# Official Journal C 3/2016

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 597 January 2016 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 3

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 597 January 2016

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | II   Information |
| | INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2016/C 003/01 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7867 — KKCG/Foxconn/JV) (
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  ) | 1 |
| 2016/C 003/02 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7837 — The Goldman Sachs Group/The Wellcome Trust) (
  1
  ) | 1 |
| 2016/C 003/03 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7838 — DSV/UTi Worldwide) (
  1
  ) | 2 |

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Contents

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II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2016/C 003/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7867 — KKCG/Foxconn/JV) (
  1
  )

1

1

2016/C 003/02

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7837 — The Goldman Sachs Group/The Wellcome Trust) (
  1
  )

1

1

2016/C 003/03

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7838 — DSV/UTi Worldwide) (
  1
  )

1

2

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| | IV   Notices |
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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2016/C 003/04 | Euro exchange rates | 3 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2016/C 003/04

Euro exchange rates

3

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| | V   Announcements |
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| | COURT PROCEEDINGS |
| | EFTA Court |
| 2016/C 003/05 | Judgment of the Court of 19 June 2015 in Case E-19/14 — EFTA Surveillance Authority v the Kingdom of Norway (Non-compliance with a judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations — Article 33 SCA — Measures necessary to comply with a judgment of the Court) | 4 |
| 2016/C 003/06 | Judgment of the Court of 15 July 2015 in Case E-1/15 — EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland (Failure by an EEA/EFTA State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to implement — Commission Directive 2010/26/EU amending Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery) | 5 |
| 2016/C 003/07 | Judgment of the Court of 15 July 2015 in Case E-2/15 — EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland (Failure by an EEA/EFTA State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to implement — Regulation (EU) No 185/2010 on screening of passengers by ETD and HHMD equipment) | 6 |
| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY |
| | European Commission |
| 2016/C 003/08 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7772 — Western Digital/SanDisk) (
  1
  ) | 7 |
| 2016/C 003/09 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7888 — Apax/B&G/Mannai/GFI Informatique) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  ) | 8 |

V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

EFTA Court

2016/C 003/05

Judgment of the Court of 19 June 2015 in Case E-19/14 — EFTA Surveillance Authority v the Kingdom of Norway (Non-compliance with a judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations — Article 33 SCA — Measures necessary to comply with a judgment of the Court)

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(Non-compliance with a judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations — Article 33 SCA — Measures necessary to comply with a judgment of the Court)

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2016/C 003/06

Judgment of the Court of 15 July 2015 in Case E-1/15 — EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland (Failure by an EEA/EFTA State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to implement — Commission Directive 2010/26/EU amending Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery)

(Failure by an EEA/EFTA State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to implement — Commission Directive 2010/26/EU amending Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery)

5

2016/C 003/07

Judgment of the Court of 15 July 2015 in Case E-2/15 — EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland (Failure by an EEA/EFTA State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to implement — Regulation (EU) No 185/2010 on screening of passengers by ETD and HHMD equipment)

(Failure by an EEA/EFTA State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to implement — Regulation (EU) No 185/2010 on screening of passengers by ETD and HHMD equipment)

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PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

2016/C 003/08

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7772 — Western Digital/SanDisk) (
  1
  )

1

7

2016/C 003/09

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7888 — Apax/B&G/Mannai/GFI Informatique) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  )

1

8

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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

| 7.1.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 3/1 |
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7.1.2016

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7867 — KKCG/Foxconn/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 3/01)

On 22 December 2015, 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 language 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, |
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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 32015M7867. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law. |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32015M7867. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7837 — The Goldman Sachs Group/The Wellcome Trust)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 3/02)

On 22 December 2015, 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 language 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, |
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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 32015M7837. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law. |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32015M7837. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7838 — DSV/UTi Worldwide)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 3/03)

On 22 December 2015, 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 language 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, |
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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 32015M7838. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law. |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32015M7838. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

| 7.1.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 3/3 |
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Euro exchange rates (1)

6 January 2016

(2016/C 3/04)

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| USD | US dollar | 1,0742 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 127,19 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4603 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,73440 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,2330 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,0846 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 9,6225 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 27,026 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 314,81 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,3374 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,5224 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 3,2315 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,5187 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,5137 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 8,3271 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,6166 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,5409 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 289,20 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 17,0032 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 7,0388 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,6405 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 14 988,90 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,7388 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 50,588 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 79,9893 |
| THB | Thai baht | 38,917 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 4,3331 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 18,7480 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 71,8242 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,0742

