do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8970 — Sumitomo/Parkwind/Northwester2) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-07-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, energy production, merger control, retail selling, wholesale selling








C_2018305EN.01000101.xml










30.8.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 305/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8970 — Sumitomo/Parkwind/Northwester2)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 305/01)
On 30 July 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 32018M8970. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Withdrawal of notification of a concentration (Case M.8832 — Knauf/Armstrong) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-07-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building materials, economic concentration, insulator, merger control








C_2018267EN.01000101.xml










30.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/1






Withdrawal of notification of a concentration
(Case M.8832 — Knauf/Armstrong)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 267/01)
(Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004)
On 20 June 2018, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration between Knauf and Armstrong. On 24 July 2018, the notifying party informed the Commission that it withdrew its notification.
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1073 of 30 July 2018 implementing Article 21(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/44 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya
Date: 2018-07-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Libya, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








L_2018194EN.01003001.xml










31.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 194/30








            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/1073
of 30 July 2018
         
implementing Article 21(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/44 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44 of 18 January 2016 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya and repealing Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 (1), and in particular Article 21(2) thereof,


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

Whereas:







(1)


On 18 January 2016, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2016/44.












(2)


In accordance with Article 21(6) of Regulation (EU) 2016/44, the Council has reviewed the list of designated persons and entities set out in Annex III to that Regulation.












(3)


The Council concluded that one person should no longer be kept on the list of persons and entities set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/44.












(4)


Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/44 should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/44 shall be amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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, 30 July 2018.


For the Council


The President

G. BLÜMEL
            





(1)  
            OJ L 12, 19.1.2016, p. 1.




ANNEX
In Regulation (EU) 2016/44, Annex III (‘List of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 6(2)’), Part A (Persons) entry No 3 (concerning ASHKAL, Omar) is deleted and the remaining entries are renumbered accordingly.
Case C-505/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 30 July 2018 — COPEBI SCA v Etablissement national des produits de l’agriculture et de la mer (FranceAgriMer)
Date: 2018-07-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: aid to agriculture, fruit-growing, producer organisation, stone fruit, support mechanism








C_2018364EN.01000701.xml










8.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 364/7






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 30 July 2018 — COPEBI SCA v Etablissement national des produits de l’agriculture et de la mer (FranceAgriMer)
(Case C-505/18)
(2018/C 364/06)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Conseil d’État

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: COPEBI SCA

Respondent: Etablissement national des produits de l’agriculture et de la mer (FranceAgriMer)

Other party: Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation

Question referred

Is European Commission Decision 2009/402/EC of 28 January 2009 concerning the ‘contingency plans’ in the fruit and vegetable sector implemented by France (C 29/05 (ex NN 57/05)) (1) to be interpreted as covering aid paid by the office national interprofessionnel des fruits et légumes et de l’horticulture) (ONIFLHOR) (National Fruit, Vegetables and Horticulture Trade Board) to the comité économique agricole du bigarreau d’industrie (CEBI) (Economic Committee for the Whiteheart Cherry Industry) and allocated to producers of whiteheart cherries for industrial uses by the producer groups which are members of that committee, even though CEBI is not one of the eight economic agricultural committees referred to in paragraph 15 of the decision and the aid in question, unlike the financing mechanism described in paragraphs 24 to 28 of that decision, was financed only by subsidies from ONIFLHOR and not also by voluntary contributions from producers, known as sectoral contributions?


