do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6171 — IPIC/CEPSA)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, oil industry








C_2011236EN.01000702.xml










12.8.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 236/7





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6171 — IPIC/CEPSA)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 236/05
On 5 July 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 32011M6171. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
EU-27 ethyl alcohol balance for 2010 (Established on 7 July 2011 in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2336/2003)
Date: 2011-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU market, balance sheet, ethanol, exchange of information








C_2011236EN.01001601.xml










12.8.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 236/16





EU-27 ethyl alcohol balance for 2010
(Established on 7 July 2011 in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2336/2003)
2011/C 236/12









 



EU-27 ethyl alcohol balance for 2010


(Established on 7 July 2011 in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2336/2003
 (1))


Hectolitres of pure alcohol (HPA)




1.


Initial stock


—










—


Agricultural origin






9 311 119










—


Non-agricultural origin






—




2.


Production


—










—


Agricultural origin






55 135 250










—


Non-agricultural origin






—




3.


Imports (2)
 (3)



4 023 966










—


0 % Duty






1 937 944










—


Reduced duty






—










—


100 % duty






2 086 022




4.


Total resources


68 470 335




5.


Exports


659 044




6.


Internal consumption


57 265 208




 


Agricultural origin


Non-agricultural origin


Total




Food use


8 946 266


 


 




Industrial use


7 616 635


 


 




Fuel (3)



38 963 604


 


 




Other


1 738 703


 


 




 


Total


57 265 208


 


 




7.


Final stock


—










—


Agricultural origin






10 546 083










—


Non-agricultural origin






—





Sources: Communications from the Member States/Eurostat COMEXT.






(1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2336/2003 of 30 December 2003 introducing certain detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 670/2003 laying down specific measures concerning the market in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin (OJ L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 19).

(2)  Includes only products under codes CN 2207 10, CN 2207 20, CN 2208 90 91 and CN 2208 90 99.

(3)  7,3 million HPA under CN 3824 90 99 and 2,4 million HPA of ETBE under CN 2909 19 10 utilised to produce fuel have been excluded.

Sources: Communications from the Member States/Eurostat COMEXT.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2011-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2011236EN.01000901.xml










12.8.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 236/9





Euro exchange rates (1)

11 August 2011
2011/C 236/08

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4143




JPY


Japanese yen


108,29




DKK


Danish krone


7,4506




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87570




SEK


Swedish krona


9,2947




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0499




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,8205




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,185




HUF


Hungarian forint


276,77




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7093




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1759




RON


Romanian leu


4,3005




TRY


Turkish lira


2,5350




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3875




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4091




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


11,0317




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7353




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7210




KRW


South Korean won


1 533,02




ZAR


South African rand


10,3391




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,0437




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4515




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 104,71




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,2479




PHP


Philippine peso


60,146




RUB


Russian rouble


42,0250




THB


Thai baht


42,372




BRL


Brazilian real


2,3061




MXN


Mexican peso


17,6618




INR


Indian rupee


64,1600






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Winding-up proceedings — Decision to open winding-up proceedings in respect of LEX LIFE & PENSION SA (Publication in accordance with Article 14 of Directive 2001/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings)
Date: 2011-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Luxembourg, insurance company, judicial proceedings, liquidation








C_2011236EN.01001501.xml










12.8.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 236/15





Winding-up proceedings
Decision to open winding-up proceedings in respect of LEX LIFE & PENSION SA
(Publication in accordance with Article 14 of Directive 2001/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings)
2011/C 236/11






Insurance undertaking


LEX LIFE & PENSION SA established and with registered office at





2-4, rue Beck




1222 Luxembourg




LUXEMBOURG








Date, entry into force and nature of the decision


Commercial judgment No 790/2011 of 13 July 2011 winding up LEX LIFE & PENSION SA
Entry into force: 13 July 2011




Competent authority







Tribunal d'arrondissement de Luxembourg




Cité judiciaire




Bâtiment TL, CO, TJ




2080 Luxembourg




LUXEMBOURG








Supervisory authority







Commissariat aux assurances




7, boulevard Royal




2449 Luxembourg




LUXEMBOURG








Liquidator appointed







Maître Alain RUKAVINA




10A, boulevard de la Foire




1528 Luxembourg




LUXEMBOURG




BP 660 (L-2016)








Applicable law


Luxembourg law
Articles 58 and 60 of the amended Act of 6 December 1991 on the insurance sector, Articles 141, 144, 146, 147 and 149 of the Act of 10 August 1915 on commercial enterprises, and Articles 444, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 463, 464, 465-1, 3 and 5, 485, 487, 492, 499 paragraph 2, 528, 537, 538, 539, 540, 542, 543, 544, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 561, 562 and 567-1 of the Commercial Code, ‘Bankruptcy’ title
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6264 — Rhone Capital/Triton/Evonik carbon black business)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: coal industry, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, transport company








