# Official Journal C 16/2022

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 6513 January 2022 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 16

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6513 January 2022

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| | II   Information |
| | INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2022/C 16/01 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10471 – SUEZ / SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC / JV) (
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Contents

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II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2022/C 16/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10471 – SUEZ / SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC / JV) (
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| | IV   Notices |
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| | NOTICES CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA |
| | EFTA Surveillance Authority |
| 2022/C 16/02 | State aid – Decision to raise no objections | 2 |
| 2022/C 16/03 | State aid – Decision to raise no objections | 4 |
| 2022/C 16/04 | State aid – Decision to raise no objections | 5 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA Surveillance Authority

2022/C 16/02

State aid – Decision to raise no objections

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2022/C 16/03

State aid – Decision to raise no objections

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2022/C 16/04

State aid – Decision to raise no objections

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| | V   Announcements |
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| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY |
| | European Commission |
| 2022/C 16/05 | Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures | 6 |
| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY |
| | European Commission |
| 2022/C 16/06 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10547 – Voith/Voith Hydro) – Candidate case for simplified procedure (
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  ) | 7 |

V   Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY

European Commission

2022/C 16/05

Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures

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PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

2022/C 16/06

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10547 – Voith/Voith Hydro) – Candidate case for simplified procedure (
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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

| 13.1.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 16/1 |
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13.1.2022

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10471 – SUEZ / SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC / JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 16/01)

On 7 January 2022, 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 policy’ 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 policy’ 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 32022M10471. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union 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 32022M10471. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

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

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IV Notices

NOTICES CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA Surveillance Authority

| 13.1.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 16/2 |
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State aid – Decision to raise no objections

(2022/C 16/02)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:

| Date of adoption of the decision | 27 September 2021 |
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| Case No | 87382 |
| Decision No | 224/21/COL |
| EFTA State | Norway |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | COVID-19 amendments to scheme for cancelled and downscaled cultural events |
| Legal basis | Regulation on a temporary compensation scheme for cancelled, closed or downscaled cultural events in the period 1 July to 31 October 2021 as a consequence of the COVID-19 outbreak |
| Type of measure | Scheme |
| Objective | To remedy the shortage of liquidity that organisers and subcontractors to cultural events face following the COVID-19 outbreak |
| Form of aid | Direct grant |
| Budget | NOK 425 million |
| Intensity | For eligible organisers, a grant of up to 95 % of unavoidable costs related to cancelled, closed or downscaled eligible events in the period 1 July to 31 October 2021
  For eligible subcontractors, a grant of up to 50 % of loss of income and additional costs related to cancelled, closed or downscaled eligible events in the period 1 July to 31 October 2021 |
| Duration | Until 31 December 2021 |
| Economic sectors | Cultural sector |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Arts Council Norway |
| P.O. Box 4808 Nydalen |
| N-0422 Oslo |
| NORWAY |

Date of adoption of the decision

27 September 2021

Case No

87382

Decision No

224/21/COL

EFTA State

Norway

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

COVID-19 amendments to scheme for cancelled and downscaled cultural events

Legal basis

Regulation on a temporary compensation scheme for cancelled, closed or downscaled cultural events in the period 1 July to 31 October 2021 as a consequence of the COVID-19 outbreak

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

To remedy the shortage of liquidity that organisers and subcontractors to cultural events face following the COVID-19 outbreak

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

NOK 425 million

Intensity

For eligible organisers, a grant of up to 95 % of unavoidable costs related to cancelled, closed or downscaled eligible events in the period 1 July to 31 October 2021

For eligible subcontractors, a grant of up to 50 % of loss of income and additional costs related to cancelled, closed or downscaled eligible events in the period 1 July to 31 October 2021

Duration

Until 31 December 2021

Economic sectors

Cultural sector

Name and address of the granting authority

Arts Council Norway

P.O. Box 4808 Nydalen

N-0422 Oslo

NORWAY

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s Internet: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/

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State aid – Decision to raise no objections

(2022/C 16/03)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:

| Date of adoption of the decision | 24 September 2021 |
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| Case No | 87374 |
| Decision No | 223/21/COL |
| EFTA State | Norway |
| Title | COVID-19 amendments to the aid scheme for undertakings suffering a substantial loss of turnover |
| Legal basis | Act on the temporary subsidy scheme for enterprises with a significant reduction in turnover after August 2020 |
| Type of measure | Scheme |
| Objective | Compensate losses and thereby limit the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Form of aid | Grants |
| Budget | Estimated NOK 2 billion |
| Intensity | 70-90 % |
| Duration | Until 31 October 2021 |
| Economic sectors | All sectors except for companies engaged in petroleum extraction and production, companies engaged in production, transmission, distribution and trade of electric power, financial institutions and companies whose main purpose is investment activities |
| Name and address of the granting authority | The Brønnøysund Register Centre |
| Brønnøysundregistrene |
| Postboks 900 |
| N-8910 Brønnøysund |
| NORWAY |

Date of adoption of the decision

24 September 2021

Case No

87374

Decision No

223/21/COL

EFTA State

Norway

Title

COVID-19 amendments to the aid scheme for undertakings suffering a substantial loss of turnover

