do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Corrigendum to the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 12/2015 of 25 February 2015 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2016/500] (OJ L 93, 7.4.2016)
Date: 2018-04-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU programme, European Economic Area, consumer protection, food inspection, food safety, foodstuff, pesticide, revision of an agreement, sampling








L_2018089EN.01002001.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 89/20







Corrigendum to the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 12/2015 of 25 February 2015 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2016/500]

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 93 of 7 April 2016
)


On page 21, the text in point 2 of Article 1 of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 12/2015 is replaced as follows:
for:


                  ‘The text of point 73 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1048/2012) is deleted.’
               

read:


                  ‘The text of point 74 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 788/2012) is deleted.’
Opening of winding-up proceedings of an insurance undertaking — Decision to withdraw the authorisation of ‘AIGAION Insurance Company SA’ and open winding-up proceedings (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: 2018-04-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, insurance company, judicial proceedings, liquidation








C_2018119EN.01000801.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 119/8





Opening of winding-up proceedings of an insurance undertaking
Decision to withdraw the authorisation of ‘AIGAION Insurance Company SA’ and open winding-up proceedings

(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 119/09)






Insurance undertaking


AIGAION Insurance Company SA with its head office in the Municipality of Glyfada, Attica, Pandora 8, at the junction with A. Lazaraki (Postcode 166 74), General Commercial Register (GEMI) No 121871360000, Tax Identification Number (AFM) 094472389 and Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) 213800PL4GZRB718AU46




Date, nature of the decision and date of entry into force


Decision No 261/1/23.2.2018 of the Credit and Insurance Committee of the Bank of Greece concerning:






(a)


withdrawal of the authorisation of the insurance undertaking and placing it under winding-up proceedings;










(b)


prohibition of the free disposal of all the assets of the insurance undertaking.




Entry into force of Decision 261/1/23.2.2018 of the Credit and Insurance Committee: As of the date of its adoption (23 February 2018)
End of validity: not specified




Competent authorities


Bank of Greece







Address


:







E. Venizelou 21




102 50 Athens




GREECE












Supervisory authorities


Bank of Greece







Address


:







E. Venizelou 21




102 50 Athens




GREECE












Insurance liquidator


Evangelia Parisi (father’s name: Christos), appointed by Decision 261/2/23.2.2018 of the Credit and Insurance Committee




Applicable law


Greek law in accordance with Articles 111, 114, 220, 221 and 235 of Law 4364/2016 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 13).
Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
Date: 2018-04-05
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, EU waters, English Channel, catch area, catch by species, catch quota, fishing rights, sea fish, sea fishing








C_2018119EN.01000502.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 119/5





Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
(2018/C 119/07)
In accordance with Article 35(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), a decision has been taken to close the fishery as set down in the following table:






Date and time of closure


1.1.2018




Duration


1.1.2018-31.12.2018




Member State


Belgium




Stock or Group of stocks


RJU/07D.




Species


Undulate ray (Raja undulata)




Zone


Union waters of 7d




Type(s) of fishing vessels


—




Reference number


04/TQ120






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2018-04-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency




C_2018119EN.01000301.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 119/3





New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
(2018/C 119/04)



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 issuance of euro coins are authorised to issue commemorative euro coins intended for circulation, provided that certain conditions are met, one of these being that only the 2-euro denomination is used. These coins have the same technical characteristics as other 2-euro coins, but their national side features a commemorative design that is highly symbolic in national or European terms.


Issuing country
: Finland


Subject of commemoration
: Finnish national landscape Koli


Description of the design
: The design shows a drawing from the top of the Finnish national landscape Koli. The year of issuance ‘2018’ is placed at the center bottom. The indication of the issuing country ‘FI’ is at the center left and the mint mark at the center right.
The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.


