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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6140 — DuPont/Danisco) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, foodstuff, merger control, research and development








C_2011077EN.01002001.xml










11.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 77/20





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6140 — DuPont/Danisco)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 77/12






1.


On 1 March 2011, 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 E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (‘DuPont’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the undertaking Danisco A/S (‘Danisco’, Denmark) by way of a public bid.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for undertaking DuPont: research, development, production, distribution, and sales of a variety of chemical products, plastics, agro-chemicals, paints, seeds, and other materials, including those developed through biotechnology,










—


for undertaking Danisco: research, development, production, distribution, and sales of food ingredients, including enablers, cultures, enzymes and sweeteners, as well as industrial enzymes.














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.6140 — DuPont/Danisco, 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’).
Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/137/CFSP and Council Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya apply
Date: 2011-03-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Libya, administrative sanction, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, social conflict








C_2011077EN.01000501.xml










11.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 77/5





Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/137/CFSP and Council Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya apply
2011/C 77/05
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities that appear in the Annex to Council Implementing Decision 2011/156/CFSP (1) and in the Annex to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 233/2011 (2) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya.
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 list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/137/CFSP (3) and to Council Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 (4) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya.
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 websites in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 204/2011, 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 abovementioned list should be reconsidered, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




TEFS Coordination




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 64, 11.3.2001, p. 29.

(2)  OJ L 64, 11.3.2001, p. 13.

(3)  OJ L 58, 3.3.2011, p. 53.

(4)  OJ L 58, 3.3.2011, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6116 — Europ Assistance France/Malakoff Mederic/EAP France) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, social assistance, supplementary pension








C_2011077EN.01002101.xml










11.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 77/21





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6116 — Europ Assistance France/Malakoff Mederic/EAP France)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 77/13






1.


On 4 March 2011, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Malakoff Médéric Assurances (‘Malakoff Médéric’, France), a subsidiary of the Malakoff Médéric Group, and Europ Assistance France SA (‘EAF’, France), a subsidiary of the Generali Group, acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of EAP France SAS (‘EAP’, France) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Malakoff Médéric is active in the supplementary pensions sector and manages pension institutions in France,










—


EAF specialises in all types of assistance to persons,










—


EAP sells business caretaker services.














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.6116 — Europ Assistance France/Malakoff Mederic/EAP France, 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-127/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Arbeidshof te Antwerpen (Belgium) lodged on 11 March 2011 — Aldegonda van den Booren v Rijksdienst voor Pensioenen
Date: 2011-03-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: family benefit, restriction on competition, social legislation, social-security harmonisation, worker (EU)








C_2011152EN.01001502.xml










21.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 152/15





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Arbeidshof te Antwerpen (Belgium) lodged on 11 March 2011 — Aldegonda van den Booren v Rijksdienst voor Pensioenen
(Case C-127/11)
2011/C 152/27
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Arbeidshof te Antwerpen

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Aldegonda van den Booren

Defendant: Rijksdienst voor Pensioenen

Questions referred







1.


Is Article 52(1) of the koninklijk besluit van 21 december 1967 tot vaststelling van het algemeen reglement betreffende het rust- en overlevingspensioen voor werknemers (Royal Decree of 21 December 1967 on the general regulation of the retirement and survivor’s pension scheme for employed workers), under which a survivor’s pension is reduced as a result of the increase in an old-age pension awarded under the Wet van 31 mei 1956 inzake een algemene ouderdomsverzekering (Law of 31 May 1956 on general old-age pensions) pursuant to the implementation of the equal treatment of men and women by the Law of 28 March 1985, compatible with Community law, in particular with Article 46a of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 (1) of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community;










2.


Is Article 52(1) of the koninklijk besluit van 21 december 1967 tot vaststelling van het algemeen reglement betreffende het rust- en overlevingspensioen voor werknemers (Royal Decree of 21 December 1967 on the general regulation of the retirement and survivor’s pension scheme for employed workers) compatible with Community law, in particular with Articles 10 and 39 to 42 of the Treaty of 25 March 1957 establishing the European Community, if that provision is interpreted in such a way that an old-age pension awarded under the Wet van 31 mei 1956 inzake een algemene ouderdomsverzekering (Law of 31 May 1956 on general old-age pensions) is to be included under the retirement pensions or equivalent benefits referred to in that provision, and in case of incompatibility, should Article 52(1) of the koninklijk besluit van 21 december 1967 then be disapplied?






(1)  OJ, English Special Edition, 1971 (II), p. 416