Legal basis

Act on the temporary subsidy scheme for enterprises with a significant reduction in turnover after August 2020

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Compensate losses and thereby limit the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

Form of aid

Grants

Budget

Estimated NOK 2 billion

Intensity

70-90 %

Duration

Until 31 October 2021

Economic sectors

All sectors except for companies engaged in petroleum extraction and production, companies engaged in production, transmission, distribution and trade of electric power, financial institutions and companies whose main purpose is investment activities

Name and address of the granting authority

The Brønnøysund Register Centre

Brønnøysundregistrene

Postboks 900

N-8910 Brønnøysund

NORWAY

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s Internet: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/

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State aid – Decision to raise no objections

(2022/C 16/04)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:

| Date of adoption of the decision | 21 September 2021 |
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| Case No | 87369 |
| Decision No | 218/21/COL |
| EFTA State | Norway |
| Title | Temporary amendments to the tax refund scheme for employing seafarers |
| Legal basis | The Act on subsidies for the employment of workers at sea and the Regulation on subsidies for the employment of workers at sea |
| Type of measure | Scheme |
| Objective | To reduce the costs for shipping companies employing Norwegian and EEA seafarers |
| Form of aid | Tax and social security refunds |
| Budget | Increase of NOK 90 million |
| Duration | 1 July 2021 – 31 August 2021 |
| Economic sectors | Maritime transport |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Norwegian Maritime Authority |
| P.O. Box 2222 |
| N-5509 Haugesund |
| NORWAY |

Date of adoption of the decision

21 September 2021

Case No

87369

Decision No

218/21/COL

EFTA State

Norway

Title

Temporary amendments to the tax refund scheme for employing seafarers

Legal basis

The Act on subsidies for the employment of workers at sea and the Regulation on subsidies for the employment of workers at sea

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

To reduce the costs for shipping companies employing Norwegian and EEA seafarers

Form of aid

Tax and social security refunds

Budget

Increase of NOK 90 million

Duration

1 July 2021 – 31 August 2021

Economic sectors

Maritime transport

Name and address of the granting authority

Norwegian Maritime Authority

P.O. Box 2222

N-5509 Haugesund

NORWAY

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s Internet: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/

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V Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY

European Commission

| 13.1.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 16/6 |
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Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures

(2022/C 16/05)

| 1. | As provided for in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union (1), the Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below. |
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2.   Procedure

Union producers may submit a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury. Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of the exporting country and Union producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify, rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.

3.   Time limit

Union producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Unit G-1), CHAR 4/39, 1049 Brussels, Belgium (2) at any time from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date mentioned in the table below.

| 4. | This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036.









  Product | Country(ies) of origin or exportation | Measures | Reference | Date of expiry (3) |
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| Barium carbonate | The People’s Republic of China | Anti-dumping duty | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1759 of 27 September 2017 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of barium carbonate originating in the People’s Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council
  (OJ L 250, 28.9.2017, p. 34) | 29.9.2022 |

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Product

Country(ies) of origin or exportation

Measures

Reference

Date of expiry (3)

Barium carbonate

The People’s Republic of China

Anti-dumping duty

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1759 of 27 September 2017 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of barium carbonate originating in the People’s Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(OJ L 250, 28.9.2017, p. 34)

29.9.2022

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(1)  OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21.

(2)  TRADE-Defence-Complaints@ec.europa.eu

(3)  The measure expires at midnight (00:00) of the day mentioned in this column.

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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.10547 – Voith/Voith Hydro)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 16/06)

1.

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

| — | Voith group of companies, including Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA and JMV Hydro Beteiligungen GmbH (all together ‘Voith’, Germany), ultimately controlled by a group of natural persons; |
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Voith group of companies, including Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA and JMV Hydro Beteiligungen GmbH (all together ‘Voith’, Germany), ultimately controlled by a group of natural persons;

| — | Voith Hydro Holding GmbH & Co. KG and its general partner Voith Hydro Holding Verwaltungs GmbH (‘Voith Hydro’, Germany), controlled by Voith Hydro Beteiligungen GmbH, which in turn is jointly controlled by Voith and Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG, a subsidiary of Siemens Energy AG (‘Siemens Energy’, Germany). |
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Voith Hydro Holding GmbH & Co. KG and its general partner Voith Hydro Holding Verwaltungs GmbH (‘Voith Hydro’, Germany), controlled by Voith Hydro Beteiligungen GmbH, which in turn is jointly controlled by Voith and Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG, a subsidiary of Siemens Energy AG (‘Siemens Energy’, Germany).

Voith acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Voith Hydro.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

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| — | for Voith: manufacture and sale of paper machines, hydropower plants, transmission and control technology for commercial vehicles and buses, agriculture and construction machinery, rolling stock, shipping and industrial applications for many industrial sectors, |
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for Voith: manufacture and sale of paper machines, hydropower plants, transmission and control technology for commercial vehicles and buses, agriculture and construction machinery, rolling stock, shipping and industrial applications for many industrial sectors,

| — | for Voith Hydro: manufacture and sale of power units for hydropower plants. |
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for Voith Hydro: manufacture and sale of power units for hydropower plants.

3.

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 the Notice.

4.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:

M.10547 – Voith/Voith Hydro

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

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

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