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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4853 — PPG/SigmaKalon) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control

C 268/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.11.2007

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4853 — PPG/SigmaKalon)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 268/11)

1.
On 5 November 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 PPG Industries, Inc.
(‘PPG’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole
of the undertaking SigmaKalon (BC) HoldCo B.V. (‘SigmaKalon’, the Netherlands) by way of purchase of
shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for PPG: worldwide production of coatings, sealants, adhesives, metal pre-treatment products as well as

industrial and specialty chemicals,

— for SigmaKalon: production and distribution in Europe and other selected international markets of

decorative, industrial, and protective and marine coatings.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the

3.
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

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 ((32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under
reference number COMP/M.4853 — PPG/SigmaKalon, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4866 — Arques/Actebis) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, industrial restructuring, information technology, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, wholesale selling

10.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 268/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4866 — Arques/Actebis)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 268/05)

On 27 September 2007, 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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in German and will be made public
after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/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 under document number 32007M4866. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4858 — Oaktree/Conbipel)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 268/06)

On 30 October 2007, 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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. 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:

— from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/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 under document number 32007M4858. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Case F-43/06: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 19 September 2007 — Tuomo Talvela v Commission (Staff case — Officials — Assessment — Career Development Report — 2004 reporting period — Rights of the defence — Duty to state reasons in the report — Administrative investigation)
Date: 2007-11-10
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, European official, action by staff, damages, regulations for civil servants, staff assessment

C 269/68

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.11.2007

EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber)
of 4 October 2007 — De la Cruz. v European Agency for
Safety and Health at Work

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of
19 September 2007 — Tuomo Talvela v Commission

(Case F-32/06) (1)

(Case F-43/06) (1)

(Staff cases — Contract staff — Reform of the Staff Regula-
tions of Officials — Former local staff — Fixing of classifica-
tion and remuneration on recruitment — Equivalence of posts
— Consultation of the Staff Committee)

(Staff case — Officials — Assessment — Career Develop-
ment Report — 2004 reporting period — Rights of the
defence — Duty to state reasons in the report — Administra-
tive investigation)

(2007/C 269/122)

Language of the case: English

(2007/C 269/123)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: María del Carmen de la Cruz (Galdakao, Spain) (repre-
sented by: G. Vandersanden and L. Levi, lawyers)

Parties

Defendant: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
(OHSA) (represented by: E. Ortega, C. Georges and J. G. Blanch,
Agents, and S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis and E. Marchal,
lawyers)

Applicant: Tuomo Talvela (Oslo, Norway)
É. Boigelot, lawyer)

(represented by:

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: G. Berscheid and M. Velardo, Agents)

Re:

First, annulment of the appointing authority's decisions refusing
to re-classify the applicants, who are members of the contract
staff classified in function group II, in function group III, and
secondly, a claim for damages.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

1. Annuls the decisions of the European Agency for Safety and Health
at Work (OSHA) classifying the applicants in function group II by
virtue of their contracts as members of the contract staff, signed on
28 and 29 April 2005;

2. Dismisses the remainder of the heads of claim;

3. Orders the OSHA to pay the costs.

Re:

Staff case — First, annulment of the appellant's career develop-
for the year 2004 and, secondly, a claim for
ment report
damages.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders each party to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 131, 3.6.2006, p. 51.

(1) OJ C 143, 17.6.6, p. 38.
Election of the President of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities
Date: 2007-11-10
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: General Court (EU), election, president of an institution

C 269/40

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.11.2007

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

Election of the President of the Court of First Instance of
the European Communities

First Chamber, sitting with three Judges:

Ms Tiili, President of the Chamber;

(2007/C 269/68)

Mr Dehousse, Judge;

Ms Wiszniewska-Białecka, Judge.

At a meeting on 17 September 2007, the Judges of the Court of
First Instance,
in accordance with Article 7 of the Rules of
Procedure, elected Judge Marc Jaeger as President of the Court of
Instance for the period from 17 September 2007 to
First
31 August 2010.

Election of Presidents of the Chambers

(2007/C 269/69)

On 20 September 2007, the Court of First Instance, in accord-
ance with Article 15 of the Rules of Procedure, elected Ms Tiili,
Mr Azizi, Mr Meij, Mr Vilaras, Mr Forwood, Ms Martins Ribeiro,
Mr Czúcz and Ms Pelikánová as Presidents of the Chambers
composed of five Judges and of the Chambers composed of
three Judges for
the period from 20 September 2007 to
31 August 2010.

Second Chamber, Extended Composition, sitting with five Judges:

Ms Pelikánová, President of
the Chamber, Mr Dehousse,
Ms Wiszniewska-Białecka, Ms Jürimäe and Mr Soldevila Fragoso,
Judges.

