do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-605/16: Judgment of the General Court of 16 October 2018 — OY v Commission (Civil service — Members of the contract staff — Article 3b of the CEOS — Recruitment — Classification in grade — Account taken of professional experience — General Implementing Provisions for Article 79(2) of the CEOS)
Date: 2018-10-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: pay scale, professional experience, servant (EU), staff regulations (EU)








C_2018436EN.01003701.xml










3.12.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 436/37






Judgment of the General Court of 16 October 2018 — OY v Commission
(Case T-605/16)
((Civil service - Members of the contract staff - Article 3b of the CEOS - Recruitment - Classification in grade - Account taken of professional experience - General Implementing Provisions for Article 79(2) of the CEOS))
(2018/C 436/51)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: OY (represented by: N. Flandin and S. Rodrigues, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Berscheid, C. Berardis-Kayser and L. Radu Bouyon, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application pursuant to Article 270 TFEU and seeking, first, annulment of the decision of the Commission of 2 October 2015 rejecting the applicant’s request for a review of her classification in function group IV, grade 15, step 1 and, second, in so far as necessary, annulment of the decision of the AECE of 29 March 2016 rejecting the applicant’s complaint.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders OY to pay the costs.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2018-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2018374EN.01001001.xml










16.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 374/10






Euro exchange rates (1)

15 October 2018
(2018/C 374/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1581 




JPY


Japanese yen


129,53 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4609 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,88045 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,3920 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1428 




ISK


Iceland króna


134,60 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,4598 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,798 




HUF


Hungarian forint


323,45 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2942 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6673 




TRY


Turkish lira


6,6860 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6231 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5085 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,0767 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7723 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5945 




KRW


South Korean won


1 307,61 




ZAR


South African rand


16,7129 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,0135 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4135 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 614,70 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8131 




PHP


Philippine peso


62,649 




RUB


Russian rouble


75,9240 




THB


Thai baht


37,841 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,3498 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,8192 




INR


Indian rupee


85,4735 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1524 of 11 October 2018 establishing a monitoring methodology and the arrangements for reporting by Member States in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies (OJ L 256, 12.10.2018)
Date: 2018-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Internet site, access to information, computer applications, digital technology, electronic document, mobile phone, open data, public institution, research method, software








L_2018259EN.01004302.xml










16.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 259/43







Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1524 of 11 October 2018 establishing a monitoring methodology and the arrangements for reporting by Member States in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 256 of 12 October 2018
)


On the cover and on page 108:
for:


                        ‘
                        Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1524 of 11 October 2018 establishing a monitoring methodology and the arrangements for reporting by Member States in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies
(notified under document C(2018) 6560)
                        ’,

read:


                        ‘
                        Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1524 of 11 October 2018 establishing a monitoring methodology and the arrangements for reporting by Member States in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies
                        ’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8947 — Nidec/Whirlpool (Embraco Business)) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, machinery, mechanical equipment, merger control, optical industry, thermal equipment








C_2018374EN.01001301.xml










16.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 374/13






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8947 — Nidec/Whirlpool (Embraco Business))
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 374/06)

1.   
On 8 October 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:






—


Nidec Corporation (‘Nidec’) (Japan),










—


Embraco (Brazil), controlled by Whirlpool Corporation (USA).




Nidec acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Embraco.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for undertaking Nidec: manufacture and sale of motors, compressors for use in refrigeration appiances, drives, electric power generation solutions, machinery, electronic and optical components and other products,
—   for undertaking Embraco: manufacture and sale of compressors for use in refrigeration appliances.


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.



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.8947 — Nidec/Whirlpool (Embraco Business)
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’).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9073 — PAI Partners/Asmodee) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-10-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, economic concentration, gaming, investment company, merger control








C_2018412EN.01000102.xml










14.11.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 412/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9073 — PAI Partners/Asmodee)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 412/02)
On 16 October 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 32018M9073. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1522 of 11 October 2018 laying down a common format for national air pollution control programmes under Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants (OJ L 256, 12.10.2018)
Date: 2018-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU emission allowance, air quality, atmospheric pollutant, environmental protection, exchange of information, pollution control measures, reduction of gas emissions, technical specification








L_2018259EN.01004301.xml










16.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 259/43







Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1522 of 11 October 2018 laying down a common format for national air pollution control programmes under Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 256 of 12 October 2018
)


On the cover and on page 87:
for:


                        ‘
                        Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1522 of 11 October 2018 laying down a common format for national air pollution control programmes under Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants
(notified under document C(2018) 6549)
                        ’,

read:


                        ‘
                        Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1522 of 11 October 2018 laying down a common format for national air pollution control programmes under Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants
                        ’
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8993 — Huaxin/Juniper/JV) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-10-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: computer network, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, telecommunications








C_2018444EN.01000901.xml










10.12.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 444/9






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8993 — Huaxin/Juniper/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 444/02)
On 16 October 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 32018M8993. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9046 — Taiyo Nippon Sanso/Praxair EEA Business) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-10-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, gas industry, merger control, pharmaceutical industry








