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Case T-55/08: Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2011 — UEFA v Commission (Television broadcasting — Article 3a of Directive 89/552/EEC — Measures taken by the United Kingdom concerning events of major importance to United Kingdom society — European Football Championship — Decision declaring the measures compatible with Community law — Statement of reasons — Articles 49 EC and 86 EC — Right to property)
Date: 2011-02-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), competition law, free movement of programmes, professional sport, sporting event, sports body








C_2011103EN.01002001.xml










2.4.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 103/20





Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2011 — UEFA v Commission
(Case T-55/08) (1)

(Television broadcasting - Article 3a of Directive 89/552/EEC - Measures taken by the United Kingdom concerning events of major importance to United Kingdom society - European Football Championship - Decision declaring the measures compatible with Community law - Statement of reasons - Articles 49 EC and 86 EC - Right to property)
2011/C 103/34
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Union des associations européennes de football (UEFA) (Nyon, Switzerland) (represented by: A. Bell, K. Learoyd, Solicitors, D. Anderson QC and B. Keane, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Benyon and E. Montaguti, Agents, assisted by J. Flynn QC and M. Lester, Barrister)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: C. Pochet, Agent, assisted by J. Stuyck, lawyer); United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented initially by: S. Behzadi-Spencer and V. Jackson, and subsequently by S. Behzadi-Spencer and L. Seeboruth, Agents, assisted by T. de la Mare and B. Kennelly, Barristers)

Re:

APPLICATION for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2007/730/EC of 16 October 2007 on the compatibility with Community law of measures taken by the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 3a(1) of Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (OJ 2007 L 295, p. 12).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the Union des associations européennes de football (UEFA) to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;










3.


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






(1)  OJ C 107, 26.4.2008.
Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union OJ C 38, 5.2.2011
Date: 2011-02-12
Institutions: Court of Justice of the European Union
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union








C_2011046EN.01000101.xml










12.2.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 46/1





2011/C 46/01
Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union



OJ C 38, 5.2.2011



Past publications


OJ C 30, 29.1.2011


OJ C 13, 15.1.2011


OJ C 346, 18.12.2010


OJ C 328, 4.12.2010


OJ C 317, 20.11.2010


OJ C 301, 6.11.2010

These texts are available on:
EUR-Lex: http://eur-lex.europa.eu
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6053 — CVC/Apollo/Brit Insurance)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-02-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, insurance company, investment company, merger control








C_2011045EN.01000301.xml










12.2.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 45/3





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6053 — CVC/Apollo/Brit Insurance)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 45/02
On 19 January 2011, 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 32011M6053. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6115 — Steinhoff/Conforama) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-02-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronics, exchange of information, logistics, merger control, miscellaneous industries, personal property, storage








C_2011045EN.01002001.xml










12.2.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 45/20





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6115 — Steinhoff/Conforama)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 45/08






1.


On 3 February 2011, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Steinhoff International Holdings Limited (‘Steinhoff’, South Africa) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over the Conforama Group (‘Conforama’, France), by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Steinhoff: manufacturing, wholesale and retailing of furniture and household goods, provision of logistics and warehousing services,










—


for Conforama: retailing of furniture, domestic equipment, decoration products, electronic appliances and consumer electronics.














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.6115 — Steinhoff/Conforama, 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: 2011-02-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2011045EN.01000401.xml










12.2.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 45/4





Euro exchange rates (1)

11 February 2011
2011/C 45/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3524




JPY


Japanese yen


113,01




DKK


Danish krone


7,4566




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84570




SEK


Swedish krona


8,8022




CHF


Swiss franc


1,3163




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,9300




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,250




HUF


Hungarian forint


271,67




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7040




PLN


Polish zloty


3,9193




RON


Romanian leu


4,2583




TRY


Turkish lira


2,1575




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3544




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3464




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,5411




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7869




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7358




KRW


South Korean won


1 525,88




ZAR


South African rand


9,8878




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,9164




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4110




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 107,49




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,1413




PHP


Philippine peso


59,354




RUB


Russian rouble


39,6880




THB


Thai baht


41,722




BRL


Brazilian real


2,2586




MXN


Mexican peso


16,3513




INR


Indian rupee


61,7880






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