# Official Journal C 454/2018

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 6117 December 2018 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 454

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6117 December 2018

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| | II   Information |
| | INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2018/C 454/01 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9010 — JAB/Pret A Manger) (
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  ) | 1 |
| 2018/C 454/02 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9193 — Fairfax Financial Holdings/Eurolife ERB Insurance Group) (
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  ) | 1 |
| 2018/C 454/03 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9159 — CVC/MUFG/Ngern Tid Lor) (
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  ) | 2 |

Contents

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II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2018/C 454/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9010 — JAB/Pret A Manger) (
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  )

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2018/C 454/02

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9193 — Fairfax Financial Holdings/Eurolife ERB Insurance Group) (
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  )

1

1

2018/C 454/03

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9159 — CVC/MUFG/Ngern Tid Lor) (
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  )

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2

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| | IV   Notices |
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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2018/C 454/04 | Euro exchange rates | 3 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2018/C 454/04

Euro exchange rates

3

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| | V   Announcements |
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| | ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES |
| | European Commission |
| 2018/C 454/05 | Call for proposals — EACEA/36/2018 — Erasmus+ programme, Key Action 3 — Support for policy reform — Initiatives for policy innovation — European Forward-Looking Cooperation Projects in the fields of education and training | 4 |
| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY |
| | European Commission |
| 2018/C 454/06 | Notice of initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of peroxosulphates (persulphates) originating in the People's Republic of China | 7 |
| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY |
| | European Commission |
| 2018/C 454/07 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9201 — Siemens/TUTPL/SPC JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
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  ) | 21 |
| 2018/C 454/08 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9095 — UPL/Arysta LifeScience) (
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  ) | 23 |

V   Announcements

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

European Commission

2018/C 454/05

Call for proposals — EACEA/36/2018 — Erasmus+ programme, Key Action 3 — Support for policy reform — Initiatives for policy innovation — European Forward-Looking Cooperation Projects in the fields of education and training

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PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY

European Commission

2018/C 454/06

Notice of initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of peroxosulphates (persulphates) originating in the People's Republic of China

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PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

2018/C 454/07

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9201 — Siemens/TUTPL/SPC JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
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  )

1

21

2018/C 454/08

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9095 — UPL/Arysta LifeScience) (
  1
  )

1

23

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| | Corrigenda |
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| 2018/C 454/09 | Corrigendum to Call for proposals 2019 — EAC/A05/2018 — European Solidarity Corps ( OJ C 444, 10.12.2018 ) | 24 |

Corrigenda

2018/C 454/09

Corrigendum to Call for proposals 2019 — EAC/A05/2018 — European Solidarity Corps ( OJ C 444, 10.12.2018 )

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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9010 — JAB/Pret A Manger)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 454/01)

On 5 September 2018, 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 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 32018M9010. EUR-Lex is the online access to 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 32018M9010. EUR-Lex is the online access to 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.9193 — Fairfax Financial Holdings/Eurolife ERB Insurance Group)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 454/02)

On 6 December 2018, 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 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 32018M9193. EUR-Lex is the online access to 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 32018M9193. EUR-Lex is the online access to 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.9159 — CVC/MUFG/Ngern Tid Lor)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 454/03)

On 10 December 2018, 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 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 32018M9159. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to 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 32018M9159. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to 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

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Euro exchange rates (1)

14 December 2018

(2018/C 454/04)

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
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| USD | US dollar | 1,1285 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 128,13 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4656 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,89835 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 10,2610 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,1254 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | 140,40 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 9,7235 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 25,794 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 323,93 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,2974 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,6558 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 6,0799 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,5753 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,5095 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 8,8168 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,6613 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,5534 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 280,17 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 16,2186 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 7,7880 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,3905 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 16 499,62 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,7243 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 59,980 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 75,2265 |
| THB | Thai baht | 37,026 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 4,4129 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 23,0211 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 81,2250 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,1285

JPY

Japanese yen

128,13

DKK

Danish krone

7,4656

GBP

Pound sterling

0,89835

SEK

Swedish krona

10,2610

CHF

Swiss franc

1,1254

ISK

Iceland króna

140,40

NOK

Norwegian krone

9,7235

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

25,794

HUF

Hungarian forint

323,93

PLN

Polish zloty

4,2974

RON

Romanian leu

4,6558

TRY

Turkish lira

6,0799

AUD

Australian dollar

1,5753

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,5095

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

8,8168

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,6613

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,5534

KRW

South Korean won

1 280,17

ZAR

South African rand

16,2186

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

7,7880

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,3905

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

16 499,62

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,7243

PHP

Philippine peso

59,980

RUB

Russian rouble

75,2265

THB

Thai baht

37,026

BRL

Brazilian real

4,4129

MXN

Mexican peso

23,0211

INR

Indian rupee

81,2250

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

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V Announcements

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

European Commission

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS — EACEA/36/2018

Erasmus+ programme, Key Action 3 — Support for policy reform

Initiatives for policy innovation

European Forward-Looking Cooperation Projects in the fields of education and training

(2018/C 454/05)

1.   Description, objectives, and priorities

Forward-Looking Cooperation Projects (FLCPs) are large-scale projects with the aim to identify, test, develop or assess innovative policy approaches that have the potential of becoming mainstreamed and improving education and training systems.

They should provide in-depth knowledge on target group(s), learning, teaching or training situations and effective methodologies and tools that help policies to develop, as well as conclusions relevant for policymakers in education and training at all levels.

FLCPs should therefore be led and implemented by high-profile representative stakeholders with a proven record of excellence and state-of-the-art knowledge, the capacity to innovate or generate systemic impact through their activities and the potential to drive the policy agenda in the fields of education and training.

The general objectives of this call are:

| — | to promote innovation in education and training fields through European cooperation at both policy and practice levels, |
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to promote innovation in education and training fields through European cooperation at both policy and practice levels,

| — | to empower key stakeholders in developing and mainstreaming policy innovation. |
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to empower key stakeholders in developing and mainstreaming policy innovation.

