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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6016 — Sun Capital/Divisie Vroom & Dreesmann) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, exchange of information, leisure, merger control








C_2010276EN.01000501.xml










13.10.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 276/5





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6016 — Sun Capital/Divisie Vroom & Dreesmann)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 276/04






1.


On 5 October 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 Sun Capital Partners Fund (‘Sun Capital’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Divisie Vroom & Dreesmann BV (‘Divisie Vroom & Dreesmann’, The Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Sun Capital: leveraged buyouts, equity, debt and other investments,










—


for Divisie Vroom & Dreesmann: retail sale of clothing, homeware, electronics, entertainment goods and books.














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.6016 — Sun Capital/Divisie Vroom & Dreesmann, 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’).
Publication of the application for recognition of a traditional term as provided for in Article 33 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009
Date: 2010-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United States, designation of origin, disclosure of information, location of production, originating product, product designation, wine








C_2010276EN.01000801.xml










13.10.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 276/8





Publication of the application for recognition of a traditional term as provided for in Article 33 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009
2010/C 276/06
According to Article 33 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 (1), an application for recognition of a traditional term shall be published in the Official Journal, C Series, in order to inform third parties of the existence of such an application, with the view of possibly objecting to the recognition and protection of the traditional term applied for.

PUBLICATION OF AN APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION OF A TRADITIONAL TERM ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 33 OF COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 607/2009







Date of receipt


22.6.2010




Number of pages


15




Language of the application


English




File number


TDT-US-N0018




Applicant: 





Wine America




1212 New York Avenue, Suite 425




Washington, DC 20005




UNITED STATES OF AMERICA









California Export Association




425 Market St., Suite 1000




San Francisco, CA 94105




UNITED STATES OF AMERICA




Denomination: CRUSTED
Traditional term under Article 118u(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Language: 






—


Article 31(1)(b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009




List of protected designations of origin or geographical indications concerned: 






—


Protected designations of origin




Grapevine products categories: 






—


Liqueur wine (Annex XIb to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007)




Definition: 






—


Crusted describes a fortified wine in which deposits may develop in the bottle.






(1)  OJ L 193, 24.7.2009, p. 60.
Publication of the application for recognition of a traditional term as provided for in Article 33 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009
Date: 2010-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United States, designation of origin, disclosure of information, location of production, originating product, product designation, wine








C_2010276EN.01000901.xml










13.10.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 276/9





Publication of the application for recognition of a traditional term as provided for in Article 33 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009
2010/C 276/07
According to Article 33 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 (1), an application for recognition of a traditional term shall be published in the Official Journal, C Series, in order to inform third parties of the existence of such an application, with the view of possibly objecting to the recognition and protection of the traditional term applied for.

PUBLICATION OF AN APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION OF A TRADITIONAL TERM ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 33 OF COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 607/2009







Date of receipt


22.6.2010




Number of pages


16




Language of the application


English




File number


TDT-US-N0019




Applicant: 





Wine America




1212 New York Avenue, Suite 425




Washington, DC 20005




UNITED STATES OF AMERICA









California Export Association




425 Market St., Suite 1000




San Francisco, CA 94105




UNITED STATES OF AMERICA




Denomination: CRUSTING
Traditional term under Article 118u(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Language: 






—


Article 31(1)(b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009




List of protected designations of origin or geographical indications concerned: 






—


Protected designations of origin




Grapevine products categories: 






—


Liqueur wine (Annex XIb to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007)




Definition: 






—


Crusting describes a fortified wine in which deposits may develop in the bottle.






(1)  OJ L 193, 24.7.2009, p. 60.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 921/2010 of 13 October 2010 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2010-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit








L_2010270EN.01005301.xml










14.10.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 270/53








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 921/2010
of 13 October 2010
         
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),


Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,

Whereas:

Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 October 2010.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 October 2010.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
            

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development






(1)  
            OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1.




ANNEX
Standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables







(EUR/100 kg)




CN code


Third country code (1)



Standard import value




0702 00 00 


MA 


70,7 




MK 


58,1 




TR 


95,0 




ZZ 


74,6 




0707 00 05 


MK 


66,6 




TR 


128,9 




ZZ 


97,8 




0709 90 70 


TR 


125,7 




ZZ 


125,7 




0805 50 10 


AR 


71,2 




BR 


100,4 




CL 


95,2 




IL 


91,2 




TR 


94,6 




UY 


117,2 




ZA 


64,9 




ZZ 


90,7 




0806 10 10 


BR 


211,5 




TR 


133,1 




ZA 


64,2 




ZZ 


136,3 




0808 10 80 


AR 


75,7 




BR 


51,1 




CL 


149,6 




CN 


82,6 




NZ 


111,9 




ZA 


94,5 




ZZ 


94,2 




0808 20 50 


CN 


96,0 




ZA 


88,6 




ZZ 


92,3 






(1)  Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘
            ZZ
            ’ stands for ‘of other origin’.
Publication of the application for recognition of a traditional term as provided for in Article 33 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009
Date: 2010-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United States, designation of origin, disclosure of information, originating product, product designation, wine








