do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5512 — Electrabel/E.ON) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, economic concentration, electrical energy, energy production, heating, merger control, natural gas, provision of services, restrictive-practice authorisation, waste management, water management








C_2009280EN.01000301.xml










20.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 280/3





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5512 — Electrabel/E.ON)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 280/02
On 16 October 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 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,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32009M5512. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2009280EN.01000401.xml










20.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 280/4





Euro exchange rates (1)

19 November 2009
2009/C 280/04

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4863




JPY


Japanese yen


132,05




DKK


Danish krone


7,4411




GBP


Pound sterling


0,89385




SEK


Swedish krona


10,2855




CHF


Swiss franc


1,5131




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,3920




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,605




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


266,96




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7081




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1358




RON


Romanian leu


4,2785




TRY


Turkish lira


2,2165




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6193




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5776




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


11,5190




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,0364




SGD


Singapore dollar


2,0664




KRW


South Korean won


1 727,00




ZAR


South African rand


11,2180




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


10,1491




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3183




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 208,07




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,0400




PHP


Philippine peso


69,973




RUB


Russian rouble


42,9468




THB


Thai baht


49,350




BRL


Brazilian real


2,5679




MXN


Mexican peso


19,4319




INR


Indian rupee


69,3360






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-41/07: Order of the Court of First Instance of 20 November 2009 — IPK International — World Tourism Marketing Consultants v Commission (Project Ecodata — Commission Decision in preparation of the forced execution of a claim due pursuant to an earlier decision — Action deprived of purpose — No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2009-11-20
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU financing, European Commission, action for annulment (EU), database, ecology, tourism








C_2010024EN.01005102.xml










30.1.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 24/51





Order of the Court of First Instance of 20 November 2009 — IPK International — World Tourism Marketing Consultants v Commission
(Case T-41/07) (1)

(Project Ecodata - Commission Decision in preparation of the forced execution of a claim due pursuant to an earlier decision - Action deprived of purpose - No need to adjudicate)
2010/C 24/90
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: IPK International — World Tourism Marketing Consultants (Munich, Germany) (represented by: C. Pitschas, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: B. Schima, acting as Agent, assisted by C. Arhold, lawyer)

Re:

Action for the annulment of Commission Decision C (2006) 6452 of 4 December 2006 on the recovery of advance payments in the amount of EUR 318 000 made to IPK International — World Tourism Marketing Consultants GmbH for the project Ecodata pursuant to the decision to grant financial assistance of 4 August 1992, prior to the Commission’s decision of 13 May 2005 to annul the financial assistance.

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no longer a need to give a ruling on the action.










2.


IPK International — World Tourism Marketing Consultants GmbH and the European Commission each bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 82 of 14.4.2007
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5713 — Altor/Pharmacy Company Sweden 1 AB und Pharmacy Company Sweden 8 AB) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Sweden, economic concentration, exchange of information, exclusive distribution agreement, investment company, merger control, pharmaceutical product, private limited company








C_2009280EN.01003201.xml










20.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 280/32





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5713 — Altor/Pharmacy Company Sweden 1 AB und Pharmacy Company Sweden 8 AB)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 280/12






1.


On 13 November 2009, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Altor Fund III GP Limited (as General Partner of Altor Fund III (No 1) Limited Partnership, Altor Fund III (No 2) Limited Partnership and as investment manager to Altor Fund III (No 3) Limited, Channel Islands) acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation, by way of purchase of shares, sole control of Pharmacy Company Sweden 1 AB and Pharmacy Company Sweden 8 AB (Sweden).










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Altor Fund III is a private equity investment fund. The Altor funds consist of three private equity funds and their respective portfolios of acquired companies. The three Altor private equity funds (Altor 2003 Fund, Altor Fund II and Altor Fund III) focus on investments in the mid-market segment of the Nordic region and are active in a variety of industries,










—


Pharmacy Company Sweden 1 AB and Pharmacy Company 8 AB are fully owned subsidiaries of the Swedish state-owned limited liability company Apoteket AB, which has had the exclusive right to sell pharmaceuticals on the Swedish market.














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 22964301 or 22967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5713 — Altor/Pharmacy Company Sweden 1 AB und Pharmacy Company Sweden 8 AB, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1118/2009 of 20 November 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 laying down animal health conditions for imports of certain birds into the Community and the quarantine conditions thereof (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2009-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, bird, health certificate, import (EU), poultry farming, third country, veterinary inspection, veterinary legislation








L_2009307EN.01000301.xml










21.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 307/3








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1118/2009
of 20 November 2009
         
amending Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 laying down animal health conditions for imports of certain birds into the Community and the quarantine conditions thereof
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,


Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 10(4) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 (2) lays down the animal health conditions for imports of certain birds other than poultry into the Community and the quarantine conditions applicable to such birds after import.












(2)


Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 requires Member States to communicate to the Commission and the other Member States a list of the approval numbers of approved quarantine facilities or centres located in their territory. Annex V to that Regulation sets out a list of approved quarantine facilities and centres.












(3)


Austria has reviewed its approved quarantine facilities and centres and has submitted to the Commission an updated list of those facilities and centres. The list of approved quarantine facilities and centres set out in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(4)


Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(5)


The measures in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
In Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 318/2007, the following entry for Austria is deleted:







‘AT


AUSTRIA


AT-3-HO-Q-1’






Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 November 2009.


For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56.

(2)  
            OJ L 84, 24.3.2007, p. 7.
Case C-455/09: Action brought on 20 November 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Poland
Date: 2009-11-20
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Poland, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, bathing water, environmental monitoring, national implementing measure, quality of the environment, water management








C_2010024EN.01003302.xml










30.1.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 24/33





Action brought on 20 November 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Poland
(Case C-455/09)
2010/C 24/61
Language of the case: Polish

Parties


Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: S. Pardo Quintillán and Ł. Habiak, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Poland

Form of order sought







—


declare that, by not bringing into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to give effect to Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC, (1) and in any event by not informing the Commission of those measures, the Republic of Poland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 18 of that directive;










—


order the Republic of Poland to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The period within which Directive 2006/7/EC had to be transposed expired on 24 March 2008.


(1)  OJ 2006 L 64, p. 37.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5653 — GDA/Furukawa-SKY/MITSUI/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aluminium, disclosure of information, economic concentration, industrial production, marketing, merger control, plate, restrictive-practice authorisation, thin sheet








C_2009280EN.01000302.xml










20.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 280/3





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5653 — GDA/Furukawa-SKY/MITSUI/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 280/03
On 11 November 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 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,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32009M5653. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.