Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2218 — Thomas Cook Holdings/British Airways/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-03-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Publications Office of the European Union, database, dissemination of EU information, economic concentration, merger control

13.3.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 64/9

The above intensities are increased by 10 percentage points if
the training is given to disadvantaged workers, as defined in
Article 2(g) of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001

Date of implementation: 25 July 2001

Duration of
December 2001

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid: The aid scheme covers general and specific
training. Under Article 2(e) of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001:

(cid:151) general training means training of a general nature which
is not applicable only to the employee’s present or future
position in the assisted firm and provides qualifications that
are largely transferable to other firms or fields of work

(cid:151) specific training means training involving theoretical and
practical tuition applicable to the employee’s present or
future position in the assisted firm

For the purposes of implementing this aid scheme, it should be
pointed out that:

(cid:151) (cid:145)general training(cid:146)

includes courses where there is already
provision for final public certification of the qualification
or professional or vocational licence and training courses
organised for more than one firm, i.e. providing tuition for

workers from two or more firms, even if they are in the
same productive sector

(cid:151) (cid:145)specific training(cid:146) includes courses aimed at workers and/or

owners of the same firm

With regard to general training, see Article 24 of Regional Law
No 63 of 13 April 1995 and Article 14 of Law No 845 of 21
December 1978, referred to therein

Economic sector(s) concerned:

All sectors
All services

total public

Observations: The
contribution that may be
allocated to a single firm for training programmes under this
Directive may not
in any event exceed EUR 1 million
(ITL 1 936 270 000)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Piemonte
Direzione regionale alla Formazione Professionale (cid:151) Lavoro.
Settore Attivit(cid:224) Formativa
Via Magenta, 12
I-10128 Turin

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2218 (cid:151) Thomas Cook Holdings/British Airways/JV)

(2002/C 64/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 30 April 2001 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare
it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

(cid:151) as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

(cid:151) in electronic form in the (cid:145)CEN(cid:146) version of the CELEX database, under document No 301M2218. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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