Number of coins to be issued
: 


Date of issue
: April/May 2018


(1)  See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1 for the national sides 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).
Corrigendum to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 167/2015 of 11 June 2015 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2016/2202] (OJ L 341, 15.12.2016)
Date: 2018-04-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, European standard, camping, eco-label, floor coverings, footwear industry, hotel industry, polishing and scouring preparations, revision of an agreement, wood product








L_2018089EN.01002002.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 89/20







Corrigendum to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 167/2015 of 11 June 2015 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2016/2202]

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 341 of 15 December 2016
)


On page 66, in points 1 and 2 of Article 1 of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 167/2015, the CELEX number is replaced as follows:
for:

               ‘
               32015 R 0345
               ’,
read:

               ‘
               32015 D 0345
               ’.
Corrigendum to the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 206/2016 of 30 September 2016 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2017/283] (OJ L 46, 23.2.2017)
Date: 2018-04-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, contract, financial instrument, financial legislation, financial transaction, futures market, revision of an agreement








L_2018089EN.01002101.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 89/21







Corrigendum to the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 206/2016 of 30 September 2016 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2017/283]

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 46 of 23 February 2017
)


On page 53, the first sentence in point 2 of Article 1 of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 206/2016 is replaced as follows:
for:


                  ‘The following point is inserted after point 31bb (Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council):’,

read:


                  ‘The following point is inserted after point 31bbe (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/514):’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2018-04-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2018119EN.01000201.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 119/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

4 April 2018
(2018/C 119/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2276 




JPY


Japanese yen


130,43 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4499 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87573 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,3175 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1776 




ISK


Iceland króna


121,50 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,6345 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,340 




HUF


Hungarian forint


311,67 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2035 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6600 




TRY


Turkish lira


4,9262 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5978 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5756 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,6355 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6850 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6136 




KRW


South Korean won


1 306,45 




ZAR


South African rand


14,6328 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7409 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4324 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 899,76 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,7609 




PHP


Philippine peso


64,022 




RUB


Russian rouble


70,9668 




THB


Thai baht


38,363 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,1316 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,5200 




INR


Indian rupee


79,9540 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/537 of 5 April 2018 amending for the 283rd time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations
Date: 2018-04-05
Institutions: European Commission, Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, terrorism, trade restriction








LI2018089EN.01000101.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


LI 89/1








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/537
of 5 April 2018
         
amending for the 283rd time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations (1), and in particular Article 7(1)(a) and Article 7a(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.












(2)


On 29 March 2018, the Sanctions Committee of the United nations Security Council decided to add one entry to the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resourced should apply. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(3)


In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective it should enter into force immediately,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 5 April 2018.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,


Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments






(1)  
            OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9.




ANNEX
In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 the following entry is added under the heading ‘Legal persons, groups and entities’:


            ‘Khatiba Imam Al-Bukhari (KIB) (alias: Khataib al-Imam al-Bukhari). Address: (a) Khan-Shaykhun, Syrian Arab Republic (53 km south of Idlib, location as at March 2018); (b) Idlib, Aleppo and Khama, Syrian Arab Republic (operation zone); (c) Afghanistan/Pakistan border area (previous location). Other information: since 2016, redeployed to Northern Afghanistan. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 29.3.2018.’
Corrigendum to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 133/2007 of 26 October 2007 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement (OJ L 100, 10.4.2008)
Date: 2018-04-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Iceland, animal product, aquaculture, fishery product, veterinary legislation








L_2018089EN.01001901.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 89/19







Corrigendum to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 133/2007 of 26 October 2007 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 100 of 10 April 2008
)


On page 30, the text of point 15 of the Annex to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 133/2007 is replaced as follows:
for:


                  ‘The sentence “This act applies also to Iceland” in points 7 (Council Directive 93/53/EEC), 8 (Council Directive 95/70/EC) and 10 (Council Directive 82/894/EEC) in Part 3.1 and point 29 (Commission Decision 2003/466/EC) in Part 3.2 shall be deleted.’
               

read:


