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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5775 — Jarden/Home and Baby Care Business of Total) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer goods, distributive trades, economic concentration, exchange of information, health care, household electrical appliance, merger control, plastics, polishing and scouring preparations








C_2010054EN.01002501.xml










4.3.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 54/25





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5775 — Jarden/Home and Baby Care Business of Total)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 54/06






1.


On 24 February 2010, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Jarden Corporation (‘Jarden’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the EC Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertakings belonging to Home Care and Baby & Health Care business of Total SA (‘Home and Baby Care Business of Total’, consisting of: Financière Elysées Balzac SA, France; Baby Care Holding SAS, France; NUK USA, LLC, USA; Mapa GmbH, Germany; and Mapa Spontex (UK) Ltd., UK) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Jarden: provider of a range of consumer products including outdoor equipment, household products, home equipment, and producer of various plastic products,










—


Home and Baby Care Business of Total: provider of home care products and baby and health care products.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the EC Merger Regulation (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), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5775 — Jarden/Home and Baby Care Business of Total, 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 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32 (‘Notice on a simplified procedure’).
Case C-297/08: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 4 March 2010 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Directive 2006/12/EC — Articles 4 and 5 — Waste management — Management plan — Integrated and adequate network of disposal installations — Danger for human health or the environment — Force majeure — Civil disturbances — Organised crime)
Date: 2010-03-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Italy, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, environmental protection, judgment of the Court (EU), public health, waste disposal, waste management








C_2010113EN.01000801.xml










1.5.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 113/8





Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 4 March 2010 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic
(Case C-297/08) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Environment - Directive 2006/12/EC - Articles 4 and 5 - Waste management - Management plan - Integrated and adequate network of disposal installations - Danger for human health or the environment - Force majeure - Civil disturbances - Organised crime)
2010/C 113/11
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: C. Zadra, D. Recchia and J.-B. Laignelot, Agents)

Defendant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, and G. Aiello, avvocato dello Stato)

Interveners in support of the defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: S. Ossowski, Agent and K. Bacon, Barrister)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Articles 4 and 5 of Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on waste (OJ 2006 L 114, p. 9) — Region of Campania

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by failing to adopt, for the region of Campania, all the measures necessary to ensure that waste is recovered and disposed of without endangering human health and without harming the environment and, in particular, by failing to establish an integrated and adequate network of disposal installations, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 4 and 5 of Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on waste;










2.


Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs;










3.


Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 223, 30.8.2008.
The EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for three EFTA States applicable as from 1 December 2009 (Published in accordance with Article 10 of the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004 ( OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and in the EEA Supplement No 26/2006, 25.5.2006 , p. 1))
Date: 2010-03-04
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA, EFTA countries, State aid, control of State aid, interest, reimbursement of aid








C_2010054EN.01002201.xml










4.3.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 54/22





The EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for three EFTA States applicable as from 1 December 2009

(Published in accordance with Article 10 of the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004 (OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and in the EEA Supplement No 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1))

2010/C 54/03
Base rates are calculated in accordance with the Chapter on the method for setting reference and discount rates of the Authority’s State aid Guidelines as amended by the Authority’s Decision No 788/08/COL of 17 December 2008. To get the applicable reference rate, appropriate margins have to be added in accordance with the State aid Guidelines. For the discount rate this means that the appropriate margin of 100 basis points has to be added to the base rate. The recovery rate will also normally be calculated by adding 100 basis points to the base rate as foreseen in the Authority’s Decision No 789/08/COL of 17 December 2008 amending the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004 (published in OJ L 139, of 25.5.2006, p. 37 and in the EEA Supplement No 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1).








 


Iceland


Liechtenstein


Norway




1.1.2009-31.1.2009


16,42


2,95


6,43




1.2.2009-28.2.2009


16,42


2,33


5,41




1.3.2009-31.3.2009


16,42


1,58


4,26




1.4.2009-30.6.2009


16,42


1,10


3,38




1.7.2009-31.7.2009


11,24


0,86


2,84




1.8.2009-31.8.2009


8,52


0,86


2,84




1.9.2009-30.11.2009


6,67


0,86


2,84




1.12.2009-


6,67


0,72


2,84
Joined Cases T-407/06 and T-408/06: Judgment of the General Court of 4 March 2010 — Zhejiang Aokang Shoes and Wenzhou Taima Shoes v Council (Dumping — Imports of footwear with uppers of leather originating in China and Vietnam — Market economy treatment — Individual treatment — Sampling — Rights of the defence — Equal treatment — Injury — Legitimate expectations — Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based)
Date: 2010-03-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: China, Council of the European Union, Viet Nam, action for annulment (EU), anti-dumping duty, footwear industry, import (EU), leather, originating product








C_2010113EN.01003702.xml










1.5.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 113/37





Judgment of the General Court of 4 March 2010 — Zhejiang Aokang Shoes and Wenzhou Taima Shoes v Council
(Joined Cases T-407/06 and T-408/06) (1)

(Dumping - Imports of footwear with uppers of leather originating in China and Vietnam - Market economy treatment - Individual treatment - Sampling - Rights of the defence - Equal treatment - Injury - Legitimate expectations - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based)
2010/C 113/58
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Zhejiang Aokang Shoes Co., Ltd (Yongjia, China) (Case T-407/06) and Wenzhou Taima Shoes Co., Ltd (Wenzhou, China) (Case T-408/06) (represented by: I. MacVay, Solicitor, R. Thompson QC, and K. Beal, Barrister)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: J.-P. Hix, acting as Agent, assisted by G. Berrisch, lawyer)

Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. van Vliet and T. Scharf, actig as Agents); Confédération européenne de l’industrie de la chaussure (CEC) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented: initially by P. Vlaemminck, G. Zonnekeyn and S. Verhulst and subsequently by P. Vlaemminck and A. Hubert, lawyers); BA.LA. di Lanciotti Vittorio & C. Sas (Monte Urano, Italy) and the 16 other interveners listed in the Annex (represented by: G. Celona, P. Tabellini and C. Cavaliere, lawyers)

Re:

Applications for partial annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 1472/2006 of 5 October 2006 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitely the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain footwear with uppers of leather originating in the People’s Republic of China and Vietnam (OJ 2006 L 275, p. 1), in so far as it concerns the applicants.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the actions;










2.


Orders Zhejiang Aokang Shoes Co., Ltd and Wenzhou Taima Shoes Co., Ltd to bear their own costs as well as those incurred by the Council of the European Union;










3.


Orders the European Commission, the Confédération européenne de l’industrie de la chaussure (CEC), BA.LA. di Lanciotti Vittorio & C. Sas and the 16 other interveners listed in the Annex to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 42, 24.2.2007.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2010-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2010054EN.01000101.xml










4.3.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 54/1





Euro exchange rates (1)

3 March 2010
2010/C 54/01

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3641




JPY


Japanese yen


121,10




DKK


Danish krone


7,4420




GBP


Pound sterling


0,90570




SEK


Swedish krona


9,7945




CHF


Swiss franc


1,4629




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,0745




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,765




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


266,02




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7093




PLN


Polish zloty


3,9000




RON


Romanian leu


4,1005




TRY


Turkish lira


2,0986




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5116




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4097




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,5891




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,9767




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,9104




KRW


South Korean won


1 563,72




ZAR


South African rand


10,2804




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,3111




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,2700




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 644,45




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6004




PHP


Philippine peso


62,765




RUB


Russian rouble


40,7000




THB


Thai baht


44,586




BRL


Brazilian real


2,4418




MXN


Mexican peso


17,3653




INR


Indian rupee


62,5100






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.