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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/574 of 4 April 2019 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications ‘Paška sol’ (PDO)
Date: 2019-04-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: County of Zadar, Croatia, designation of origin, labelling, product designation, salt








L_2019100EN.01000501.xml










11.4.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 100/5








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/574
of 4 April 2019
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications ‘Paška sol’ (PDO)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Croatia's application to register the name ‘Paška sol’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Paška sol’ should therefore be entered in the register,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Paška sol’ (PDO) is hereby entered in the register.
The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 2.6. — salt, as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 (3).


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, 4 April 2019.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Phil HOGAN
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ C 449, 13.12.2018, p. 17.

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 36).
Case C-558/17 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 4 April 2019 — OZ v European Investment Bank (EIB) (Appeal — Civil service — Staff of the European Investment Bank (EIB) — Sexual harassment — Investigation carried out in the context of the ‘Dignity at work’ programme — Rejection of a complaint alleging harassment — Application for annulment of the decision of the President of the EIB rejecting the complaint — Compensation for damage)
Date: 2019-04-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU programme, European civil service, indemnification, rights of the defence, sexual harassment








C_2019206EN.01000402.xml










17.6.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 206/4






Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 4 April 2019 — OZ v European Investment Bank (EIB)
(Case C-558/17 P) (1)

(Appeal - Civil service - Staff of the European Investment Bank (EIB) - Sexual harassment - Investigation carried out in the context of the ‘Dignity at work’ programme - Rejection of a complaint alleging harassment - Application for annulment of the decision of the President of the EIB rejecting the complaint - Compensation for damage)
(2019/C 206/05)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: OZ (represented by: B. Maréchal, avocat)

Other party to the proceedings: European Investment Bank (EIB) (represented by: K. Carr and G. Faedo, acting as Agents, and A. Dal Ferro, avvocato)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 13 July 2017, OZ v EIB (T-607/16, not published, EU:T:2017:495), in so far as it rejected, first, the heads of claim seeking damages set out by OZ in her application based on the liability of the European Investment Bank (EIB) for alleged unlawful acts committed during the investigation procedure, including the failure to respect the appellant’s right to a fair hearing, and, second, the head of claim seeking annulment set out in the application;










2.


Dismisses the appeal as to the remainder;










3.


Annuls the decision of the President of the European Investment Bank of 16 October 2015 to take no further action on the complaint alleging sexual harassment made by OZ;










4.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










5.


Orders the European Investment Bank to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by OZ relating to the proceedings at first instance and the appeal proceedings.






(1)  OJ C 437, 18.12.2017.
Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-04-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: chemical compound, chemical product, health control, health risk, market approval, marketing standard, solvent








C_2019125EN.01000301.xml










4.4.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 125/3






Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

(Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (1)
)

(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 125/03)

Decisions granting an authorisation













Reference of the decision (2)



Date of decision


Substance name


Holder of the authorisation


Authorisation numbers


Authorised uses


Date of expiry of review period


Reasons for the decision




C(2019)2260


28 March 2019


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


EURENCO, 1928, Avenue d’Avignon, 84700, SORGUES, France


REACH/19/7/0


Industrial use as a solvent for the synthesis of polyepichlorohydrin used as a precursor in the production of glycidyl azide polymer, an oligomer with hydroxyl terminations used to increase the energetic performance of propellants and explosives


22 November 2021


In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socioeconomic benefits outweigh the risk to human health arising from the use of the substance and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies in terms of their technical and economic feasibility for the applicant before the sunset date.






(1)  OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(2)  The decision is available on the European Commission website at: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/chemicals/reach/about/index_en.htm
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/575 of 4 April 2019 conferring protection under Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the name ‘Cebreros’ (PDO)
Date: 2019-04-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Castile-Leon, Spain, designation of origin, labelling, product designation, red wine, rosé wine, white wine








L_2019100EN.01000601.xml










11.4.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 100/6








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/575
of 4 April 2019
         
conferring protection under Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the name ‘Cebreros’ (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 ‘Cebreros’ sent by Spain 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 ‘Cebreros’ 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 ‘Cebreros’ (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, 4 April 2019.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Phil HOGAN
            

Member of the Commission






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

(2)  
            OJ C 438, 5.12.2018, p. 2.
European Parliament resolution of 4 April 2019 on tax treatment of pension products, including the pan-European Personal Pension Product (2018/2002(INI))
Date: 2019-04-04
Institutions: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU Member State, direct tax, equal treatment, single market, supplementary pension, tax incentive, tax relief








