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Official Journal C 33 of the European Union Volume 60 English edition Information and Notices 2 February 2017 Contents IV Notices NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES European Commission 2017/C 33/01 Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 0,00 % on 1 February 2017 — Euro exchange rates .................................................................................. 1 2017/C 33/02 Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union ..................................... 2 Court of Auditors 2017/C 33/03 Special Report No 36/2016 — ‘An assessment of the arrangements for closure of the 2007-2013 cohesion and rural development programmes’ ........................................................................... 3 V Announcements ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES European Commission 2017/C 33/04 Specific call for proposals — EACEA/03/2017 — Erasmus Charter for Higher Education 2014-2020 4 EN COURT PROCEEDINGS EFTA Court 2017/C 33/05 Order of the Court of 31 March 2016 in Case E-4/15 — Icelandic Financial Services Association v EFTA Surveillance Authority (Action for annulment of a decision of the EFTA Surveillance Authority — State aid — Admissibility — Locus standi — Status of an association) ................................................................... 6 2017/C 33/06 Judgment of the Court of 19 April 2016 in Case E-14/15 — Holship Norge AS v Norsk Transportarbeiderforbund (Articles 31, 53 and 54 EEA — Competition law — Collective agreements — Collective action — Freedom of establishment) ................................................................................ 7 OTHER ACTS European Commission 2017/C 33/07 Publication of an application pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs 8 2.2.2017 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 33/1 IV (Notices) NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN COMMISSION Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (1): 0,00 % on 1 February 2017 Euro exchange rates (2) 1 February 2017 (2017/C 33/01) 1 euro = Currency Exchange rate Currency Exchange rate USD US dollar 1,0790 CAD Canadian dollar 1,4097 JPY Japanese yen 122,25 HKD Hong Kong dollar 8,3720 DKK Danish krone 7,4370 NZD New Zealand dollar 1,4817 GBP Pound sterling 0,85418 SGD Singapore dollar 1,5240 SEK Swedish krona 9,4253 KRW South Korean won 1 247,86 ZAR South African rand 14,4837 CHF Swiss franc 1,0680 CNY Chinese yuan renminbi 7,4270 ISK Iceland króna HRK Croatian kuna 7,4645 NOK Norwegian krone 8,8830 IDR Indonesian rupiah 14 424,00 BGN Bulgarian lev 1,9558 MYR Malaysian ringgit 4,7782 CZK Czech koruna 27,021 PHP Philippine peso 53,713 HUF Hungarian forint 309,78 RUB Russian rouble 64,8674 PLN Polish zloty 4,3186 THB Thai baht 37,894 RON Romanian leu 4,5478 BRL Brazilian real 3,3918 TRY Turkish lira 4,0581 MXN Mexican peso 22,3405 AUD Australian dollar 1,4225 INR Indian rupee 72,7540 (1) Rate applied to the most recent operation carried out before the indicated day. In the case of a variable rate tender, the interest rate is the marginal rate. (2) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB. C 33/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 2.2.2017 Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (2017/C 33/02) Pursuant to the second indent of Article 9(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1), the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (2) are hereby amended as follows: On page 235 The following text and image are inserted as second paragraph to General: ‘Textile fabrics, partially covered by plastic dots applied in a regular pattern, giving anti-slip properties to the fabric, are not considered “bearing designs” within the meaning of Note 2(a)(4) to Chapter 59. The fabric is con sidered to be merely coated or covered, provided that the objective characteristics of the article do not give the indication that the product was neither coated nor covered but treated differently (e.g. printed). ’ (1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1). (2) OJ C 76, 4.3.2015, p. 1. 2.2.2017 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 33/3 COURT OF AUDITORS Special Report No 36/2016 ‘An assessment of the arrangements for closure of the 2007-2013 cohesion and rural development programmes’ (2017/C 33/03) The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 36/2016 ‘An assessment of the arrange ments for closure of the 2007-2013 cohesion and rural development programmes’ has just been published. The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu or on EU Bookshop: https://bookshop.europa.eu C 33/4 EN Official Journal of the European Union 2.2.2017 V (Announcements) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES EUROPEAN COMMISSION SPECIFIC CALL FOR PROPOSALS — EACEA/03/2017 Erasmus Charter for Higher Education 2014-2020 (2017/C 33/04) 1. Introduction This call for proposals is based on the Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing ‘Erasmus+’: the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport and repealing Decisions No 1719/2006/EC, No 1720/2006/EC and No 1298/2008/EC (Official Journal of the European Union L 347/50 of 20.12.2013). 2. Objectives and description The Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) provides the general quality framework for European and international cooperation activities a higher education institution (HEI) may carry out within the Erasmus+ Programme. The award of an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education is a pre-requisite for all HEIs located in one of the countries listed below and wanting to apply and participate in learning mobility of individuals and/or cooperation for innovation and good practices under the Programme. For HEIs located in other countries, the ECHE is not required, and the quality framework is established through inter-institutional agreements between HEIs. The Charter is awarded for the full duration of the Erasmus+ Programme. Implementation of the Charter will be monitored and violation of any of its principles and commitments may lead to its withdrawal by the European Commission. 3. Eligible applicants HEIs established in one of the following countries are eligible to apply for an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education: — the Member States of the European Union, — the EFTA-EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway), the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey. The National Authorities will designate, among the applicants, the Higher Education Institutions (1) to be considered eligible to participate in learning mobility of individuals and/or cooperation for innovation and good practices under the Erasmus+ Programme, in their respective territories. 4. Deadline for the submission of applications and indicative date of publishing selection results The online application form duly completed must be submitted online by 12.00 (noon, Brussels time, Central European Time, CET) on 31 March 2017. The indicative date of publishing the selection results is 1 October 2017. (1) A ‘higher education institution’ as defined in Article 2 of the Erasmus+ legal base is: (a) any type of higher education institution which, in accordance with national law or practice, offers recognised degrees or other recognised tertiary level qualifications, whatever such establishment may be called; (b) any institution which, in accordance with national law or practice, offers vocational education or training at tertiary level. 2.2.2017 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 33/5 5. Full details The information about the Erasmus+ Programme can be found at the following internet address: http://ec.europa.eu/ erasmus-plus Applications must be submitted according to the guidelines provided by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency and available at the address: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding/erasmus-charter-for-higher-education-2014-2020-selection-2018_en C 33/6 EN Official Journal of the European Union 2.2.2017 COURT PROCEEDINGS EFTA COURT ORDER OF THE COURT of 31 March 2016 in Case E-4/15 Icelandic Financial Services Association v EFTA Surveillance Authority (Action for annulment of a decision of the EFTA Surveillance Authority — State aid — Admissibility — Locus standi — Status of an association) (2017/C 33/05) In Case E-4/15: Icelandic Financial Services Association v EFTA Surveillance Authority — APPLICATION for the annulment of EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 298/14/COL of 16 July 2014, notified in OJ C 400, 13.11.2014, p. 13 and EEA Supplement No 66, 13.11.2014, p. 1 (‘the contested decision’), to close the case concerning existing aid to the Icelandic Housing Financing Fund (Íbúðalánasjóður), the Court, composed of: Carl Baudenbacher, President and Judge-Rapporteur , Per Christiansen and Páll Hreinsson, Judges, gave order of 31 March 2016, the operative part of which is as follows: 1. The application is dismissed as inadmissible; 2. Icelandic Financial Services Association is to bear its own costs and the costs incurred by the EFTA Surveillance Authority; 3. The Government of Iceland is to bear its own costs. 2.2.2017 EN Official Journal of