do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4571 — Swiss Life/CapitalLeben) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, life assurance, merger control

C 41/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.2.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4571 — Swiss Life/CapitalLeben)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 41/16)

1.
On 16 February 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Swiss Life Holding AG
(‘SwissLife’, Switzerland) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of
the whole of
the undertaking CapitalLeben Versicherung AG (‘CapitalLeben’, Liechtenstein) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking SwissLife: life insurance;

— for undertaking CapitalLeben: life insurance.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to
the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council
Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the
procedure set out in the Notice.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed

4.
operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (fax No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.4571 — Swiss Life/CapitalLeben, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 177/2007 of 22 February 2007 fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice ( OJ L 55, 23.2.2007 )
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereal product, export refund, rice

L 57/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.2.2007

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 177/2007 of 22 February 2007 fixing the export refunds on
products processed from cereals and rice

(Official Journal of the European Union L 55 of 23 February 2007)

On page 16, in the Annex, second column under the Heading ‘Destination’, in all of the table:

for:

read:

‘C13’,

‘C10’.

Corrigendum to Council Decision 2006/969/EC of 18 December 2006 concerning the Seventh Framework
Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) on nuclear research and training activities
(2007 to 2011)

(Official Journal of the European Union L 391 of 30 December 2006)

The publication of the Decision in the abovementioned Official Journal is annulled.

The publication of the same text as ‘Council Decision 2006/970/EC of 18 December 2006’ in OJ L 400, 30.12.2006,
p. 60, remains valid.

(For technical reasons, this latter Decision has been republished in OJ L 54, 22.2.2007, p. 21.)
Corrigendum to Council Decision 2006/969/EC of 18 December 2006 concerning the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) on nuclear research and training activities (2007 to 2011) ( OJ L 391, 30.12.2006 )
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EAEC, EU financing, EU programme, Joint Research Centre, nuclear energy, nuclear research

L 57/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.2.2007

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 177/2007 of 22 February 2007 fixing the export refunds on
products processed from cereals and rice

(Official Journal of the European Union L 55 of 23 February 2007)

On page 16, in the Annex, second column under the Heading ‘Destination’, in all of the table:

for:

read:

‘C13’,

‘C10’.

Corrigendum to Council Decision 2006/969/EC of 18 December 2006 concerning the Seventh Framework
Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) on nuclear research and training activities
(2007 to 2011)

(Official Journal of the European Union L 391 of 30 December 2006)

The publication of the Decision in the abovementioned Official Journal is annulled.

The publication of the same text as ‘Council Decision 2006/970/EC of 18 December 2006’ in OJ L 400, 30.12.2006,
p. 60, remains valid.

(For technical reasons, this latter Decision has been republished in OJ L 54, 22.2.2007, p. 21.)
Case F-115/05: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 16 January 2007 — Vienne and Others v Parliament (Officials — Obligation on the administration to provide assistance — Refusal — Transfer of pension rights acquired in Belgium)
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, European official, action by staff, legal aid, regulations for civil servants, transfer of pension rights

C 42/46

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.2.2007

EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of
16 January 2007 — Genette v Commission

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of
16 January 2007 — Vienne and Others v Parliament

(Case F-92/05) (1)

(Case F-115/05) (1)

(Officials — Pensions — Pension rights acquired before entry
into the service of the Communities — Transfer to Community
scheme — Withdrawal of the application to transfer in order
to rely on new more favourable provisions)

(Officials — Obligation on the administration to provide
assistance — Refusal — Transfer of pension rights acquired
in Belgium)

(2007/C 42/79)

Language of the case: French

(2007/C 42/80)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Emmanuel Genette (Gorze, France) (represented by:
M.-A Lucas, lawyer)

Parties

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: V. Joris and D. Martin, Agents)

Applicants: Philippe Vienne
(Bascharage, Luxembourg)
Others (represented by: G. Bouneou and F. Frabetti, lawyers)

and

Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (repre-
sented by: L. Van den Broeck, Agent)

initially,
Defendant: European Parliament
M. Mustapha-Pacha and A. Bencomo-Weber and, subsequently,
J. De Wachter, M. Mustapha-Pacha and K. Zejdova, Agents)

(represented by:

Re:

Annulment of the Commission decision refusing to withdraw
the applicant's application relating to the transfer of his pension
rights acquired in Belgium in order to bring a fresh claim on
the basis of new and more favourable provisions.

