do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given at its meeting of 22 February 2008 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/A.37.792 — Microsoft (2) — Rapporteur: Spain
Date: 2009-07-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, advisory committee (EU), economic concentration, exchange of information, information technology industry, merger control, technical standard








C_2009166EN.01001501.xml










18.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 166/15





Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given at its meeting of 22 February 2008 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/A.37.792 — Microsoft (2)
Rapporteur: Spain
2009/C 166/06






1.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the definitive amount of the periodic penalty payment to be imposed on Microsoft for failure to comply with its obligation to make Interoperability Information available to interested undertakings on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, pursuant to Article 5(a) of Commission Decision 2007/53/EC of 24 March 2004.










2.


The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of it's Opinion in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given at its meeting of 30 November 2007 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/A.37.792 — Microsoft (1) — Rapporteur: Spain
Date: 2009-07-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC opinion, Spain, economic concentration, exchange of information, information technology industry, merger control, restrictive trade practice, technical standard








C_2009166EN.01001401.xml










18.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 166/14





Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given at its meeting of 30 November 2007 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/A.37.792 — Microsoft (1)
Rapporteur: Spain
2009/C 166/05






1.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the WSPP Pricing Principles appropriately reflect the rationale of the Decision of 24 March 2004 in Case COMP/C-3/37.792 and can therefore serve as a basis to assess the reasonableness of the remuneration schemes established by Microsoft for the purposes of the present Decision.










2.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the interpretation provided in the Decision of the three criteria contained in the WSPP Pricing Principles (i.e., Microsoft's own creation, innovation and comparison with similar technologies) reflects adequately the value of Microsoft's interoperability Information for its users, to the exclusion of the ‘strategic value’ stemming from Microsoft's market power in the client PC operating system market or in the work group server operating system market.










3.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that Microsoft's remuneration schemes for the ‘No Patent’ Agreement prior to 22 October 2007 were not ‘reasonable’, in the meaning of Article 5(a) of the Decision of 24 March 2004 in case COMP/C-3/37.792.










4.


The Advisory Committee agrees with that Commission may fix the definitive amount of the periodic penalty payment for Microsoft's non-compliance with Article 5(a) of the Decision of 24 March 2004 pursuant to Article 24(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003.










5.


The Advisory Committee agrees on ‘the relevant period’ of non-compliance concerned by the Decision.










6.


The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of its Opinion in the Official journal of the European Union.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-07-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2009166EN.01001301.xml










18.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 166/13





Euro exchange rates (1)

17 July 2009
2009/C 166/04

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4090




JPY


Japanese yen


132,06




DKK


Danish krone


7,4453




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86530




SEK


Swedish krona


11,0476




CHF


Swiss franc


1,5193




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,9960




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,918




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


274,20




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7000




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3355




RON


Romanian leu


4,2475




TRY


Turkish lira


2,1525




AUD


Australian dollar


1,7621




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5734




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,9198




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,1884




SGD


Singapore dollar


2,0438




KRW


South Korean won


1 780,60




ZAR


South African rand


11,4140




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,6259




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3360




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 340,05




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,0238




PHP


Philippine peso


67,567




RUB


Russian rouble


44,8010




THB


Thai baht


47,991




BRL


Brazilian real


2,7293




MXN


Mexican peso


19,1765




INR


Indian rupee


68,6610






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5517 — BNPPIP/CAAM/Fund Channel) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-07-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, financial management, investment company, logistics, merger control








C_2009166EN.01001201.xml










18.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 166/12





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5517 — BNPPIP/CAAM/Fund Channel)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 166/03
On 9 July 2009, 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 (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in French 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,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32009M5517. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Corrigendum to Directive 2007/64/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on payment services in the internal market amending Directives 97/7/EC, 2002/65/EC, 2005/60/EC and 2006/48/EC and repealing Directive 97/5/EC ( OJ L 319, 5.12.2007 )
Date: 2009-07-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: banking, drafting of EU law, electronic money, financial institution, financial legislation, intra-EU payment, single market








L_2009187EN.01000501.xml










18.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 187/5







Corrigendum to Directive 2007/64/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on payment services in the internal market amending Directives 97/7/EC, 2002/65/EC, 2005/60/EC and 2006/48/EC and repealing Directive 97/5/EC
(
Official Journal of the European Union L 319 of 5 December 2007
)

On page 26, Article 51(1), first sentence:
for:

               ‘Where the payment service user is not a consumer, the parties may agree that Article 52(1), the second subparagraph of Article 54(2), and Articles 59, 61, 62, 63, 66 and 75 shall not apply in whole or in part.’,
read:

               ‘Where the payment service user is not a consumer, the parties may agree that Article 52(1), Article 54(3), and Articles 59, 61, 62, 63, 66 and 75 shall not apply in whole or in part.’;
on page 34, Article 88(2), second sentence:
for:

               ‘However, they shall notify the competent authorities of the home Member State of these activities by 25 December 2007.’,
read:

               ‘However, they shall notify the competent authorities of the home Member State of these activities by 25 December 2009.’.
Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 444/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 May 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States ( OJ L 142, 6.6.2009 )
Date: 2009-07-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: European Data Protection Supervisor, European standard, biometrics, passport, public safety








L_2009188EN.01012701.xml










18.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 188/127







Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 444/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 May 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States
(
Official Journal of the European Union L 142 of 6 June 2009
)

On the cover and on page 1, the title should read as follows:
for:


                        ‘Regulation (EC) No 444/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 May 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States’,

read:


                        ‘Regulation (EC) No 444/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5572 — Barclays/CNP/Barclays Vida y Pensiones) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-07-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, financial services, heritage protection, insurance company, investment, merger control








C_2009166EN.01003201.xml










18.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 166/32





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5572 — Barclays/CNP/Barclays Vida y Pensiones)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 166/11






1.


On 9 July 2009, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Barclays Group (‘Barclays’, UK) and CNP Assurances (‘CNP’, France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of Barclays Vida y Pensiones Compañía de Seguros S.A. (‘BVP’, Spain), currently under sole control of Barclays, by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Barclays: a global financial services provider engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management and investment management services,










—


for undertaking CNP: a global insurance company, offering mainly life insurance, pension products and some non-life insurance,










—


for undertaking BVP: wholly-owned life insurance and pension subsidiary of Barclays for Spain and Portugal.














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.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed 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 2964301 or 2967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5572 — Barclays/CNP/Barclays Vida y Pensiones, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




J-70




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.