The specific objectives of this call are:

| — | to kick-start longer-term changes and field-test innovative solutions to challenges in the education and training fields, which have the potential of becoming mainstreamed and to generate a sustainable and systemic impact on education and training systems, |
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to kick-start longer-term changes and field-test innovative solutions to challenges in the education and training fields, which have the potential of becoming mainstreamed and to generate a sustainable and systemic impact on education and training systems,

| — | to support trans-national cooperation and mutual learning on forward-looking issues among key stakeholders, |
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to support trans-national cooperation and mutual learning on forward-looking issues among key stakeholders,

| — | to facilitate the collection and analysis of evidence to substantiate innovative policies and practices. |
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to facilitate the collection and analysis of evidence to substantiate innovative policies and practices.

Proposals submitted under the present call must address one of the six priorities listed below:

| 1. | Acquisition of basic skills by low-skilled adults; |
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Acquisition of basic skills by low-skilled adults;

| 2. | Designing and assessing the effectiveness of continuing training to meet current and future skill needs; |
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Designing and assessing the effectiveness of continuing training to meet current and future skill needs;

| 3. | Promoting innovative technology in the field of providing career guidance; |
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Promoting innovative technology in the field of providing career guidance;

| 4. | Promoting innovative and cross-disciplinary approaches to STE(A)M teaching in education; |
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Promoting innovative and cross-disciplinary approaches to STE(A)M teaching in education;

| 5. | Promoting the use of self-reflection tools to support innovation and systemic change in education and training institutions; |
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Promoting the use of self-reflection tools to support innovation and systemic change in education and training institutions;

| 6. | Higher education — achieving the aims of the Digital Education Action Plan (including Open Science), and assessing learning outcomes for the purpose of benchmarking among higher education institutions. |
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Higher education — achieving the aims of the Digital Education Action Plan (including Open Science), and assessing learning outcomes for the purpose of benchmarking among higher education institutions.

Proposals not addressing any of the six call priorities will not be considered.

2.   Eligible applicants

Eligible applicants are public and private organisations active in the fields of education, training and youth or other socioeconomic sectors, or organisations carrying out cross-sector activities (e.g. recognition centres, chambers of commerce, trade organisations, civil society and cultural organisations, stakeholders’ networks, NGOs, education ministries, training providers, etc.).

Only applications from legal entities established in the following Programme Countries are eligible:

| — | the 28 Member States of the European Union, |
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the 28 Member States of the European Union,

| — | the EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, |
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the EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,

| — | EU candidate countries: the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Serbia (1). |
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EU candidate countries: the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Serbia (1).

For British applicants: Please be aware that eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration of the project. If the United Kingdom withdraws from the EU during the project period without concluding an agreement with the EU ensuring in particular that British applicants continue to be eligible, you will cease to receive EU funding (while continuing, where possible, to participate) or be required to leave the project on the basis of Article II.16.3.1(a) of the Grant Agreement.

The minimum partnership composition requirement for this call is three organisations representing three Programme Countries.

3.   Eligible activities and project duration

Only activities taking place in Programme Countries (see Section 2) will be considered eligible for funding. Any costs relating to activities undertaken in Partner Countries (2) or by organisations that are not registered in the Programme Countries are not eligible unless they are necessary for the completion of the project and duly explained and justified in the application form. Any amendment to the activities that involves Partner Countries must have the prior specific authorisation from the Executive Agency.

Activities must start on 1 November 2019, 1 December 2019 or 1 January 2020.

The project duration must be between 24 and 36 months.

4.   Expected results

The projects proposed under the present call should lead to proven results in at least one of the following areas:

| (i) | Development and/or improvement of innovative actions in the fields of education and training in line with the call priorities (see Section 1); |
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Development and/or improvement of innovative actions in the fields of education and training in line with the call priorities (see Section 1);

| (ii) | Improved evidence and understanding on target group(s), learning and teaching situations and effective methodologies and tools that can inspire and stimulate innovation at system level; |
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Improved evidence and understanding on target group(s), learning and teaching situations and effective methodologies and tools that can inspire and stimulate innovation at system level;

| (iii) | Evidence of potential long-term impact on education and training systems through the mainstreaming of advanced and innovative policy approaches developed by the projects; |
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Evidence of potential long-term impact on education and training systems through the mainstreaming of advanced and innovative policy approaches developed by the projects;

| (iv) | European added-value through reinforced trans-national cooperation and mutual learning among major stakeholders. |
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European added-value through reinforced trans-national cooperation and mutual learning among major stakeholders.

5.   Budget

The total budget available for the co-financing of projects under the present call is EUR 12 000 000.

Financial contribution from the EU cannot exceed 75 % of the total eligible project costs.

The maximum grant per project is EUR 500 000.

The Agency reserves the right not to distribute all the funds available for this call.

6.   Award criteria

Eligible proposals will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria:

| 1. | Relevance of the project (30 %) |
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Relevance of the project (30 %)

| 2. | Quality of the project design and implementation (30 %) |
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Quality of the project design and implementation (30 %)

| 3. | Quality of the partnership and cooperation arrangements (20 %) |
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Quality of the partnership and cooperation arrangements (20 %)

| 4. | Impact on policy development and dissemination (20 %) |
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Impact on policy development and dissemination (20 %)

Only proposals having reached the minimum quality thresholds:

| — | at least the threshold of 50 % of each of the 4 individual criteria (i.e. minimum 15 points for respectively ‘Relevance of the project’ and ‘Quality of the project design and implementation’; 10 points for respectively ‘Quality of the partnership and cooperation arrangements’ and ‘Impact on policy development and dissemination’, and |
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at least the threshold of 50 % of each of the 4 individual criteria (i.e. minimum 15 points for respectively ‘Relevance of the project’ and ‘Quality of the project design and implementation’; 10 points for respectively ‘Quality of the partnership and cooperation arrangements’ and ‘Impact on policy development and dissemination’, and

| — | at least the threshold of 70 % on the total score (i.e. aggregate score of the 4 award criteria) |
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at least the threshold of 70 % on the total score (i.e. aggregate score of the 4 award criteria)

will be considered for EU funding. Applications falling below those thresholds shall be rejected.

7.   Submission procedure and deadline

Applications must be submitted not later than 19 March 2019 — 12.00 noon CET (Brussels time).

