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Official Journal C 197 of the European Union Volume 62 English edition Information and Notices 13 June 2019 Contents IV Notices NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES European Commission 2019/C 197/01 Euro exchange rates .............................................................................................................. 1 2019/C 197/02 Commission Implementing Decision of 4 June 2019 on the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of an application for amendment of a specification for a name in the wine sector referred to in Article 105 of Regulation (EU) No 1308 /2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Vigneti delle Dolomiti/Weinberg Dolomiten (PGI)) ......................................................... 2 2019/C 197/03 Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates applicable as from 1 July 2019 (Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1)) ........................................................................... 20 NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES 2019/C 197/04 Notice of a tender procedure for the granting of licences for the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in the Dinaric area ............................................................................................ 21 2019/C 197/05 Information to be provided pursuant to Article 5(2) — Establishment of a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) (Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 (OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 19)) ................................................................... 23 EN NOTICES CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA EFTA Surveillance Authority 2019/C 197/06 Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 1(2) of Part I of Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice on state aid issues ..................................................................................................................... 25 V Announcements COURT PROCEEDINGS EFTA Court 2019/C 197/07 Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Verwaltungsgerichtshof des Fürstentums Liechtenstein dated 24 January 2019 in the case of D and E (Case E-2/19) ......................................... 35 2019/C 197/08 Action brought on 26 February 2019 by Nettbuss AS against Konkurrenten.no AS (Case E-1/17 Costs) 36 13.6.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 197/1 IV (Notices) NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN COMMISSION Euro exchange rates (1) 12 June 2019 (2019/C 197/01) 1 euro = Currency Exchange rate Currency Exchange rate USD US dollar 1,1323 CAD Canadian dollar 1,5059 JPY Japanese yen 122,72 HKD Hong Kong dollar 8,8570 DKK Danish krone 7,4678 NZD New Zealand dollar 1,7206 GBP Pound sterling 0,88805 SGD Singapore dollar 1,5445 SEK Swedish krona 10,6800 KRW South Korean won 1 337,81 ZAR South African rand 16,7129 CHF Swiss franc 1,1252 CNY Chinese yuan renminbi 7,8346 ISK Iceland króna 141,50 HRK Croatian kuna 7,4130 NOK Norwegian krone 9,7820 IDR Indonesian rupiah 16 125,56 BGN Bulgarian lev 1,9558 MYR Malaysian ringgit 4,7075 CZK Czech koruna 25,614 PHP Philippine peso 58,815 HUF Hungarian forint 321,43 RUB Russian rouble 73,3013 PLN Polish zloty 4,2608 THB Thai baht 35,379 RON Romanian leu 4,7250 BRL Brazilian real 4,3661 TRY Turkish lira 6,5550 MXN Mexican peso 21,6615 AUD Australian dollar 1,6292 INR Indian rupee 78,4910 (1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB. C 197/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 13.6.2019 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 4 June 2019 on the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of an application for amendment of a specification for a name in the wine sector referred to in Article 105 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Vigneti delle Dolomiti/Weinberg Dolomiten (PGI)) (2019/C 197/02) 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 97(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) Italy has sent an application for amendment of the specification for the name ‘Vigneti delle Dolomiti’/‘Weinberg Dolomiten’ in accordance with Article 105 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. (2) The Commission has examined the application and concluded that the conditions laid down in Articles 93 to 96, Article 97(1), and Articles 100, 101 and 102 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 have been met. (3) In order to allow for the presentation of statements of opposition in accordance with Article 98 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the application for amendment of the specification for the name ‘Vigneti delle Dolomiti’/ ‘Weinberg Dolomiten’ should be published in the Official Journal of the European Union, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Sole Article The application for amendment of the specification for the name ‘Vigneti delle Dolomiti’/‘Weinberg Dolomiten’ (PGI), in accordance with Article 105 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, is contained in the Annex to this Decision. In accordance with Article 98 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the publication of this Decision confers the right to oppose the amendment of the specification referred to in the first paragraph of this Article within two months of the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Done at Brussels, 4 June 2019. For the Commission Phil HOGAN Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671. 13.6.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 197/3 ANNEX REQUEST FOR AMENDMENT TO THE PRODUCT SPECIFICATION ‘VIGNETI DELLE DOLOMITI’/‘WEINBERG DOLOMITEN’ PGI-IT-A0755-AM02 Date of application: 14.4.2015 1. Rules applicable to the amendment Article 105 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 – Non-minor modification 2. Description and reasons for amendment 2.1. Addition of new categories of sparkling wines The amendment concerns the addition of the following categories of sparkling wine: — white and rosé ‘sparkling wine’; — white and rosé ‘quality sparkling wine’; — white ‘quality aromatic sparkling wine’. Reasons: For over a century, many leading sparkling wines have been produced in the province of Trento using the method of secondary fermentation in the bottle; more recently, a significant number of generic and varietal sparkling wines started to be produced in the 1950s/1960s using the method of secondary fermentation in large containers (Charmat process). In the province of Trento alone, this production currently amounts to around 3,5 m illion bottles, a considerable share of which is eligible, by dint of having the required characteristics, to use the PGI in question. It is proposed, by means of this amendment request, that the above segment be given a higher level of protection and a closer link with the territory of origin by including it in the product specification for the ‘Vigneti delle Dolomiti’ PGI, making it subject to the same rules that have long applied to still and semi-sparkling wines. A small number of undertakings account for most of the production of sparkling wines using the Charmat pro cess. Where the output of holdings is low, it is however increasingly common for them to have third-party estab lishments carry out the processing on their behalf, on account of the high investment costs necessary for holdings to obtain the systems and technologies required to carry out this type of production. There is therefore an increas ing number of holdings that wish to further enhance their own wines by processing them into sparkling wine using secondary fermentation in autoclaves. This is also why it was proposed that processing into sparkling wine can be carried out anywhere in the Veneto and Lombardy regions by holdings able to demonstrate a tradition of making ‘Vigneti delle Dolomiti’ PGI wines and/or processing them into semi-sparkling wines over the last five wine years. As well as providing consumers with a precise indication of the geographical origin of the product, the possibility of classifying these products under the ‘Vigneti delle Dolomiti’ PGI should also justify an increase in the value of the product in terms of its positioning on the price scale, with an adjustment of both the price per bottle and, as a consequence, the value of the grapes used. Furthermore, the distinction conferred by the ‘Vigneti delle Dolomiti’ PGI name would allow local production to stand out from the wide range of anonymous generic or varietal sparkling wines and avoid the pricing policy imposed by the widespread presence of such products on the market. This amendment concerns Articles 2, 6 and 8 of the product specification and the following sections of the Single Document: points 2.3. Category of grapevine products, 2.4. Description of the wines, 2.5.1. Specific oenological practices and 2.8. Link with the geographical area. 2.2. Inclusion of new varieties in the combination of grape varieties The amendment concerns the inclusion in the combination of grape varieties of the following recently introduced varieties in the relevant provinces located within the production