C_2021116EN.01000901.xml










31.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 116/9






P8_TA(2019)0358
Tax treatment of pension products, including the pan European Personal Pension Product
European Parliament resolution of 4 April 2019 on tax treatment of pension products, including the pan-European Personal Pension Product (2018/2002(INI))
(2021/C 116/03)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the Commission proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) (COM(2017)0343),










—


having regard to the Commission Recommendation on the tax treatment of personal pension products, including the pan-European Personal Pension Product (C(2017)4393),










—


having regard to Rule 52 of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A8-0481/2018),










A.


whereas the internal market for personal pension products remains highly fragmented, in particular as regards tax reliefs;










B.


whereas the study on the feasibility of a European Personal Pension Framework of June 2017 (FISMA/2015/146(02)/D) demonstrates that fiscal incentives are key to the uptake of the PEPP;










C.


whereas Member States have exclusive competence in the area of direct taxation;










D.


whereas in the internal market all providers and products must be treated equally, regardless of nationality or Member State of origin;












1.


Calls on the Council, with a view to enhancing the uptake of the PEPP, to elaborate proposals regarding incentives for PEPP savers;












2.


Suggests that the following approaches be considered:






—


analysing existing tax incentives for personal pension products and assessing their costs, effectiveness and redistributive effects, and, where applicable, addressing inefficiencies and regressive effects;










—


granting the same tax relief to PEPP as that granted to national personal pension products, even in cases where PEPP features do not fully match all the national criteria;










—


granting specific tax relief to PEPP, harmonised at Union level, to be laid down in a multilateral tax agreement between Member States;
















3.


Stresses that tax is a Member State competence and that any decision to grant special tax relief to the PEPP therefore remains with each Member State;












4.


Recalls that Member States have the opportunity to take part in enhanced cooperation;












5.


Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission and the Council.
Affaire T-61/18: Judgment of the General Court of 4 April 2019 — Rodriguez Prieto v Commission (Civil Service — Officials — ‘Eurostat’ case — National criminal proceedings — No need to adjudicate — Request for assistance — Whistle-blower — Presumption of innocence — Action for damages and annulment)
Date: 2019-04-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, damages, indemnification, public prosecution, rights of the defence, staff regulations (EU), whistleblowing








C_2019182EN.01003101.xml










27.5.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 182/31






Judgment of the General Court of 4 April 2019 — Rodriguez Prieto v Commission
(Affaire T-61/18) (1)

(Civil Service - Officials - ‘Eurostat’ case - National criminal proceedings - No need to adjudicate - Request for assistance - Whistle-blower - Presumption of innocence - Action for damages and annulment)
(2019/C 182/35)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Amador Rodriguez Prieto (Steinsel, Luxembourg) (represented by: S. Orlandi, T. Martin and R. Garcia-Valdecasas y Fernandez, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Mongin and R. Striani, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application based on Article 270 TFEU seeking, primarily, compensation for the material and non-material damage which the appl cant alleges to have suffered and, in the alternative, annulment of the decision of the Commission of 28 March 2017 rejecting the applicant’s request for assistance.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)



Dismisses the claims for damages;











2)



Annuls the decision of the European Commission of 28 March 2017 rejecting Mr Amador Rodriguez Prieto’s request for assistance;











3)



Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Mr Rodriguez Prieto.







(1)  OJ C 134, 16.4.2018.
Case C-501/17: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 4 April 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Köln — Germany) — Germanwings GmbH v Wolfgang Pauels (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Air transport — Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 — Article 5(3) — Compensation to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights — Scope — Exemption from the obligation to pay compensation — Notion of ‘extraordinary circumstances’ — Damage to an aircraft tyre caused by a foreign object lying on an airport runway)
Date: 2019-04-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: aircraft, airport, carriage of passengers, indemnification, transport regulations








C_2019206EN.01000401.xml










17.6.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 206/4






Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 4 April 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Köln — Germany) — Germanwings GmbH v Wolfgang Pauels
(Case C-501/17) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Air transport - Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 - Article 5(3) - Compensation to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights - Scope - Exemption from the obligation to pay compensation - Notion of ‘extraordinary circumstances’ - Damage to an aircraft tyre caused by a foreign object lying on an airport runway)
(2019/C 206/04)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landgericht Köln

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Germanwings GmbH

Respondent: Wolfgang Pauels

Operative part of the judgment

Article 5(3) of 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, read in the light of recital 14 thereof, must be interpreted as meaning that damage to an aircraft tyre caused by a foreign object, such as loose debris, lying on an airport runway falls within the notion of ‘extraordinary circumstances’ within the meaning of that provision.
However, in order to be released from its obligation to pay passengers compensation under Article 7 of Regulation No 261/2004, an air carrier whose flight has been subject to long delay due to such ‘extraordinary circumstances’ must prove that it deployed all its resources in terms of staff or equipment and the financial means at its disposal in order to avoid the changing of a tyre damaged by a foreign object, such as loose debris, lying on the airport runway from leading to long delay of the flight in question.