Applicants are requested to read carefully all information about the call for proposals EACEA/36/2018, the submission procedure and to use the documents forming part of the application (Application Package) at: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding/forward-looking-cooperationprojects-2019_en

The application and its compulsory annexes must be submitted online using the designated e-form available at the following address: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/PPMT/

8.   Further information

For more details, please refer to the Guidelines for Applicants.

The Guidelines for Applicants and the Application Package are available on the following website:

https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding/forward-looking-cooperationprojects-2019_en

Email contact details: EACEA-Policy-Support@ec.europa.eu

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(1)  Serbia: The budgetary adaptations determined by Serbia’s becoming a Programme Country of the Erasmus+ programme shall apply from 1 January 2019 subject to the adoption of the Commission Decision approving the (amendment to the) Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Serbia on the participation of the Republic of Serbia in ‘Erasmus+’: the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport as of 1 January 2019.

(2)  Partner Countries: countries which do not participate fully in the Erasmus+ programme and are therefore not Programme Countries.

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PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY

European Commission

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Notice of initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of peroxosulphates (persulphates) originating in the People's Republic of China

(2018/C 454/06)

Following the publication of a Notice of impending expiry (1) of the anti-dumping measures in force on the imports of peroxosulphates originating in the People's Republic of China (‘the country concerned’), the European Commission (‘the Commission’) has received a request for review pursuant to 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 (2) (‘the basic Regulation’).

1.   Request for review

The request was lodged on 18 September 2018 by RheinPerChemie GmbH and United Initiators GmbH (‘the applicants’) on behalf of producers representing 100 % of the total Union production of peroxosulphates.

An open version of the request and the analysis of the degree of support by Union producers for the request are available in the file for inspection by interested parties. Section 5.5 of this Notice provides information about access to the file for interested parties.

2.   Product under review

The product subject to this review is peroxosulphates (persulphates), including potassium peroxymonosulphate sulphate, (‘the product under review’), currently falling within CN codes 2833 40 00 and ex 2842 90 80 (TARIC 2842908020).

3.   Existing measures

The measures currently in force are a definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1343/2013 (3).

4.   Grounds for the review

The request is based on the grounds that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury to the Union industry.

4.1.   
  Allegation of likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping

The applicants provide evidence showing that imports subject to the current measures have continued at dumped prices. In order to show dumping, the applicants claimed that it is not appropriate to use domestic prices and costs in the country concerned due to the existence of significant distortions within the meaning of point (b) of Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation.

To substantiate the allegations of significant distortions, the applicants referred to publicly-available resources in the form of press and research articles, the determination made in Regulation (EC) No 1343/2013, as well as to the Commission Staff Working Document dated 20 December 2017‘Significant Distortions in the Economy of the People's Republic of China for the Purposes of Trade Defence Investigations’ (4), describing the specific circumstances in the country concerned. In particular, the applicants claimed that the production and sale of the product under review is potentially affected by the distortions mentioned in the Commission Staff Working Document, such as differential or preferential pricing for electricity and subsidy schemes for ammonium sulphate, ammonia, sulphuric acid, caustic soda and potassium hydroxide.

As a result, in view of Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation, the allegation of continuation or recurrence of dumping is based on a comparison of a constructed normal value on the basis of costs of production and sale reflecting undistorted prices or benchmarks in an appropriate representative country, with the export price (at ex-works level) of the product under review from the country concerned when sold for export to the Union. On that basis, the dumping margins calculated are significant for the country concerned.

In light of the information available, the Commission considers that there is sufficient evidence pursuant to Article 5(9) of the basic Regulation tending to show that, due to significant distortions affecting prices and costs, the use of domestic prices and costs in the country concerned is inappropriate, thus warranting the initiation of an investigation on the basis of Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation.

4.2.   
  Allegation of likelihood of recurrence of injury

The applicants allege the likelihood of recurrence of injury. In this respect, the applicants have provided sufficient evidence that, should measures be allowed to lapse, the current import level of the product under review from the country concerned to the Union is likely to increase due to the existence of unused capacity of the exporting producers in the country concerned. The applicants also allege that the improvement in the economic situation of the Union industry has been mainly due to the existence of measures and that, should measures be allowed to lapse, the recurrence of substantial imports at dumped prices from the country concerned would likely lead to a recurrence of injury to the Union industry.

5.   Procedure

Having determined, after consulting the Committee established by Article 15(1) of the basic Regulation, that sufficient evidence of a likelihood of dumping and injury exists to justify the initiation of an expiry review, the Commission hereby initiates a review in accordance with Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation.

The expiry review will determine whether the expiry of the measures would be likely to lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping of the product under review originating in the country concerned and a continuation or recurrence of injury to the Union industry.

As already announced (5), the so-called TDI Modernisation package (Regulation (EU) 2018/825 of the European Parliament and of the Council which entered into force on 8 June 2018 (6)) introduced, among other things, significant changes to the timetable and deadlines previously applicable in anti-dumping proceedings. The time limits for interested parties to come forward, in particular at the early stage of investigations, are shortened. The timetable for this investigation, as set out in this Notice, includes specific instructions for the submission of information at various stages of the investigation and the organisation of hearings. Requests for extensions to deadlines will also be made stricter. Therefore, the Commission invites interested parties to respect the procedural steps and deadlines provided in this Notice as well as in further communications from the Commission.

5.1.   
  Review investigation period and period considered

The investigation of a continuation or recurrence of dumping will cover the period from 1 October 2017 to 30 September 2018 (‘the review investigation period’). The examination of trends relevant for the assessment of the likelihood of a continuation or recurrence of injury will cover the period from 1 January 2015 to the end of the investigation period (‘the period considered’).

5.2.   
  Comments on the request and the initiation of the investigation

All interested parties are invited to make their views known on the inputs and the Harmonised System (HS) codes provided in the request (7) within 15 days of the date of publication of this Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (8).

5.3.   
  Procedure for the determination of a likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping

In an expiry review, the Commission examines exports that were made to the Union in the review investigation period and, irrespective of exports to the Union, considers whether the situation of the companies producing and selling the product under review in the country concerned is such that exports at dumped prices to the Union would be likely to continue or recur if measures expire.

Therefore, all producers (9) of the product under review from the country concerned, irrespective of whether or not they exported the product under review to the Union in the review investigation period, are invited to participate in the Commission investigation.