C_2019021EN.01000301.xml










17.1.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 21/3






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9046 — Taiyo Nippon Sanso/Praxair EEA Business)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 21/02)
On 16 October 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 32018M9046. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-171/17: Judgment of the General Court of 16 October 2018 — M & K v EUIPO — Genfoot (KIMIKA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark KIMIKA — Earlier EU word mark KAMIK — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Genuine use — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001))
Date: 2018-10-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clock and watch industry, clothing, footwear industry, jewellery and goldsmith's articles, leather, precious metal, precious stones, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2018436EN.01004301.xml










3.12.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 436/43






Judgment of the General Court of 16 October 2018 — M & K v EUIPO — Genfoot (KIMIKA)
(Case T-171/17) (1)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark KIMIKA - Earlier EU word mark KAMIK - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Genuine use - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001)))
(2018/C 436/60)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: M & K Srl (Prato, Italy) (represented by: initially by F. Caricato, and subsequently by M. Cartella and B. Cartella, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Markakis and A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Genfoot, Inc. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) (represented by: E. Saarmann and P. Baronikians, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 January 2017 (Case R 1206/2016-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Genfoot and M & K.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders M & K Srl to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 144, 8.5.2017.
Case T-581/17: Judgment of the General Court of 16 October 2018 — Asics v EUIPO — Van Lieshout Textielagenturen (Representation of four crossing lines) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for registration of the EU figurative mark representing four crossed lines — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94 and Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001) — No similarity between the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001))
Date: 2018-10-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, footwear industry, leather, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2018436EN.01004701.xml










3.12.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 436/47






Judgment of the General Court of 16 October 2018 — Asics v EUIPO — Van Lieshout Textielagenturen (Representation of four crossing lines)
(Case T-581/17) (1)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for registration of the EU figurative mark representing four crossed lines - Obligation to state reasons - Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94 and Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001) - No similarity between the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001) - Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001)))
(2018/C 436/66)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Asics Corporation (Kobe, Japan) (represented by: M. Polo Carreño and H. Granado Carpenter, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Van Lieshout Textielagenturen BV (Haaren, Netherlands) (represented by: P. Claassen and B. Woltering, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 27 June 2017 (Case R 2129/2016-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Asics Corporation and Van Lieshout Textielagenturen.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Asics Corporation to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 374, 6.11.2017.
Notice for the attention of the data subjects to whom the restrictive measures provided for in Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 imposing additional restrictive measures directed against ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda and natural and legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them
Date: 2018-10-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, personal data, terrorism








C_2018374EN.01000901.xml










16.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 374/9






Notice for the attention of the data subjects to whom the restrictive measures provided for in Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 imposing additional restrictive measures directed against ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda and natural and legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them
(2018/C 374/03)
The attention of the data subjects is drawn to the following information in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1):
The legal basis for this processing operation is Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 (2).
The controller of this processing operation is the Council of the European Union represented by the Director-General of DG RELEX (Foreign Affairs, Enlargement, Civil Protection) of the General Secretariat of the Council and the department entrusted with the processing operation is the Unit 1C of DG RELEX that can be contacted at:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




DG RELEX 1C




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu




The purpose of the processing operation is the establishment and updating of the list of persons subject to restrictive measures in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1686.
The data subjects are the natural persons who fulfil the listing criteria as laid down in that Regulation.
The personal data collected includes data necessary for the correct identification of the person concerned, the Statement of Reasons and any other data related thereto.
The personal data collected may be shared as necessary with the European External Action Service and the Commission.
Without prejudice to restrictions provided for in Article 20(1)(a) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001, requests for access, as well as requests for rectification or objection will be answered in accordance with section 5 of Council Decision 2004/644/EC (3).
Personal data will be retained for 5 years from the moment the data subject has been removed from the list of persons subject to the asset freeze or the validity of the measure has expired, or for the duration of court proceedings in the event they had been started.
The data subjects may have recourse to the European Data Protection Supervisor in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.


(1)  OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 255, 21.9.2016, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 296, 21.9.2004, p. 16.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8951 — Suzano Papel e Celulose/Fibria Celulose) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, pulp and paper industry








C_2018374EN.01001101.xml










16.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 374/11






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8951 — Suzano Papel e Celulose/Fibria Celulose)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 374/05)

1.   
On 9 October 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:






—


Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A. (‘Suzano’, Brazil),










—


Fibria Celulose S.A. (‘Fibria’, Brazil).




Suzano acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, control over the whole of Fibria.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Suzano is active in the production of wood pulp and paper products. Its wood pulp is used to produce various paper grades used in packaging, printing & writing, specialties and tissue. Suzano’s paper products portfolio comprises coated and uncoated printing & writing paper, paperboard and tissue paper. Suzano also produces small volumes of fluff pulp. Suzano’s production facilities are located in Brazil and its products are exported globally.










—


Fibria is a producer of wood pulp. Its wood pulp is used to produce various paper grades used in packaging, printing & writing, specialties and tissue. Its industrial units are located in Brazil and its wood pulp is exported globally.






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.



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.8951 — Suzano Papel e Celulose/Fibria Celulose
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’).