(1)  OJ 2009 L 127, p. 11.
Case T-463/18: Action brought on 30 July 2018 — Novartis v EUIPO (SMARTSURFACE)
Date: 2018-07-30
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, optical industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2018352EN.01004001.xml










1.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 352/40






Action brought on 30 July 2018 — Novartis v EUIPO (SMARTSURFACE)
(Case T-463/18)
(2018/C 352/47)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Novartis AG (Basel, Switzerland) (represented by: L. Junquera Lara, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark SMARTSURFACE — Application for registration No 16 492 076

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 May 2018 in Case R 1765/2017-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


declare that Articles 7(1)(b) and (c) and 7(2) of Regulation No. 207/2009 do not preclude the sign at issue (Community Trademark No. 16 492 076) in respect of the goods in Class 09 described in the application for registration and;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Articles 7(1)(b) and (c) and 7(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Case C-651/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Općinski građanski sud u Zagrebu — Stalna služba u Sesvetama (Croatia) lodged on 30 July 2018 and 15 January 2019 — QB, RA v Jadransko osiguranje d.d
Date: 2018-07-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: civil liability, family relationship, indemnification, motor vehicle insurance, third-party insurance, transport accident, two-wheeled vehicle, victim








C_2019295EN.01000201.xml










2.9.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 295/2






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Općinski građanski sud u Zagrebu — Stalna služba u Sesvetama (Croatia) lodged on 30 July 2018 and 15 January 2019 — QB, RA v Jadransko osiguranje d.d
(Case C-651/18)
(2019/C 295/02)
Language of the case: Croatian

Referring court

Općinski građanski sud u Zagrebu — Stalna služba u Sesvetama

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: QB, RA

Defendant: Jadransko osiguranje d.d

By order of 11 July 2019, the Court of Justice (Ninth Chamber) declared that the request for a preliminary ruling made by the Općinski građanski sud u Zagrebu (Municipal Civil Court, Zagreb), by decisions of 30 July 2018 and 15 January 2019, is manifestly inadmissible.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8999 — CACF/Bankia/JV) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-07-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial services, insurance, merger control








C_2018347EN.01000101.xml










28.9.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 347/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8999 — CACF/Bankia/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 347/01)
On 30 July 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 32018M8999. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2018-07-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2018267EN.01000201.xml










30.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/2






Euro exchange rates (1)

27 July 2018
(2018/C 267/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1625 




JPY


Japanese yen


129,25 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4500 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,88823 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,3010 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1597 




ISK


Iceland króna


122,80 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,5358 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,622 




HUF


Hungarian forint


323,15 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2918 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6290 




TRY


Turkish lira


5,6730 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5765 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5193 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,1241 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7179 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5860 




KRW


South Korean won


1 300,18 




ZAR


South African rand


15,3967 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,9454 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4008 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 760,34 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,7250 




PHP


Philippine peso


61,979 




RUB


Russian rouble


73,2503 




THB


Thai baht


38,897 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,3472 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,6713 




INR


Indian rupee


79,8465 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-467/18: Action brought on 30 July 2018 — Audimas v EUIPO — Audi (AUDIMAS)
Date: 2018-07-30
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, advertising, business administration, business management, clothing, footwear industry, leather, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2018341EN.01002601.xml










24.9.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 341/26






Action brought on 30 July 2018 — Audimas v EUIPO — Audi (AUDIMAS)
(Case T-467/18)
(2018/C 341/37)
Language in which the application was lodged: Lithuanian

Parties


Applicant: Audimas AB (Kaunas, Lithuania) (represented by: G. Domkutė-Lukauskienė, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Audi AG (Ingolstadt, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Figurative trade mark AUDIMAS, which is the subject of an international registration designating the European Union — International registration designating the European Union No 1 251 000

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 May 2018 in Case R 2425/2017-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision and maintain registration No 1 251 000 of the applicant’s trade mark ‘AUDIMAS’ for goods and services in Classes 18, 25 and 35 of the Nice Classification;










—


order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal (if that party should intervene in the present proceedings) to pay the costs.





Plea in law

Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2018/1086 of 30 July 2018 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya
Date: 2018-07-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Libya, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








L_2018194EN.01015001.xml










31.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 194/150








            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2018/1086
of 30 July 2018
         
implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 of 31 July 2015 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya and repealing Decision 2011/137/CFSP (1) and in particular Article 12(2) thereof,


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

Whereas:







(1)


On 31 July 2015, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333.