5.3.1.   Investigating producers in the country concerned

In view of the potentially large number of producers in the country concerned involved in this expiry review and in order to complete the investigation within the statutory time limits, the Commission may limit the producers to be investigated to a reasonable number by selecting a sample (this process is also referred to as ‘sampling’). Sampling will be carried out in accordance with Article 17 of the basic Regulation.

In order to enable the Commission to decide whether sampling is necessary, and if so, to select a sample, all producers, or representatives acting on their behalf, including the ones who did not cooperate in the investigation leading to the measures subject to this review, are hereby requested to provide the Commission with information on their company(ies) requested in Annex I to this Notice within 7 days of the date of publication of this Notice.

In order to obtain the information it deems necessary for the selection of the sample of producers in the country concerned, the Commission will also contact the authorities of the country concerned and may contact any known associations of producers in the country concerned.

If a sample is necessary, the producers will be selected based on the largest representative volume of production, sales or exports which can reasonably be investigated within the time frame available. All known producers in the country concerned, the authorities of the country concerned and associations of producers in the country concerned will be notified by the Commission, via the authorities of the country concerned if appropriate, of the companies selected to be in the sample.

Once the Commission has received the necessary information to select a sample of producers, it will inform the parties concerned of its decision whether they are included in the sample. The sampled producers will have to submit a completed questionnaire within 30 days from the date of notification of the decision of their inclusion in the sample, unless otherwise specified.

The Commission will add a note to the file for inspection by interested parties reflecting the sample selection. Any comment on the sample selection must be received within 3 days of the date of notification of the sample decision.

A copy of the questionnaire for producers in the country concerned is available in the file for inspection by interested parties and on DG Trade's website (http://trade.ec.europa.eu/tdi/case_details.cfm?id=2375).

The questionnaire will also be made available to any known association of producers, and to the authorities of the country concerned.

Without prejudice to the possible application of Article 18 of the basic Regulation, companies that have agreed to their possible inclusion in the sample but are not selected to be in the sample will be considered to be cooperating (‘non-sampled cooperating producers’).

5.3.2.   Additional procedure with regard to the country concerned

Subject to the provisions of this Notice, all interested parties are hereby invited to make their views known, submit information and provide supporting evidence regarding the application of Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation. Unless otherwise specified, this information and supporting evidence must reach the Commission within 37 days of the date of publication of this Notice.

Pursuant to point (e) of Article 2(6a), the Commission will, shortly after initiation, by means of a note to the file for inspection by interested parties, inform parties to the investigation about the relevant sources that it intends to use for the purpose of determining normal value in the country concerned pursuant to Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation. This will cover all sources, including the selection of an appropriate representative third country where appropriate. Parties to the investigation shall be given 10 days from the date at which that note is added to that file to submit comments.

According to the information available to the Commission, a possible representative third country for the country concerned in this case is Turkey. With the aim of finally selecting the appropriate representative third country, the Commission will examine whether there are countries with a similar level of economic development as the country concerned, in which there is production and sales of the product under review and in which relevant data are readily available. Where there is more than one such country, preference will be given, where appropriate, to countries with an adequate level of social and environmental protection.

With regard to the relevant sources, the Commission invites all producers in the country concerned to provide the information requested in Annex III to this Notice within 15 days of the date of publication of this Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Furthermore, any submissions of factual information to value costs and prices pursuant to point (a) of Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation must be filed within 65 days of the date of publication of this Notice. Such factual information should be taken exclusively from publicly available sources.

In order to obtain the information it deems necessary for its investigation with regard to the alleged significant distortions within the meaning of point (b) of Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation, the Commission will also send a questionnaire to the Government of the country concerned.

5.3.3.   Investigating unrelated importers (10) (11)

Unrelated importers of the product under review from the country concerned to the Union, including those that did not cooperate in the investigation leading to the measures in force, are invited to participate in this investigation.

In view of the potentially large number of unrelated importers involved in this expiry review and in order to complete the investigation within the statutory time limits, the Commission may limit to a reasonable number the unrelated importers that will be investigated by selecting a sample (this process is also referred to as ‘sampling’). Sampling will be carried out in accordance with Article 17 of the basic Regulation.

In order to enable the Commission to decide whether sampling is necessary and, if so, to select a sample, all unrelated importers, or representatives acting on their behalf, including the ones who did not cooperate in the investigation leading to the measures subject to the present review, are hereby requested to make themselves known to the Commission. Those parties must do so within 7 days of the date of publication of this Notice by providing the Commission with the information on their company(ies) requested in Annex II.

In order to obtain information it deems necessary for the selection of the sample of unrelated importers, the Commission may also contact any known associations of importers.

If a sample is necessary, the importers may be selected based on the largest representative volume of sales of the product under review from the country concerned in the Union which can reasonably be investigated within the time available. All known unrelated importers and associations of importers will be notified by the Commission of the companies selected to be in the sample.

The Commission will also add a note to the file for inspection by interested parties reflecting the sample selection. Any comment on the sample selection must be received within 3 days of the date of notification of the sample decision.

In order to obtain the information it deems necessary for its investigation, the Commission will send questionnaires to the sampled unrelated importers. Those parties must submit a completed questionnaire within 30 days from the date of the notification of the sample selection, unless otherwise specified.

A copy of the questionnaire for unrelated importers is available in the file for inspection by interested parties and on DG Trade's website (http://trade.ec.europa.eu/tdi/case_details.cfm?id=2375).

5.4.   
  Procedure for the determination of a likelihood of a continuation or recurrence of injury

In order to establish whether there is a likelihood of a continuation or recurrence of injury to the Union industry, Union producers of the product under review are invited to participate in the Commission investigation.

5.4.1.   Investigating Union producers

In order to obtain the information it deems necessary for its investigation with regard to Union producers the Commission will send questionnaires to known Union producers or representative Union producers, namely to: RheinPerChemie GmbH, Germany and United Initiators GmbH, Germany.

The aforementioned Union producers must submit the completed questionnaire within 37 days of the date of publication of this Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, unless otherwise specified.

Any Union producer not listed above is invited to contact the Commission, preferably by email, immediately but no later than 7 days after the publication of this Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, unless otherwise specified, in order to make itself known.

