do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5840 — Otto/Quelle Schweiz Assets) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-04-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: brand name, distance selling, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial services, intellectual property, merger control, retail selling








C_2010094EN.01001701.xml










14.4.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 94/17





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5840 — Otto/Quelle Schweiz Assets)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 94/11






1.


On 31 March 2010, 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 Unito Versandhandels GmbH (Unito, Austria), belonging to the Otto Group (Germany), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of various assets of the undertaking Quelle Versand AG i.L. (in liquidation) (Switzerland) and its subsidiary Spengler Versand AG (Switzerland) (together ‘Quelle Schweiz Assets’, Switzerland). The Otto Group has recently acquired various assets (trademarks and trademark applications, a patent, domain names, copyrights and rights of use of client data) of the Primondo Group i.L. (Case COMP/M.5721 — Otto/Primondo Assets).










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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Otto Group: Trading and service company, which is internationally active in the retail (in particular home-shopping), financial services and services sector,










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Quelle Schweiz Assets: Trademarks and trademark applications, domain names, copyrights, product data and rights of use of client data of Quelle Versand AG i.L. and Spengler Versand AG, active in particular in the area of home-shopping in Switzerland.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.










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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5840 — Otto/Quelle Schweiz Assets, 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’).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5800 — Bridgepoint/Care UK) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-04-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, disclosure of information, economic concentration, financial services, health care, investment company, merger control, provision of services, restrictive-practice authorisation, telecommunications








C_2010094EN.01001201.xml










14.4.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 94/12





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5800 — Bridgepoint/Care UK)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 94/07
On 7 April 2010, 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:






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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,










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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32010M5800. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Commission Opinion of 14 April 2010 relating to the modified plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from Building 443.26 operated by General Electric Healthcare Ltd (formerly Amersham plc) at the Harwell International Business Centre in the United Kingdom, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty
Date: 2010-04-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC opinion, United Kingdom, public health, radioactive pollution, radioactivity








C_2010095EN.01000101.xml










15.4.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 95/1





COMMISSION OPINION
of 14 April 2010
relating to the modified plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from Building 443.26 operated by General Electric Healthcare Ltd (formerly Amersham plc) at the Harwell International Business Centre in the United Kingdom, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty
(only the English text is authentic)
2010/C 95/01
On 11 November 2009, the European Commission received from the British Government, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty, General Data relating to the modified plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from Building 443.26 operated by General Electric Healthcare Ltd (formerly Amersham plc).
On the basis of these data and following consultation with the Group of Experts, the Commission has drawn up the following opinion:






1.


The distance between the facility and the nearest Member State, in this case France, is approximately 225 km.










2.


The planned modification concerns an envisaged increase in the authorised discharge limit for airborne radon-222.










3.


Under normal operating conditions, the planned modification will not cause an exposure liable to affect the health of the population in another Member State.










4.


In the event of unplanned releases of radioactive effluents, which may follow an accident of the type and magnitude considered in the General Data, the doses received in another Member State will not be liable to affect the health of the population.




In conclusion, the Commission is of the opinion that the implementation of the modified plan for the disposal of radioactive waste in whatever form arising from Building 443.26, operated by General Electric Healthcare Ltd (formerly Amersham plc), located at the Harwell International Business Centre in the United Kingdom, both in normal operation and in the event of an accident of the type and magnitude considered in the General Data, is not liable to result in radioactive contamination of the water, soil or airspace of another Member State.

Done at Brussels, 14 April 2010.


For the Commission

Günther OETTINGER

Member of the Commission
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: 2010-04-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, cultural promotion








C_2010094EN.01000801.xml










14.4.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 94/8





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)
2010/C 94/05






Date of adoption of the decision


23.1.2009




Reference number of State Aid


N 577/08




Member State


Spain




Region


Madrid




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Ayudas para producciones teatrales, musicales y de danza




Legal basis


Ley 2/95 de 8 de marzo — Subvenciones de la Comunidad de Madrid; Ley 38/2003 de 17 de noviembre — General de subvenciones; proyecto de Orden de la Consejería de Cultura y Turismo por la que se convocan ayudas a la producción coreográfica para el año 2009 y 2010; proyecto de Orden de la Consejería de Cultura y Turismo, por la que se convocan ayudas a la actividad teatral para los años 2009 y 2010; proyecto de Orden de la Consejería de Cultura y Turismo, por la que se convocan ayudas a la producción musical para el año 2009 y 2010




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Culture




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Annual budget: EUR 4 257 500 million
Overall budget: EUR 8 515 000 million




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


25.11.2008-25.11.2010




Economic sectors


Recreational, cultural sporting activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Comunidad de Madrid




Consejería de Cultura y Turismo




C/ Alcalá, 31




28014 Madrid




ESPAÑA








Other information


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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/state_aids_texts_en.htm