(2)


In accordance with Article 17(2) of Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333, the Council has reviewed the list of designated persons and entities set out in Annex II and Annex IV to that Decision.












(3)


The Council concluded that one person should no longer be kept on the list of persons and entities set out in Annex II and IV to Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333.












(4)


Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 should be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annex II and Annex IV to Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 are amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.


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, 30 July 2018.


For the Council


The President

G. BLÜMEL
            





(1)  
            OJ L 206, 1.8.2015, p. 34.




ANNEX

1.   

In Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333, Annex II (‘List of persons and entities referred to in Article 8(2)’), Part A (Persons) entry No 3 (concerning ASHKAL, Omar) is deleted and the remaining entries are renumbered accordingly.



2.   

In Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333, Annex IV (‘List of persons and entities referred to in Article 9(2)’), Part A (Persons) entry No 3 (concerning ASHKAL, Omar) is deleted and the remaining entries are renumbered accordingly.
Case C-502/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Městský soud v Praze (Czech Republic) lodged on 30 July 2018 — CS and Others v České aerolinie a.s.
Date: 2018-07-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: air transport, carriage of passengers, carrier, consumer protection, indemnification, traveller








C_2018341EN.01000901.xml










24.9.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 341/9






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Městský soud v Praze (Czech Republic) lodged on 30 July 2018 — CS and Others v České aerolinie a.s.
(Case C-502/18)
(2018/C 341/11)
Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Městský soud v Praze

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: CS, DR, EQ, FP, GO, HN, IM, JL, KK, LJ, MI

Defendant: České aerolinie a.s.

Question referred

Is there an obligation on a Community carrier to pay compensation to passengers under Article 3(5), second sentence, of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 (1) where the Community carrier as the contractual carrier operated the first leg of a flight with a stopover at an airport in a non-Member State, from which, under a code sharing agreement, a carrier which is not a Community carrier operated the second leg of the flight and there was a delay of more than three hours in the arrival at the final destination airport which arose exclusively in the second leg of the flight?


(1)  Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91 (OJ 2004 L 46, p. 1).
Information from the Commission pursuant to Council Decision (EU) 2018/768
Date: 2018-07-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: international convention, international organisation, international transport, rail transport, revision of an agreement, technical regulations, transport of dangerous goods, transport regulations, transport safety








C_2018267EN.01000301.xml










30.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/3






Information from the Commission pursuant to Council Decision (EU) 2018/768
(2018/C 267/03)
Pursuant to Article 2 of Council Decision (EU) 2018/768 of 22 May 2018 establishing the position to be adopted by the Union at the 55th session of the OTIF Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods as regards certain amendments to Appendix C to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) applicable from 1 January 2019 (1), the Commission informs that the decisions taken at the body are available at:
http://otif.org/en/?page_id=146


(1)  OJ L 129, 25.5.2018, p. 77
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8992 — Maritime Holdings/Zeaborn/Zeamarine JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-07-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, economic concentration, maritime shipping, merger control








C_2018267EN.01000401.xml










30.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/4






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8992 — Maritime Holdings/Zeaborn/Zeamarine JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 267/04)

1.   
On 20 July 2018, 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:






—


Maritime Holdings (Delaware), LLC (‘Maritime Holdings’, United States) controlled by New Mountain Capital (United States),










—


Zeaborn Chartering Management GmbH (‘Zeaborn’, Germany),










—


Zeamarine GmbH (‘Zeamarine JV’, Germany).




Maritime Holdings and Zeaborn acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Zeamarine JV.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Maritime Holdings: ocean cargo shipping,
—   for Zeaborn: multipurpose cargo shipping services,
—   for Zeamarine JV: multipurpose cargo shipping (liner/semi-liner and tramp).


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 the 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.8992 — Maritime Holdings/Zeaborn/Zeamarine JV
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.