A copy of the questionnaire for Union producers is available in the file for inspection by interested parties and on DG Trade's website (http://trade.ec.europa.eu/tdi/case_details.cfm?id=2375).

5.5.   
  Procedure for the assessment of Union interest

Should the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping and recurrence of injury be confirmed, a decision will be reached, pursuant to Article 21 of the basic Regulation, as to whether maintaining the anti-dumping measures would not be against the Union interest.

Union producers, importers and their representative associations, users and their representative associations, trade unions and representative consumer organisations are invited to provide the Commission with information on the Union interest. In order to participate in the investigation, the representative consumer organisations have to demonstrate that there is an objective link between their activities and the product under review.

Information concerning the assessment of Union interest must be provided within 37 days of the date of publication of this Notice unless otherwise specified. This information may be provided either in a free format or by completing a questionnaire prepared by the Commission. A copy of the questionnaires, including the questionnaire for users of the product under review, is available in the file for inspection by interested parties and on DG Trade's website (http://trade.ec.europa.eu/tdi/case_details.cfm?id=2375). In any case, information submitted pursuant to Article 21 will only be taken into account if supported by factual evidence at the time of submission.

5.6.   
  Interested parties

In order to participate in the investigation interested parties, such as producers in the country concerned, Union producers, importers and their representative associations, users and their representative associations, trade unions and representative consumer organisations first have to demonstrate that there is an objective link between their activities and the product under review.

Producers in the country concerned, Union producers, importers and representative associations who made information available in accordance to the procedures described in sections 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 will be considered as interested parties if there is an objective link between their activities and the product under review.

Other parties will only be able to participate in the investigation as interested party from the moment they make themselves known, and provided that there is an objective link between their activities and the product under review. Being considered as an interested party is without prejudice to the application of Article 18 of the basic Regulation.

Access to the file available for inspection for interested parties is made via Tron.tdi at the following address: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/tron/TDI. Please follow the instructions on that page to get access.

5.7.   
  Other written submissions

Subject to the provisions of this Notice, all interested parties are hereby invited to make their views known, submit information and provide supporting evidence. Unless otherwise specified, this information and supporting evidence must reach the Commission within 37 days of the date of publication of this Notice.

In particular, comments by interested parties regarding the product definition and product scope are to be made within 10 days from the date of publication of the Notice of Initiation.

5.8.   
  Possibility to be heard by the Commission investigation services

All interested parties may request to be heard by the Commission investigation services. Any request to be heard must be made in writing and must specify the reasons for the request as well as a summary of what the interested party wishes to discuss during the hearing. The hearing will be limited to the issues set out by the interested parties in writing beforehand.

In principle, hearings will not be used to present factual information which is not yet on file. Nevertheless, in the interest of good administration and to enable Commission services to progress with the investigation, interested parties may be directed to provide new factual information after a hearing.

5.9.   
  Instructions for making written submissions and sending completed questionnaires and correspondence

Information submitted to the Commission for the purpose of trade defence investigations shall be free from copyrights. Interested parties, before submitting to the Commission information and/or data which is subject to third party copyrights, must request specific permission to the copyright holder explicitly allowing a) the Commission to use the information and data for the purpose of this trade defence proceeding and b) to provide the information and/or data to interested parties to this investigation in a form that allows them to exercise their rights of defence.

All written submissions, including the information requested in this Notice, completed questionnaires and correspondence provided by interested parties for which confidential treatment is requested shall be labelled ‘Limited’ (12). Parties submitting information in the course of this investigation are invited to reason their request for confidential treatment.

Interested parties providing ‘Limited’ information are required to furnish non-confidential summaries of it pursuant to Article 19(2) of the basic Regulation, which will be labelled ‘For inspection by interested parties’. These summaries must be sufficiently detailed to permit a reasonable understanding of the substance of the information submitted in confidence. If a party providing confidential information fails to show good cause for a confidential treatment request or does not furnish a non-confidential summary of it in the requested format and quality, the Commission may disregard such information unless it can be satisfactorily demonstrated from appropriate sources that the information is correct.

Interested parties are invited to make all submissions and requests by email including scanned powers of attorney and certification sheets, with the exception of voluminous replies which shall be submitted on a CD-ROM or DVD by hand or by registered mail. By using email, interested parties express their agreement with the rules applicable to electronic submissions contained in the document ‘CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION IN TRADE DEFENCE CASES’ published on the website of the Directorate-General for Trade: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2011/june/tradoc_148003.pdf. The interested parties must indicate their name, address, telephone and a valid email address and they should ensure that the provided email address is a functioning official business email which is checked on a daily basis. Once contact details are provided, the Commission will communicate with interested parties by email only, unless they explicitly request to receive all documents from the Commission by another means of communication or unless the nature of the document to be sent requires the use of a registered mail. For further rules and information concerning correspondence with the Commission including principles that apply to submissions by email, interested parties should consult the communication instructions with interested parties referred to above.

Commission address for correspondence:

| European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Trade |
| Directorate H |
| Office: CHAR 04/039 |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË |
| E-mail | : | TRADE-R697-DUMPING@ec.europa.eu
  TRADE-R697-INJURY@ec.europa.eu |

European Commission

Directorate-General for Trade

Directorate H

Office: CHAR 04/039

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

E-mail

:

TRADE-R697-DUMPING@ec.europa.eu

TRADE-R697-INJURY@ec.europa.eu

6.   Schedule of the investigation

The investigation shall normally be concluded within 12 months and in any event no later than 15 months from the date of the publication of this Notice, pursuant to Article 11(5) of the basic Regulation.

7.   Submission of information

As a rule, interested parties may only submit information in the timeframes specified in section 5 of this Notice.

In order to complete the investigation within the mandatory deadlines, the Commission will not accept submissions from interested parties after the deadline to provide comments on the final disclosure or, if applicable, after the deadline to provide comments on the additional final disclosure.

8.   Possibility to comment on other parties' submissions

In order to guarantee the rights of defence, interested parties should have the possibility to comment on information submitted by other interested parties. When doing so, interested parties may only address issues raised in the other interested parties' submissions and may not raise new issues.