C_2010276EN.01000601.xml










13.10.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 276/6





Publication of the application for recognition of a traditional term as provided for in Article 33 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009
2010/C 276/05
According to Article 33 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 (1), an application for recognition of a traditional term shall be published in the Official Journal, Series C, in order to inform third parties of the existence of such an application, with the view of possibly objecting to the recognition and protection of the traditional term applied for.

PUBLICATION OF AN APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION OF A TRADITIONAL TERM ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 33 OF COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 607/2009







Date of receipt


22.6.2010




Number of pages


19




Language of the application


English




File number


TDT-US-N0017




Applicant: 





Wine America




1212 New York Avenue, Suite 425




Washington, DC 20005




UNITED STATES OF AMERICA









California Export Association




425 Market St., Suite 1000




San Francisco, CA 94105




UNITED STATES OF AMERICA




Denomination: CREAM
Traditional term under Article 118u(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Language: 






—


Article 31(1)(b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009




List of protected designations of origin or geographical indications concerned: 






—


Protected designations of origin




Grapevine products categories: 






—


Liqueur wine (Annex XIb to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007)




Definition: 






—


‘Cream’ describes a style of US fortified sweet wine. The wine will be pale yellow to light amber in colour, rich and sweet to taste and typically with a vinous to fruity aroma. However, the wines may reflect the characteristics of careful aging showing ‘developed’ characters. The wine can be blended from more than one vintage and typically sustaining sweet vinous characters. Ageing takes place in a variety of vessels. Fortification must be from grape spirit.






(1)  OJ L 193, 24.7.2009, p. 60.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5855 — DB/Arriva)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of passengers, economic concentration, exchange of information, means of public conveyance, merger control








C_2010276EN.01000101.xml










13.10.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 276/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5855 — DB/Arriva)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 276/01
On 11 August 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:






—


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 32010M5855. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case T-485/10: Action brought on 13 October 2010 — MIP Metro v OHIM — J.C. Ribeiro SGPS (MISS B)
Date: 2010-10-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment, trade-mark law








C_2010346EN.01005101.xml










18.12.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 346/51





Action brought on 13 October 2010 — MIP Metro v OHIM — J.C. Ribeiro SGPS (MISS B)
(Case T-485/10)
()
2010/C 346/100
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: MIP METRO Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: J.-C Plate and R. Kaase, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: J.C. Ribeiro SGPS S.A. (Sta Maria de Feira, Portugal)

Form of order sought







—


Declare the action admissible, together with the annexes thereto, against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 5 August 2010 in Case R 1526/2009-1;










—


annul the contested decision in so far as it concerns the opposition to the trade mark application for goods in Classes 14 and 25, since it is incompatible with Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94;










—


order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings, including the costs of the appeal proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for a Community trade mark: J.C. Ribeiro SGPS S.A.

Community trade mark concerned: word mark 'MISS B' for goods in Classes 14, 16, 18, 21, 25 and 28.

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: the applicant.

Mark or sign cited in opposition: German and international word mark ‘miss H.’ for goods in Classes 6, 9, 14, 16, 18, 25 and 26, and the German figurative mark containing the word element ‘Miss H.’ for goods in Classes 3, 8, 9, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 25 and 26.

Decision of the Opposition Division: opposition upheld.

Decision of the Board of Appeal: appeal granted.

Pleas in law: infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009, (1) since there is a likelihood of confusion between the two opposing marks.


(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2010-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, interest








C_2010276EN.01000201.xml










13.10.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 276/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

12 October 2010
2010/C 276/02

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3833




JPY


Japanese yen


113,35




DKK


Danish krone


7,4569




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87360




SEK


Swedish krona


9,2460




CHF


Swiss franc


1,3298




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,1240




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,524




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


273,85




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7091




PLN


Polish zloty


3,9640




RON


Romanian leu


4,2743




TRY


Turkish lira


1,9659




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4076




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4023




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,7350




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8334




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,8083




KRW


South Korean won


1 561,58




ZAR


South African rand


9,5572




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,2313




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3247




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 365,20




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,3000




PHP


Philippine peso


60,477




RUB


Russian rouble


41,6800




THB


Thai baht


41,437




BRL


Brazilian real


2,3106




MXN


Mexican peso


17,2359




INR


Indian rupee


61,7846






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