Re:

First, annulment of
the Parliament's decision rejecting the
requests for assistance submitted by the applicants in connection
with the transfer of their pension rights acquired in Belgium
and, secondly, an application for damages

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Operative part of the judgment

1. Annuls the decision of the Commission of the European Commu-

nities of 25 January 2005.

The Tribunal:

2. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to bears its

own costs and to pay the costs of Mr Genette.

1. Dismisses the action;

3. Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to bear its own costs.

2. Orders each party to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 315 of 10.12.2005, p. 14 (case originally registered at the
Court of First Instance under number T-361/05 and transferred to
the Civil Service Tribunal of
the European Union by order of
15.12.2005).

(1) OJ C 22, 28.1.2006, p. 24 (case initially registered before the Court
the European Communities under number
of First
T-427/05 and transferred to the Civil Service Tribunal of the Euro-
pean Union by order of 15.12.2005).

Instance of
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 175/2007 of 22 February 2007 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported without further processing ( OJ L 55, 23.2.2007 )
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, isoglucose, sugar product, syrup

24.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 57/27

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 175/2007 of 22 February 2007 fixing the export refunds on
syrups and certain other sugar products exported without further processing

(Official Journal of the European Union L 55 of 23 February 2007)

On page 12 the Annex should read as follows:

‘ANNEX

Export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported without further processing applicable from
23 February 2007 (a)

Product code

Destination

Unit of measurement

Amount of refund

1702 40 10 9100

1702 60 10 9000

1702 60 95 9000

1702 90 30 9000

1702 90 60 9000

1702 90 71 9000

1702 90 99 9900

2106 90 30 9000

2106 90 59 9000

S00

S00

S00

S00

S00

S00

S00

S00

S00

EUR/100 kg dry matter

EUR/100 kg dry matter

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of net product

EUR/100 kg dry matter

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of net product

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of net product

18,13

18,13

0,1813

18,13

0,1813

0,1813

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of net product

0,1813 (1)

EUR/100 kg dry matter

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of net product

18,13

0,1813

NB: The destinations are defined as follows:

S00: all destinations except Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo and the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia, Andorra, Gibraltar, Ceuta, Melilla, Holy See (Vatican City), Liechtenstein, Communes of Livigno and Campione
d'Italia, Heligoland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands and the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic
of Cyprus does not exercise effective control.

(a) The amounts set out in this Annex are not applicable with effect from 1 February 2005 pursuant to Council Decision 2005/45/EC of
22 December 2004 concerning the conclusion and application of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 as regards the provisions applicable to processed agricultural products (OJ L 23, 26.1.2005,
p. 17).

(1) The basic amount is not applicable to the product defined under point 2 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3513/92

(OJ L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 12).’
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4554 — Berkshire Hathaway/TTI) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical engineering, exchange of information, holding company, insurance, merger control

C 41/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.2.2007

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4554 — Berkshire Hathaway/TTI)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 41/14)

1.
On 15 February 2007 the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1), and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of
this Regulation, by which Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (‘Berkshire’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article
3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation sole control of TTI Inc. (‘TTI’, USA) by way of transfer of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Berkshire: diversified holding company engaged in numerous business activities, including insurance,
and manufacturing sectors such as carpet, architectural and industrial coatings, insulation and building
products and financial products;

— for TTI: distributor of electromechanical components.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within
the scope of Regulation (EEC) No139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant
to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council
Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the
procedure set out in the Notice.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed

4.
operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (fax No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.4554 — Berkshire Hathaway/TTI to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, State aid, control of State aid, energy industry, environmental protection

C 41/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.2.2007

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 41/02)

Date of adoption of the decision

—

Reference number of the aid

Member State

Region

N 271/06

Denmark

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Lempelse af afgift for levering af industriel overskudsvarme

Legal basis

L 80 B; vedtaget af Folketinget 16. december 2005 (Forslag til lov om ændring
af forskellige afgiftslove)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Environmental protection

—

Annual budget: DKK 15 million; Overall budget: DKK 150 million

Measure does not constitute aid

—

Energy

Name and address of
authority

the granting

—

Other information

—

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be
found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/