Comments on the information provided by other interested parties in reaction to the disclosure of the definitive findings should be submitted within 5 days from the deadline to comment on the definitive findings, unless otherwise specified. If there is an additional final disclosure, comments filed by other interested parties in reaction to this further disclosure should be made within 1 day from the deadline to comment on this further disclosure, unless otherwise specified.

The outlined timeframe is without prejudice to the Commission's right to request additional information from interested parties in duly justified cases.

9.   Extension to time limits specified in this Notice

Any extension to the time limits provided for in this Notice can only be requested in exceptional circumstances and will only be granted if duly justified.

Extensions to the deadline to reply to questionnaires may be granted, if duly justified, and will be normally limited to 3 additional days. As a rule, such extensions will not exceed 7 days. Regarding time limits for the submission of other information specified in this Notice, extensions will be limited to 3 days unless exceptional circumstances are demonstrated.

10.   Non-cooperation

In cases where any interested party refuses access to or does not provide the necessary information within the time limits, or significantly impedes the investigation, findings, affirmative or negative, may be made on the basis of facts available, in accordance with Article 18 of the basic Regulation.

Where it is found that any interested party has supplied false or misleading information, the information may be disregarded and use may be made of facts available.

If an interested party does not cooperate or cooperates only partially and findings are therefore based on facts available in accordance with Article 18 of the basic Regulation, the result may be less favourable to that party than if it had cooperated.

Failure to give a computerised response shall not be deemed to constitute non-cooperation, provided that the interested party shows that presenting the response as requested would result in an unreasonable extra burden or unreasonable additional cost. The interested party should immediately contact the Commission.

11.   Hearing Officer

Interested parties may request the intervention of the Hearing Officer for trade proceedings. The Hearing Officer reviews requests for access to the file, disputes regarding the confidentiality of documents, requests for extension of time limits and any other request concerning the rights of defence of interested parties and third parties as may arise during the proceeding.

The Hearing Officer may organise hearings and mediate between the interested party/-ies and Commissions services to ensure that the interested parties' rights of defence are being fully exercised. A request for a hearing with the Hearing Officer should be made in writing and should specify the reasons for the request. The Hearing Officer will examine the reasons for the requests. These hearings should only take place if the issues have not been settled with the Commission services in due course.

Any request must be submitted in good time and expeditiously so as not to jeopardise the orderly conduct of proceedings. To that effect, interested parties should request the intervention of the Hearing Officer at the earliest possible time following the occurrence of the event justifying such intervention. Where hearing requests are submitted outside the relevant timeframes, the Hearing Officer will also examine the reasons for such late requests, the nature of the issues raised and the impact of those issues on the rights of defence, having due regard to the interests of good administration and the timely completion of the investigation.

For further information and contact details interested parties may consult the Hearing Officer's web pages on DG Trade's website: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/trade-policy-and-you/contacts/hearing-officer/.

12.   Possibility to request a review under Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation

As this expiry review is initiated in accordance with the provisions of Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation, the findings thereof will not lead to the existing measures being amended but will lead to those measures being repealed or maintained in accordance with Article 11(6) of the basic Regulation.

If any interested party considers that a review of the measures is warranted so as to allow for the possibility to amend the measures, that party may request a review pursuant to Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation.

Parties wishing to request such a review, which would be carried out independently of the expiry review mentioned in this Notice, may contact the Commission at the address given above.

13.   Processing of personal data

Any personal data collected in this investigation will be treated in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council (13).

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(1)  OJ C 110, 23.3.2018, p. 29.

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

(3)  Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1343/2013 of 12 December 2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of peroxosulphates (persulphates) originating in the People's Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 (OJ L 338, 17.12.2013, p. 11).

(4)  Commission Staff Working Document, on Significant Distortions in the Economy of the People's Republic of China for the Purposes of Trade Defence Investigations, 20.12.2017, SWD (2017) 483 final/2, available at: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2017/december/tradoc_156474.pdf.

(5)  See memo ‘Short overview of the deadlines and timelines in the investigative process’, available at: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2018/june/tradoc_156922.pdf.

(6)  Regulation (EU) 2018/825 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 on protectionc against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union and Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Union (OJ L 143, 7.6.2018, p. 1).

(7)  Information on HS codes is also provided in the executive summary of the review request, which is available on DG Trade's website (http://trade.ec.europa.eu/tdi/?).

(8)  All references to the publication of this Notice will be references to publication of this Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union unless otherwise specified.

(9)  A producer is any company in the country concerned which produces the product under review, including any of its related companies involved in the production, domestic sales or exports of the product under review.

(10)  Only importers not related to producers in the country concerned can be sampled. Importers that are related to producers have to fill in Annex I to the questionnaire for these exporting producers. In accordance with Article 127 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code, two persons shall be deemed to be related if: (a) they are officers or directors of the other person's business; (b) they are legally recognised partners in business; (c) they are employer and employee; (d) a third party directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds 5 % or more of the outstanding voting stock or shares of both of them; (e) one of them directly or indirectly controls the other; (f) both of them are directly or indirectly controlled by a third person; (g) together they control a third person directly or indirectly; or (h) they are members of the same family (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558). Persons shall be deemed to be members of the same family only if they stand in any of the following relationships to one another: (i) husband and wife, (ii) parent and child, (iii) brother and sister (whether by whole or half blood), (iv) grandparent and grandchild, (v) uncle or aunt and nephew or niece, (vi) parent-in-law and son-in-law or daughter-in-law, (vii) brother-in-law and sister-in-law. In accordance with Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code, ‘person’ means a natural person, a legal person, and any association of persons which is not a legal person but which is recognised under Union or national law as having the capacity to perform legal acts (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).

(11)  The data provided by unrelated importers may also be used in relation to aspects of this investigation other than the determination of dumping.

(12)  A ‘Limited’ document is a document which is considered confidential pursuant to Article 19 of the basic Regulation and Article 6 of the WTO Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994 (Anti-Dumping Agreement). It is also a document protected pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43).

(13)  Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39).

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ANNEX I

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☐ ‘Limited’ version (1)

☐ Version ‘For inspection by interested parties’

(tick the appropriate box)

ANTI-DUMPING PROCEEDING CONCERNING IMPORTS OF PEROXOSULPHATES ORIGINATING IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

INFORMATION FOR THE SELECTION OF THE SAMPLE OF PRODUCERS IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

This form is designed to assist producers in the People’s Republic of China in responding to the request for sampling information made in point 5.2.1 of the Notice of initiation.