JPY

Japanese yen

127,19

DKK

Danish krone

7,4603

GBP

Pound sterling

0,73440

SEK

Swedish krona

9,2330

CHF

Swiss franc

1,0846

ISK

Iceland króna

NOK

Norwegian krone

9,6225

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

27,026

HUF

Hungarian forint

314,81

PLN

Polish zloty

4,3374

RON

Romanian leu

4,5224

TRY

Turkish lira

3,2315

AUD

Australian dollar

1,5187

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,5137

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

8,3271

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,6166

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,5409

KRW

South Korean won

1 289,20

ZAR

South African rand

17,0032

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

7,0388

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,6405

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

14 988,90

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,7388

PHP

Philippine peso

50,588

RUB

Russian rouble

79,9893

THB

Thai baht

38,917

BRL

Brazilian real

4,3331

MXN

Mexican peso

18,7480

INR

Indian rupee

71,8242

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(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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V Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

EFTA Court

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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 19 June 2015

in Case E-19/14

EFTA Surveillance Authority v the Kingdom of Norway

(Non-compliance with a judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations — Article 33 SCA — Measures necessary to comply with a judgment of the Court)

(2016/C 3/05)

In Case E-19/14, EFTA Surveillance Authority v the Kingdom of Norway – APPLICATION for a declaration that, by failing to take, within the time prescribed, the measures necessary to comply with the judgment of 16 July 2012 in Case E-9/11 ESA v Norway, the Kingdom of Norway has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 33 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice, the Court, composed of Carl Baudenbacher, President and Judge-Rapporteur, Per Christiansen and Páll Hreinsson, Judges, gave judgment on 19 June 2015, the operative part of which is as follows:

The Court hereby:

| 1. | Declares that the Kingdom of Norway has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 33 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice by failing to take, by the date of expiry of the period prescribed in the reasoned opinion sent to the Kingdom of Norway by the EFTA Surveillance Authority pursuant to Article 31(2) of that Agreement, the measures necessary to comply with the judgment of the Court of 16 July 2012 in Case E-9/11 EFTA Surveillance Authority v the Kingdom of Norway. |
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Declares that the Kingdom of Norway has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 33 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice by failing to take, by the date of expiry of the period prescribed in the reasoned opinion sent to the Kingdom of Norway by the EFTA Surveillance Authority pursuant to Article 31(2) of that Agreement, the measures necessary to comply with the judgment of the Court of 16 July 2012 in Case E-9/11 EFTA Surveillance Authority v the Kingdom of Norway.

| 2. | Orders the Kingdom of Norway to bear the costs of the proceedings. |
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Orders the Kingdom of Norway to bear the costs of the proceedings.

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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 15 July 2015

in Case E-1/15

EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland

(Failure by an EEA/EFTA State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to implement — Commission Directive 2010/26/EU amending Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery)

(2016/C 3/06)

In Case E-1/15, EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland — APPLICATION for a declaration that by failing to adopt, and/or to notify the EFTA Surveillance Authority forthwith of the measures necessary to implement the Act referred to at point 1a, seventh indent, of Chapter XXIV of Annex II to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (Commission Directive 2010/26/EU of 31 March 2010 amending Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery), as adapted to the Agreement by way of Protocol 1 thereto and by Joint Committee Decision No 76/2013 of 3 May 2013, within the time prescribed, Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Act and under Article 7 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the Court, composed of Carl Baudenbacher, President, Per Christiansen and Páll Hreinsson (Judge-Rapporteur), Judges, gave judgment on 15 July 2015, the operative part of which is as follows:

The Court hereby:

| 1. | Declares that, by failing, within the time prescribed, to adopt the measures necessary to implement the Act referred to at point 1a, seventh indent, of Chapter XXIV of Annex II to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (Commission Directive 2010/26/EU of 31 March 2010 amending Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery), as adapted to the Agreement by way of Protocol 1 thereto and by Joint Committee Decision No 76/2013 of 3 May 2013, Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Act and under Article 7 of the EEA Agreement. |
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Declares that, by failing, within the time prescribed, to adopt the measures necessary to implement the Act referred to at point 1a, seventh indent, of Chapter XXIV of Annex II to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (Commission Directive 2010/26/EU of 31 March 2010 amending Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery), as adapted to the Agreement by way of Protocol 1 thereto and by Joint Committee Decision No 76/2013 of 3 May 2013, Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Act and under Article 7 of the EEA Agreement.

| 2. | Orders Iceland to bear the costs of the proceedings. |
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2.

Orders Iceland to bear the costs of the proceedings.

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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 15 July 2015

in Case E-2/15

EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland

(Failure by an EEA/EFTA State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to implement — Regulation (EU) No 185/2010 on screening of passengers by ETD and HHMD equipment)

(2016/C 3/07)

In Case E-2/15, EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland — APPLICATION for a declaration that Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 7 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area by failing, within the time prescribed, to adopt the measures necessary to make as such part of its internal legal order the Act referred to at point 66he, twelfth indent, of Annex XIII to the Agreement (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 104/2013 of 4 February 2013 amending Regulation (EU) No 185/2010 as regards the screening of passengers and persons other than passengers by Explosive Trace Detection (‘ETD’) equipment in combination with Hand Held Metal Detection (‘HHMD’) equipment), as adapted to the Agreement by way of Protocol 1 thereto and the sectoral adaptations in Annex XIII, the Court, composed of Carl Baudenbacher, President, Per Christiansen (Judge-Rapporteur) and Páll Hreinsson, Judges, gave judgment on 15 July 2015, the operative part of which is as follows:

The Court hereby:

| 1. | Declares that Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 7 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area by failing, within the time prescribed, to adopt the measures necessary to make part of its internal legal order the Act referred to at point 66he, twelfth indent, of Annex XIII to the Agreement (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 104/2013 of 4 February 2013 amending Regulation (EU) No 185/2010 as regards the screening of passengers and persons other than passengers by Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) equipment in combination with Hand Held Metal Detection (HHMD) equipment), as adapted to the Agreement by way of Protocol 1 thereto and the sectoral adaptations in Annex XIII. |
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1.

Declares that Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 7 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area by failing, within the time prescribed, to adopt the measures necessary to make part of its internal legal order the Act referred to at point 66he, twelfth indent, of Annex XIII to the Agreement (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 104/2013 of 4 February 2013 amending Regulation (EU) No 185/2010 as regards the screening of passengers and persons other than passengers by Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) equipment in combination with Hand Held Metal Detection (HHMD) equipment), as adapted to the Agreement by way of Protocol 1 thereto and the sectoral adaptations in Annex XIII.

| 2. | Orders Iceland to bear the costs of the proceedings. |
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2.

Orders Iceland to bear the costs of the proceedings.

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PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7772 — Western Digital/SanDisk)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 3/08)

| 1. | On 22 December 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Western Digital Corporation (‘Western Digital’, United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of SanDisk Corporation (‘SanDisk’, United States) by way of purchase of shares. |
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1.

On 22 December 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Western Digital Corporation (‘Western Digital’, United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of SanDisk Corporation (‘SanDisk’, United States) by way of purchase of shares.

| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
  —   for Western Digital: development and manufacturing of storage solutions for the creation, management and preservation of digital content; Western Digital produces hard disk drives (‘HDDs’) for a number of uses including personal computers, consumer electronics, cloud computing and data centre applications, enterprise class solid state drives (‘enterprise SSDs’), and hybrid drives; Western Digital also produces certain external storage, business storage solutions, as well as storage solution software,
  —   for SanDisk: digital storage producer that specializes in flash memory solutions such as flash storage solutions, including enterprise SSDs and SSDs for consumer-operated devices (‘client SSDs’), as well as removable cards, USB flash drives and embedded flash products for mobile and connected applications and consumer electronics; SanDisk is also active in software and consumer products, as well as flash storage solutions, including SSDs, for enterprise data centres and client computing platforms. |
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2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Western Digital: development and manufacturing of storage solutions for the creation, management and preservation of digital content; Western Digital produces hard disk drives (‘HDDs’) for a number of uses including personal computers, consumer electronics, cloud computing and data centre applications, enterprise class solid state drives (‘enterprise SSDs’), and hybrid drives; Western Digital also produces certain external storage, business storage solutions, as well as storage solution software,

—   for SanDisk: digital storage producer that specializes in flash memory solutions such as flash storage solutions, including enterprise SSDs and SSDs for consumer-operated devices (‘client SSDs’), as well as removable cards, USB flash drives and embedded flash products for mobile and connected applications and consumer electronics; SanDisk is also active in software and consumer products, as well as flash storage solutions, including SSDs, for enterprise data centres and client computing platforms.

| 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. |
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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. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.7772 — Western Digital/SanDisk, to the following address:





  European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË |

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. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.7772 — Western Digital/SanDisk, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7888 — Apax/B&G/Mannai/GFI Informatique)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 3/09)

| 1. | On 22 December 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Apax Partners S.A., Boussard & Gavaudan and Mannai Corporation QSC acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the undertaking GFI Informatique by way of purchase of shares. |
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1.

On 22 December 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Apax Partners S.A., Boussard & Gavaudan and Mannai Corporation QSC acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the undertaking GFI Informatique by way of purchase of shares.

| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
  —   for Apax Partners S.A.: investment company specialising in financing for SMEs in France and abroad,
  —   for Boussard & Gavaudan: management of funds,
  —   for Mannai Corporation QSC: provision of products and services to private sector companies in Qatar,
  —   for GFI Informatique: provision of consulting, systems integration, outsourcing and software solutions. |
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2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Apax Partners S.A.: investment company specialising in financing for SMEs in France and abroad,

—   for Boussard & Gavaudan: management of funds,

—   for Mannai Corporation QSC: provision of products and services to private sector companies in Qatar,

—   for GFI Informatique: provision of consulting, systems integration, outsourcing and software solutions.

| 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 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 this Notice. |
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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 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 this 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. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.7888 — Apax/B&G/Mannai/GFI Informatique, to the following address:





  European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË |

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. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.7888 — Apax/B&G/Mannai/GFI Informatique, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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