                  ‘The sentence “This act applies also to Iceland” in points 7 (Council Directive 93/53/EEC) and 8 (Council Directive 95/70/EC) in Part 3.1 and point 29 (Commission Decision 2003/466/EC) in Part 3.2 shall be deleted. The sentence “The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purpose of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: This act applies also to Iceland” in point 10 of Part 3.1 (Council Directive 82/894/EEC) shall be deleted.’
Corrigendum to the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 294/2015 of 30 October 2015 amending Annex XXII (Company law) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1083] (OJ L 161, 22.6.2017)
Date: 2018-04-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Croatia, European Economic Area, accession to the European Union, closing of accounts, consolidated account, disclosure of information, operating result, organisation, publication of accounts, revision of an agreement








L_2018089EN.01002102.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 89/21







Corrigendum to the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 294/2015 of 30 October 2015 amending Annex XXII (Company law) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1083]

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 161 of 22 June 2017
)


On page 90, the text in the second paragraph of Article 3 of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 294/2015 is replaced as follows:
for:

               ‘Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 293/3015’,
read:

               ‘Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 293/2015’.
Corrigendum to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 256/2014 of 12 December 2014 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2015/2123] (OJ L 311, 26.11.2015)
Date: 2018-04-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, administrative check, animal experimentation, animal welfare, bio-ethics, livestock farming, protection of animals, revision of an agreement, scientific research, veterinary inspection








L_2018089EN.01001902.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 89/19







Corrigendum to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 256/2014 of 12 December 2014 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2015/2123]

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 311 of 26 November 2015
)


On page 4, in Article 1 of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 256/2014, the text is replaced as follows:
for:


                  ‘The following indent is added in point 9b (Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 7.1 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:






“—



32010 L 0063: Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 (OJ L 276, 20.10.2010, p. 33).”’,





read:


                  ‘The following is added in point 9b (Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 7.1 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

                     “, as amended by:






—



32010 L 0063: Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 (OJ L 276, 20.10.2010, p. 33).”
                           ’.
Corrigendum to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 198/2016 of 30 September 2016 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2017/275] (OJ L 46, 23.2.2017)
Date: 2018-04-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU office or agency, European Economic Area, financial control, financial market, operation of the Institutions, revision of an agreement








L_2018089EN.01002003.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 89/20







Corrigendum to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 198/2016 of 30 September 2016 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2017/275]

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 46 of 23 February 2017
)


On page 2, the text in the (*) footnote is replaced as follows:
for:


                  ‘Constitutional requirements indicated.’,

read:


                  ‘No constitutional requirements indicated.’.
Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
Date: 2018-04-05
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, EU waters, Spain, catch area, catch by species, catch quota, fishing rights, international waters, sea fish, sea fishing








C_2018119EN.01000501.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 119/5





Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
(2018/C 119/06)
In accordance with Article 35(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), a decision has been taken to close the fishery as set down in the following table:






Date and time of closure


1.1.2018




Duration


1.1.2018-31.12.2018




Member State


Spain




Stock or Group of stocks


WHM/ATLANT




Species


White marlin (Tetrapturus albidus)




Zone


Atlantic Ocean




Type(s) of fishing vessels


—




Reference number


02/TQ120






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8841 — Equistone Partners Europe/FRAM/Karavel) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2018-04-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, travel agency








C_2018119EN.01000101.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 119/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8841 — Equistone Partners Europe/FRAM/Karavel)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 119/01)
On 27 March 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 French 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 32018M8841. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2018-04-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Lithuania, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency




C_2018119EN.01000401.xml










5.4.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 119/4





New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
(2018/C 119/05)



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
: Lithuania


Subject of commemoration
: Lithuanian Song and Dance celebration (inscribed on the Unesco Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity)


Description of the design
: The design features stylised figures of people and birds, typical of one of the Lithuanian folk art genres — paper cuttings, symbolic of folk dance and song. The inscription of the issuing country ‘LIETUVA’ is at the center bottom, the year of issuance ‘2018’ is at the left hand side and the mark of the Lithuanian Mint is at the right hand side.
The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.


Estimated number of coins to be issued
: 


Date of issue
: Second 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).