Both the ‘Limited’ version and the version ‘For inspection by interested parties’ should be returned to the Commission as set out in the Notice of Initiation.

1. IDENTITY AND CONTACT DETAILS

Supply the following details about your company:

Company name

Address

Contact person

E-mail address

Telephone

Fax

2. TURNOVER, SALES VOLUME, PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTION CAPACITY

As regards the product under review as defined in the Notice of Initiation and originating in the country concerned, for the review investigation period defined in section 5.1 of the Notice, please indicate export sales to the Union for each of the 28 Member States (2) separately and in total, export sales to the rest of the world (total and the 5 biggest importing countries), domestic sales, production and production capacity. State the unit of weight or volume and the currency used.

Table I

Turnover, sales volume

Specify the unit of measurement

Value in accounting currency

Specify the currency used

Export sales to the Union, for each of the 28 Member States separately and in total, of the product under review, manufactured by your company

Total:

Name each Member State (1):

Export sales of the product under review, manufactured by your company to the rest of the world

Total:

Name the 5 biggest importing countries and give the respective volumes and values

(1) This document is for internal use only. It is protected pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43). It is a confidential document pursuant to Article 19 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 (OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21) and Article 6 of the WTO Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994 (Anti-Dumping Agreement).

(2) The 28 Member States of the European Union are: Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

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Specify the unit of measurement

Value in accounting currency

Specify the currency used

Domestic sales of the product under review, manufactured by your company

(1) Add additional rows where necessary.

Table II

Production and production capacity

Specify the unit of measurement

Your company’s overall production of the product under review

Your company’s production capacity of the product under review

3. ACTIVITIES OF YOUR COMPANY AND RELATED COMPANIES (1)

Give details of the precise activities of the company and all related companies (please list them and state the relationship to your company) involved in the production and/or selling (export and/or domestic) of the product under review. Such activities could include but are not limited to purchasing the product under review or producing it under sub-contracting arrangements, or processing or trading the product under review.

Company name and location

Activities

Relationship

4. OTHER INFORMATION

Please provide any other relevant information which the company considers useful to assist the Commission in the selection of the sample.

5. CERTIFICATION

By providing the above information, the company agrees to its possible inclusion in the sample. If the company is selected to be part of the sample, this will involve completing a questionnaire and accepting a visit at its premises in order to verify its response. If the company indicates that it does not agree to its possible inclusion in the sample, it will be deemed not to have cooperated in the investigation. The Commission’s findings for non-cooperating exporting producers are based on facts available and the result may be less favourable to that company than if it had cooperated.

Signature of authorised official:

Name and title of authorised official:

Date:

(1) In accordance with Article 127 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code, two persons shall be deemed to be related if: (a) they are officers or directors of the other person’s business; (b) they are legally recognised partners in business; (c) they are employer and employee; (d) a third party directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds 5 % or more of the outstanding voting stock or shares of both of them; (e) one of them directly or indirectly controls the other; (f) both of them are directly or indirectly controlled by a third person; (g) together they control a third person directly or indirectly; or (h) they are members of the same family (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558). Persons shall be deemed to be members of the same family only if they stand in any of the following relationships to one another: (i) husband and wife, (ii) parent and child, (iii) brother and sister (whether by whole or half blood), (iv) grandparent and grandchild, (v) uncle or aunt and nephew or niece, (vi) parent-in-law and son-in-law or daughter-in-law, (vii) brother-in-law and sister-in-law. In accordance with Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code, ‘person’ means a natural person, a legal person, and any association of persons which is not a legal person but which is recognised under Union or national law as having the capacity to perform legal acts (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).

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ANNEX II

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☐ ‘Limited’ version (1)

☐ Version ‘For inspection by interested parties’

(tick the appropriate box)

ANTI-DUMPING PROCEEDING CONCERNING IMPORTS OF PEROXOSULPHATES ORIGINATING IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

INFORMATION FOR THE SELECTION OF THE SAMPLE OF UNRELATED IMPORTERS

This form is designed to assist unrelated importers in responding to the request for sampling information made in point 5.3.3 of the Notice of Initiation.

Both the ‘Limited’ version and the version ‘For inspection by interested parties’ should be returned to the Commission as set out in the Notice of Initiation.

1. IDENTITY AND CONTACT DETAILS

Supply the following details about your company:

Company name

Address

Contact person

Email address

Telephone

Fax

2. TURNOVER AND SALES VOLUME

For the review investigation period, as defined in point 5.1 of the Notice of Initiation, indicate the total turnover in euros (EUR) of the company, and the turnover and volume for imports into the Union (2) as well as for resales on the Union market after importation from the People’s Republic of China, of peroxosulphates as defined in the Notice of Initiation.

Volume (pieces)

Volume (tonnes)

Value in euros (EUR)

Total turnover of your company in euros (EUR)

Imports of the product under review into the Union

Resales on the Union market after importation from the People’s Republic of China of the product under review

(1) This document is for internal use only. It is protected pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43). It is a confidential document pursuant to Article 19 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 (OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21) and Article 6 of the WTO Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994 (Anti-Dumping Agreement).

(2) The 28 Member States of the European Union are: Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

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3. ACTIVITIES OF YOUR COMPANY AND RELATED COMPANIES (1)

Give details of the precise activities of the company and all related companies (please list them and state the relationship to your company) involved in the production and/or selling (export and/or domestic) of the product under review. Such activities could include but are not limited to purchasing the product under review or producing it under sub-contracting arrangements, or processing or trading the product under review.

Company name and location

Activities

Relationship

4. OTHER INFORMATION

Please provide any other relevant information which the company considers useful to assist the Commission in the selection of the sample.

5. CERTIFICATION

By providing the above information, the company agrees to its possible inclusion in the sample. If the company is selected to be part of the sample, this will involve completing a questionnaire and accepting a visit at its premises in order to verify its response. If the company indicates that it does not agree to its possible inclusion in the sample, it will be deemed not to have cooperated in the investigation. The Commission’s findings for non-cooperating importers are based on the facts available and the result may be less favourable to that company than if it had cooperated.

