of Justice of 11 June 2009, Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli, C-529/07, EU:C:2009:361, that bad faith presupposed the existence of a likelihood of confusion and that it consequently required the goods and services at stake to be similar or identical.
The appellant claims that it does not follow from the judgment in Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli that bad faith on the part of the applicant for registration presupposes the existence of a likelihood of confusion between the marks/signs of the parties, but that the existence of such a likelihood of confusion is just an example of factors that can be taken into account, and not a sine qua non condition for the application of Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation No. 207/2009.
The appellant thus alleges that, by finding that Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation No. 207/2009 presupposed or required the existence of a likelihood of confusion on the part of the public and thus similarity or identity in the goods and services at stake, the General Court misinterpreted Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli and misapplied Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation No. 207/2009. It consequently erred in law.


(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009, L 78, p. 1).
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/215 of 13 February 2018 conferring protection under Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the name ‘Mergelland’ (PDO)
Date: 2018-02-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Limburg, Netherlands, designation of origin, labelling, product designation, red wine, rosé wine, sparkling wine, still wine, white wine








L_2018041EN.01001401.xml










14.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 41/14








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/215
of 13 February 2018
         
conferring protection under Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the name ‘Mergelland’ (PDO)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 99 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


In accordance with Article 97(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the Commission has examined the application to register the name ‘Mergelland’ sent by the Netherlands and has published it in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


No statement of objection has been received by the Commission under Article 98 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.












(3)


In accordance with Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the name ‘Mergelland’ should be protected and entered in the register referred to in Article 104 of that Regulation.












(4)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Mergelland’ (PDO) is hereby protected.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 13 February 2018.


For the Commission


The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

(2)  
            OJ C 296, 7.9.2017, p. 2.
Case T-82/18: Action brought on 13 February 2018 — Husky CZ v EUIPO — Husky of Tostock (HUSKY)
Date: 2018-02-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, footwear industry, personal effects, registered trade mark, sports equipment, trade-mark law








C_2018134EN.01002702.xml










16.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 134/27





Action brought on 13 February 2018 — Husky CZ v EUIPO — Husky of Tostock (HUSKY)
(Case T-82/18)
(2018/C 134/39)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Husky CZ s.r.o. (Prague, Czech Republic) (represented by: L. Lorenc, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Husky of Tostock Ltd (Woodbridge, United Kingdom)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark HUSKY in the colours of blue, black and white — Application for registration No 4 442 431

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 January 2018 in Case R 812/2017-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Plea in law







—


The Board of Appeal did not properly take into consideration arguments and evidence submitted by the applicant and, therefore, it incorrectly considered what earlier rights the opposition was based on.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2018-02-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2018053EN.01000201.xml










13.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 53/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

12 February 2018
(2018/C 53/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2263 




JPY


Japanese yen


133,23 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4458 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,88600 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,9195 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1503 




ISK


Iceland króna


125,40 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,7475 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,358 




HUF


Hungarian forint


311,97 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1748 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6524 




TRY


Turkish lira


4,6648 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5645 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5427 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,5892 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6918 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6256 




KRW


South Korean won


1 328,30 




ZAR


South African rand


14,6721 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7604 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4525 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 722,75 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8368 




PHP


Philippine peso


63,730 




RUB


Russian rouble


71,0851 




THB


Thai baht


38,874 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,0415 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,8364 




INR


Indian rupee


78,8940 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for 28 Member States applicable as from 1 March 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: 2018-02-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, interest, reimbursement of aid








C_2018053EN.01000301.xml










13.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 53/3





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

(2018/C 53/03)
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 14, 16.1.2018, p. 3.


































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




1.3.2018


…


-0,18 


-0,18 


0,65 


-0,18 



0,95 



-0,18 


0,02 


-0,18 


-0,18 


-0,18 


-0,18 


-0,18 


0,54 


0,09 


-0,18 


-0,18 


-0,18 


-0,18 


-0,18 


-0,18 


-0,18 


1,85 


-0,18 


2,21 


-0,42 


-0,18 


-0,18 


0,73 




1.2.2018


28.2.2018


-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 



0,09 



-0,18 


-0,18 


-0,18 


-0,18 


-0,18 


-0,18 


-0,18 


1,85 


-0,18 



2,21 



-0,42 


-0,18 


-0,18 


0,73 




1.1.2018


31.1.2018



-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