(1)  OJ C 392, 20.11.2017.
Case T-235/19: Action brought on 4 April 2019 — HIM v Commission
Date: 2019-04-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: audit, debt, legal expenses, teleworking








C_2019206EN.01008701.xml










17.6.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 206/87






Action brought on 4 April 2019 — HIM v Commission
(Case T-235/19)
(2019/C 206/76)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Health Investment Management (HIM) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by P. Zeegers, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


Declare the present action admissible and well founded; and, accordingly,










—


Rule that the applicant is not liable to pay debit notes Nos 3241901815 (EUR 94 445.00) and 3241901886 (EUR 121 517.00) issued on 4 February 2019, and in so far as necessary, declare those debit notes invalid in accordance with Articles 263 and 264 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;










—


Order the European Commission to pay the entirety of the costs and expenses, the amount of which is provisionally fixed at EUR 8 000.





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






1.


First plea in law, alleging failure to disclose the final audit report and the fact that it was impossible for the applicant to put forward its point of view in full knowledge of the facts. The failure to disclose means that the debit notes issued by the Commission are not substantiated.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging failure on the part of the auditor and the Commission to comply with the rules determining eligible costs. The applicant disputes the position of the Commission which, by its decision, allegedly added a requirement which was not provided for in the legislation applicable to telework matters in particular. The Commission’s conduct was therefore inconsistent with that which it had itself adopted during previous audits involving the applicant.
Case C-699/17: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 April 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Austria) — proceedings brought by Allianz Vorsorgekasse AG (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public Procurement — Conclusion of accession agreements with an occupational provident fund responsible for managing contributions of occupational solidarity — Conclusion requiring the agreement of employees or their representatives — Directive 2014/24/EU — Articles 49 and 56 TFEU — Principles of equal treatment and of non-discrimination — Obligation of transparency)
Date: 2019-04-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: administrative transparency, contract, employer, equal treatment, public institution, public procurement, severance pay, social-security contribution








C_2019206EN.01001101.xml










17.6.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 206/11






Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 April 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Austria) — proceedings brought by Allianz Vorsorgekasse AG
(Case C-699/17) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Public Procurement - Conclusion of accession agreements with an occupational provident fund responsible for managing contributions of occupational solidarity - Conclusion requiring the agreement of employees or their representatives - Directive 2014/24/EU - Articles 49 and 56 TFEU - Principles of equal treatment and of non-discrimination - Obligation of transparency)
(2019/C 206/12)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Allianz Vorsorgekasse AG

Other parties: Bundestheater-Holding GmbH, Burgtheater GmbH, Wiener Staatsoper GmbH, Volksoper Wien GmbH, ART for ART Theaterservice GmbH, fair-finance Vorsorgekasse AG

Operative part of the judgment

Articles 49 and 56 TFEU, the principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination and the obligation of transparency must be interpreted as meaning that they are applicable to the conclusion of an accession agreement between an employer, a body governed by public law, and a company provident fund, with regard to the management and investment of contributions intended to finance severance payments paid to the employees of that employer, even though the conclusion of such an agreement is not the sole province of the employer, but requires the consent of either the staff or the works council.


(1)  OJ C 104, 19.3.2018.
Call for proposals under the 2019 work plan of the Bio-based Industries Public-Private Partnership
Date: 2019-04-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: action programme, bio-industry, invitation to tender, public-private partnership








C_2019125EN.01000401.xml










4.4.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 125/4






Call for proposals under the 2019 work plan of the Bio-based Industries Public-Private Partnership
(2019/C 125/04)
Notice is hereby given of the launch of the call for proposals and related activities under the 2019 work plan of the Bio-based Industries Public-Private Partnership.
Proposals are invited for the following call: H2020-BBI-JTI-2019
This work plan, including deadlines and budgets for the activities, is available through the Funding & Tenders Portal website (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/home) along with information on the modalities of the call and related activities, as well as guidance for applicants on how to submit proposals. All this information will be updated as necessary on the same Portal.