Signature of authorised official:

Name and title of authorised official:

Date:

(1) In accordance with Article 127 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code, two persons shall be deemed to be related if: (a) they are officers or directors of the other person’s business; (b) they are legally recognised partners in business; (c) they are employer and employee; (d) a third party directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds 5 % or more of the outstanding voting stock or shares of both of them; (e) one of them directly or indirectly controls the other; (f) both of them are directly or indirectly controlled by a third person; (g) together they control a third person directly or indirectly; or (h) they are members of the same family (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558). Persons shall be deemed to be members of the same family only if they stand in any of the following relationships to one another: (i) husband and wife, (ii) parent and child, (iii) brother and sister (whether by whole or half blood), (iv) grandparent and grandchild, (v) uncle or aunt and nephew or niece, (vi) parent-in-law and son-in-law or daughter-in-law, (vii) brother-in-law and sister-in-law. In accordance with Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code, ‘person’ means a natural person, a legal person, and any association of persons which is not a legal person but which is recognised under Union or national law as having the capacity to perform legal acts (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).

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ANNEX III

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☐ ‘Limited’ version (1)

☐ Version ‘For inspection by interested parties’

(tick the appropriate box)

ANTI-DUMPING PROCEEDING CONCERNING IMPORTS OF PEROXOSULPHATES ORIGINATING IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

INFORMATION REQUEST REGARDING THE INPUTS USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

This form is designed to assist producers in the People’s Republic of China in responding to the request for input information made in point 5.2.2 of the notice of initiation.

Both the ‘Limited’ version and the version ‘For inspection by interested parties’ should be returned to the Commission as set out in the notice of initiation.

The requested information should be sent back to the Commission at the address specified in the notice of initiation within 15 days from the date of this note to the file.

1. IDENTITY AND CONTACT DETAILS

Supply the following details about your company:

Company name

Address

Contact person

Email address

Telephone

Fax

2. INFORMATION ON THE INPUTS USED BY YOUR COMPANY AND RELATED COMPANIES

Please provide a short description of the production process(es) of the product under review.

Please list all materials (raw and processed) and energy used in the production of the product under review as well as all by-products and waste that are sold or (re)introduced in the production process of the product under review. Where appropriate, provide the corresponding Harmonised System (HS) code (2) for each of the items inserted in the tables below. Please fill in a separate Annex for each of the related companies that produce the product under review in case the production process differs.

Raw Materials/energy

HS Code

(Add additional rows where necessary)

(1) This document is for internal use only. It is protected pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43). It is a confidential document pursuant to Article 19 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 (OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21) and Article 6 of the WTO Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994 (Anti-Dumping Agreement).

(2) The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System generally referred to as ‘Harmonized System’ or simply ‘HS’ is a multipurpose international product nomenclature developed by the World Customs Organization (WCO).

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By-products and waste

HS Code

(Add additional rows where necessary)

The company hereby declares that the information provided above is accurate to the best of its knowledge.

Signature of the authorised official:

Name and title of the authorised official:

Date

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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.9201 — Siemens/TUTPL/SPC JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 454/07)

1.

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

| — | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Germany), (‘Siemens’) |
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Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Germany), (‘Siemens’)

| — | TRIL Urban Transport Private Limited (India) (‘TUTPL’), controlled by Tata Sons Private Limited, |
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TRIL Urban Transport Private Limited (India) (‘TUTPL’), controlled by Tata Sons Private Limited,

| — | SPC (India), |
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SPC (India),

Siemens and TUTPL acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of SPC.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

—   for Siemens: electrification, automation, digitalization, energy-efficient technologies, systems for power generation and transmission, and systems for medical diagnosis.

—   for TUTPL: development of urban transport, infrastructure facilities and real estate.

—   for SPC: construction, implementation, operation and maintenance of the rail system (‘Metro Line 3’) of 23,33 km in Pune India which will connect Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar.

3.

Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the 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.9201 — Siemens/TUTPL/SPC JV

Observations can be sent to the Commission by e-mail, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:

| E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu |
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| Fax +32 229-64301 |
| Postal address: |
| European Commission |
| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË |

E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Fax +32 229-64301

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

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9095 — UPL/Arysta LifeScience)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 454/08)

1.

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

| — | United Phosphorus Corporation Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Phosphorus Ltd (‘UPL’, India), |
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United Phosphorus Corporation Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Phosphorus Ltd (‘UPL’, India),

| — | Arysta LifeScience Inc. (‘Arysta’, USA). |
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Arysta LifeScience Inc. (‘Arysta’, USA).

UPL acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Arysta.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2.

| — | UPL is active worldwide in the manufacture of products for the protection of plantations, intermediates, specialty chemicals and other industrial chemicals, including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, fumigants, plant growth regulators and rodenticides, |
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UPL is active worldwide in the manufacture of products for the protection of plantations, intermediates, specialty chemicals and other industrial chemicals, including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, fumigants, plant growth regulators and rodenticides,

| — | Arysta is a global provider of innovative crop protection solutions, including bio-solutions and seed treatments. Arysta specialises in the development, formulation, registration, marketing and distribution of differentiated crop protection chemicals for a variety of crops and applications. |
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Arysta is a global provider of innovative crop protection solutions, including bio-solutions and seed treatments. Arysta specialises in the development, formulation, registration, marketing and distribution of differentiated crop protection chemicals for a variety of crops and applications.

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.

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

M.9095 — UPL/Arysta LifeScience

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 |
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| Fax +32 22964301 |
| Postal address: |
| European Commission |
| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË |

Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Fax +32 22964301

Postal 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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Corrigenda

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Corrigendum to Call for proposals 2019 — EAC/A05/2018 — European Solidarity Corps

(
  Official Journal of the European Union C 444 of 10 December 2018
  )

(2018/C 454/09)

On page 20, point 5 ‘Deadline for the submission of applications’, in the table, rows ‘Volunteering Projects’, ‘Traineeships and Jobs’ and ‘Solidarity Projects’:

for:

‘5 February 2019’,

read:

read:

‘7 February 2019’;

on page 20, point 5 ‘Deadline for the submission of applications’, in the table, row ‘Volunteering Partnerships (specific agreements for 2019 under the FPA 2018-2020)’:

for:

for:

‘20 April 2019’,

read:

read:

‘30 April 2019’.

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