do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5971 — PPC/Urbaser/JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, environmental economics, exchange of information, merger control








C_2010353EN.01000701.xml










28.12.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 353/7





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5971 — PPC/Urbaser/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 353/02
On 17 December 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 32010M5971. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2010-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2010353EN.01001601.xml










28.12.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 353/16





Euro exchange rates (1)

27 December 2010
2010/C 353/13

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3136




JPY


Japanese yen


108,89




DKK


Danish krone


7,4532




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85230




SEK


Swedish krona


8,9771




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2626




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,8350




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,350




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


278,83




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7092




PLN


Polish zloty


3,9763




RON


Romanian leu


4,2884




TRY


Turkish lira


2,0356




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3113




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3240




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,2211




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7569




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7095




KRW


South Korean won


1 511,06




ZAR


South African rand


8,8290




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,7102




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3878




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 866,25




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,0656




PHP


Philippine peso


57,882




RUB


Russian rouble


39,9191




THB


Thai baht


39,651




BRL


Brazilian real


2,2194




MXN


Mexican peso


16,2203




INR


Indian rupee


59,4250






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5961 — Bertrand Restauration/InBev France/Bars&Co)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: catering, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control








C_2010353EN.01000901.xml










28.12.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 353/9





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5961 — Bertrand Restauration/InBev France/Bars&Co)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 353/06
On 17 December 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 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 32010M5961. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2010-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2010353EN.01001401.xml










28.12.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 353/14





Euro exchange rates (1)

23 December 2010
2010/C 353/11

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3064




JPY


Japanese yen


108,95




DKK


Danish krone


7,453




GBP


Pound sterling


0,8482




SEK


Swedish krona


8,963




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2553




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,837




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,305




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


278,43




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7094




PLN


Polish zloty


3,9798




RON


Romanian leu


4,2888




TRY


Turkish lira


2,0302




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3049




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3273




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,1629




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7531




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7069




KRW


South Korean won


1 510,51




ZAR


South African rand


8,8216




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,6785




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,39




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 824,28




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,0675




PHP


Philippine peso


57,703




RUB


Russian rouble


40,0035




THB


Thai baht


39,401




BRL


Brazilian real


2,2226




MXN


Mexican peso


16,1027




INR


Indian rupee


58,97






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-596/10: Action brought on 28 December 2010 — Almunia Textil v OHIM — FIBA Europe (EuroBasket)
Date: 2010-12-28
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment, trade-mark law








C_2011080EN.01002002.xml










12.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 80/20





Action brought on 28 December 2010 — Almunia Textil v OHIM — FIBA Europe (EuroBasket)
(Case T-596/10)
2011/C 80/39
Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Almunia Textil, SA (La Almunia de Doña Godina, Spain) (represented by: J. E. Astiz Suárez, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: FIBA Europe eV (Munich, Germany)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 6 October 2010 in Case R 280/2010-1.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for a Community trade mark: FIBA Europe eV.

Community trade mark concerned: Word mark ‘EuroBasket’ for goods and services in Classes 9, 14, 16, 24, 25, 26, 28, 35, 38 and 41.

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Almunia Textil, SA.

Mark or sign cited in opposition: Community and national figurative marks containing the word element ‘Basket’, for goods in Classes 18, 25 and 28.

Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition upheld in part and Community trade mark application rejected in part for goods in Classes 9, 25, 28 and 41.

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal allowed and opposition rejected.

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 marks at issue.


(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1).
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: 2010-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, State aid, control of State aid, defence expenditure








C_2010353EN.01001001.xml










28.12.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 353/10





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 353/07






Date of adoption of the decision


8.4.2009




Reference number of State Aid


N 628/08




Member State


France




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Aide à la protection sociale complémentaire des militaires




Legal basis


Article 40 de la loi no 2007-148 du 2 février 2007 de la modernisation de la fonction publique.
Projet de décret relatif à la participation de l'État et de ses établissements publics au financement de la protection de militaires.




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Social support to individual consumers




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Annual budget: EUR 91 million
Overall budget: EUR 13 million




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


1.1.2010-31.12.2016




Economic sectors


Service activities




Name and address of the granting authority


Ministère de la défense




Other information


—




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
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6074 — CEZ/EPH/Mibrag Group)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, mining industry








C_2010353EN.01000802.xml










28.12.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 353/8





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6074 — CEZ/EPH/Mibrag Group)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 353/05
On 17 December 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 32010M6074. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6002 — Intel/GE/JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, telecommunications industry








C_2010353EN.01000801.xml










28.12.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 353/8





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6002 — Intel/GE/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 353/04
On 22 October 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 32010M6002. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/800/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 apply
Date: 2010-12-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: North Korea, administrative sanction, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, natural person








C_2010353EN.01001301.xml










28.12.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 353/13





Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/800/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 apply
2010/C 353/10
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities that appear in Annexes II and III to Council Decision 2010/800/CFSP and in Annex V to Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons and entities that appear in the above-mentioned Annexes should be included in the lists of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/800/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The attention of the persons and entities concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated in the web-sites in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 329/2007, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 7 of the Regulation).
The persons and entities concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the above-mentioned lists should be reconsidered, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




The attention of the persons and entities concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council's decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, 2nd paragraph, and Article 263, 4th and 6th paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5957 — CD&R Fund VIII/Goldman Sachs/HGI)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control








C_2010353EN.01000702.xml










28.12.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 353/7





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5957 — CD&R Fund VIII/Goldman Sachs/HGI)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 353/03
On 3 September 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 32010M5957. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6089 — PAI/Hunkemöller) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, textile industry








C_2010353EN.01002201.xml










28.12.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 353/22





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6089 — PAI/Hunkemöller)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 353/16






1.


On 16 December 2010, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which PAI Partners SAS (‘PAI’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Hunkemöller International BV (‘HKM’, The Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for PAI: private equity fund,










—


for HKM: retail sale of different types of women's underwear.














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.6089 — PAI/Hunkemöller, 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’).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2010-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2010353EN.01001501.xml










28.12.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 353/15





Euro exchange rates (1)

24 December 2010
2010/C 353/12

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3099




JPY


Japanese yen


108,63




DKK


Danish krone


7,4527




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84960




SEK


Swedish krona


8,9885




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2618




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,8260




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,328




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


279,20




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7094




PLN


Polish zloty


3,9655




RON


Romanian leu


4,2878




TRY


Turkish lira


2,0289




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3052




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3236




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,1913




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7508




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7025




KRW


South Korean won


1 507,20




ZAR


South African rand


8,8353




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,6807




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3870




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 842,02




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,0548




PHP


Philippine peso


57,713




RUB


Russian rouble


39,9415




THB


Thai baht


39,570




BRL


Brazilian real


2,2155




MXN


Mexican peso


16,1904




INR


Indian rupee


59,0952






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Article 4(1)(b) of Council Decision 2010/801/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d'Ivoire apply
Date: 2010-12-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Côte d'Ivoire, administrative sanction, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, natural person








C_2010353EN.01001101.xml










28.12.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 353/11





Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Article 4(1)(b) of Council Decision 2010/801/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d'Ivoire apply
2010/C 353/08
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities that appear in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/801/CFSP (1) renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d'Ivoire.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons and entities that appear in the above-mentioned Annex should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2010/801/CFSP.
The persons and entities concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the abovementioned lists should be reconsidered, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




The attention of the persons and entities concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council's decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, second paragraph, and Article 263, fourth and sixth paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  OJ L 341, 23.12.2010.