Second Chamber, sitting with three Judges:

Ms Pelikánová, President of the Chamber;

Ms Jürimäe, Judge;

Mr Soldevila Fragoso, Judge.

Third Chamber, Extended Composition, sitting with five Judges:

Mr Azizi, President of the Chamber, Mr Cooke, Ms Cremona,
Ms Labucka and Mr Frimodt Nielsen, Judges.

Third Chamber, sitting with three Judges:

Mr Azizi, President of the Chamber;

Ms Cremona, Judge;

Mr Frimodt Nielsen, Judge.

Assignment of Judges to the Chambers

Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition, sitting with five Judges:

(2007/C 269/70)

Mr Czúcz, President of the Chamber, Mr Cooke, Ms Cremona,
Ms Labucka and Mr Frimodt Nielsen, Judges.

On 19 and 25 September 2007, the Court of First Instance
decided to establish eight Chambers of five Judges and eight
Chambers of three Judges for the period from 25 September
2007 to 31 August 2010, and to assign the Judges to them as
follows:

First Chamber, Extended Composition, sitting with five Judges:

Fourth Chamber, sitting with three Judges:

Mr Czúcz, President of the Chamber;

Mr Cooke, Judge;

Ms Labucka, Judge.

Tiili,

President

Ms
Chamber, Mr Dehousse,
the
Ms Wiszniewska-Białecka, Ms Jürimäe and Mr Soldevila Fragoso,
Judges.

of

Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition, sitting with five Judges:

Mr Vilaras, President of the Chamber, Mr Vadapalas, Mr Prek,
Mr Tchipev and Mr Ciucă, Judges.
Case T-49/06: Order of the Court of First Instance of 7 September 2007 — González Sánchez v OHIM — Bankinter (ENCUENTA) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Article 63(4) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Lack of standing to bring proceedings — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2007-11-10
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, Spain, action for annulment (EU), bank, telecommunications, trade-mark law

C 269/48

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.11.2007

Order of the Court of First Instance of 5 September 2007
— Document Security Systems v ECB

Order of the Court of First Instance of 7 September 2007
— González Sánchez v OHIM — Bankinter (ENCUENTA)

(Case T-295/05) (1)

(Monetary Union — Issue of euro banknotes — Alleged use
of a patented invention designed to prevent counterfeiting —
Action for infringement of a European patent — Lack of
jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance — Inadmissibility
— Action for damages)

(Case T-49/06) (1)

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings —
Article 63(4) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Lack of
standing to bring proceedings — Inadmissibility)

(2007/C 269/86)

Language of the case: Spanish

(2007/C 269/85)

Parties

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Francisco Javier González Sánchez (Madrid, Spain)
(represented by: G. Justicia González, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas,
agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM:
Bankinter SA (Madrid, Spain)

(Rochester, New
Applicant: Document Security Systems,
York, United States) (represented by: L. Cohen, H. Sheraton, B.
Uphoff, solicitors, and C. Stanbrook, QC)

Inc.

Re:

(represented by: C.
Defendant: European Central Bank (ECB)
Zilioli and P. Machado, agents, assisted by E. Garayar Gutiérrez
and G. de Ulloa y Suelves, lawyers)

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of
Appeal of OHIM of 16 December 2005 (Case R 1116/2005-2)
concerning opposition proceedings between Bankinter SA and
the Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros.

Re:

Operative part of the order

The Court:

1. dismisses the action as inadmissible;

Action for a declaration that the ECB infringed the applicant's
rights conferred by a European patent and for compensation for
the resulting loss and damage that the applicant claims to have
suffered.

2. orders Francisco Javier González Sánchez to pay all of the costs.

(1) OJ C 310, 16.12.2006.

Operative part of the order

1. The action for patent infringement is dismissed as inadmissible.

2. The action for damages is dismissed.

3. Document Security Systems, Inc. is ordered to pay its own costs

and to pay those of the European Central Bank.

Action brought on 9 August 2007 — Offshore Legends v
OHIM — Acteon (OFFSHORE LEGENDS (in black and
white))

(Case T-305/07)

(2007/C 269/87)

Language in which the application was lodged: French

(1) OJ C 229, 17.9.2005.

Parties

Applicant: Offshore Legends NV (Nevele, Belgium) (represented
by: P. Maeyaert and N. Clarembeaux, lawyers)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4684 — AIG/ORCO/Hospitality Invest) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, insurance company, investment company, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 268/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.11.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4913 — Euraleo/Capitoloquattro/Sirti)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 268/03)

On 30 October 2007, 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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. 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:

— from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/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 under document number 32007M4913. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4684 — AIG/ORCO/Hospitality Invest)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 268/04)

On 10 October 2007, 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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. 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:

— from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/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 under document number 32007M4684. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).