C_2011236EN.01000801.xml










12.8.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 236/8





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6264 — Rhone Capital/Triton/Evonik carbon black business)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 236/06
On 19 July 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 32011M6264. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6170 — First Reserve Fund XII/Finmeccanica/Ansaldo Energia)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aerospace industry, economic concentration, energy industry, investment company, merger control








C_2011236EN.01000701.xml










12.8.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 236/7





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6170 — First Reserve Fund XII/Finmeccanica/Ansaldo Energia)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 236/04
On 11 May 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 32011M6170. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6213 — Westfield/CPPIB/APG)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, pension scheme, real property, retail trade








C_2011236EN.01000602.xml










12.8.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 236/6





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6213 — Westfield/CPPIB/APG)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 236/03
On 5 August 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 32011M6213. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6273 — Samsung C&T Deutschland/Korea Development Bank/KNS Solar)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment, merger control, renewable energy








C_2011236EN.01000601.xml










12.8.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 236/6





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6273 — Samsung C&T Deutschland/Korea Development Bank/KNS Solar)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 236/02
On 3 August 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 32011M6273. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
The SESAR Joint Undertaking
Date: 2011-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air transport, common transport policy, invitation to tender, joint venture








C_2011236EN.01001701.xml










12.8.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 236/17





The SESAR Joint Undertaking
2011/C 236/13
The SESAR Joint Undertaking (the ‘SJU’) issued a call for proposals to become ‘Associate Partners of the SJU’ ref. SJU/LC/0055-CFP (OJ C 76, 10.3.2011, p. 15) on 1 February 2011. The call was exclusively addressed to SMEs, research organisations, universities, and institutes of higher education. The closing date for reception of the offers was initially set on 31 March 2011 and postponed to 4 May 2011.
The call for proposals was divided into six lots: lot 1 — Information management; lot 2 — Network & airport collaboration; lot 3 — Technical service management; lot 4 — Airborne & CNS systems; lot 5 — Modelling support to validation; lot 6 — UAV/UAS integration in SESAR.
Following the assessment of the proposals received in response to this open call for proposals and the endorsement of the SJU Executive Director’s recommendation by the Administrative Board on 1 July 2011, Framework Partnership Agreements have been awarded exclusively for lots 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 with the two entities having received the highest scores for each of these lots, as follows:






 


LOT 1:
MOSIA Consortium
AT-ONE Consortium










 


LOT 2:
OPTPROMISE Consortium
ACSES Consortium










 


LOT 4:
MAGNITUDE Consortium
AT-ONE Consortium










 


LOT 5:
INNOVATE Consortium
VERITAS Consortium










 


LOT 6:
ATM-FUSION Consortium
AT-ONE Consortium




For more information, please, refer to the SJU website: http://www.sesarju.eu
Case T-456/11: Action brought on 12 August 2011 — ICdA and Others v Commission
Date: 2011-08-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: chemical product, infringement of EU law, plastics








C_2011298EN.01002701.xml










8.10.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 298/27





Action brought on 12 August 2011 — ICdA and Others v Commission
(Case T-456/11)
2011/C 298/50
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: International Cadmium Association (ICdA) (Bruxelles, Belgium), Rockwood Pigments (UK) Ltd (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom) and James M Brown Ltd (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom) (represented by: R. Cana and K. Van Maldegem, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought







—


Annul the Contested Act, in so far, as it restricts the use of cadmium pigments in plastic materials, other than those plastic materials in which the use was restricted before the adoption of the Contested Act; and










—


Order the Commission to pay all the cost and expenses.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicants rely on eight pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging






—


that the contested regulation infringes Articles 137 (1)(a) and 68-71 of the REACH Regulation (1);














2.


Second plea in law, alleging






—


that the contested regulation is based on a manifest error of assessment;














3.


Third plea in law, alleging






—


that the contested regulation infringes the principle of legal certainty and legitimate expectations;














4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging






—


that the contested regulation infringes REACH regulation in so far as it imposes restrictions on a group of substances, not assessed individually;














5.


Fifth plea in law, alleging






—


that the contested regulation infringes the TBT agreement;














6.


Sixth plea in law, alleging






—


that the contested regulation infringes the applicants’ procedural rights;














7.


Seventh plea in law, alleging






—


that the contested regulation is inadequately reasoned, contrary to Article 296 TFEU;














8.


Eight plea in law, alleging






—


that the contested regulation infringes the principle of proportionality.










(1)  Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1)
Case T-445/11: Action brought on 12 August 2011 — Charron Inox and Almet v Commission
Date: 2011-08-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Commission, firm governed by commercial law, indemnification, legislative procedure








C_2011290EN.01001801.xml










1.10.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 290/18





Action brought on 12 August 2011 — Charron Inox and Almet v Commission
(Case T-445/11)
2011/C 290/26
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: Charron Inox (Marseille, France) and Almet (Satolas-et-Bonce, France) (represented by: P.-O. Koubi-Flotte, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought







—


first, annul Commission Regulation (EU) No 627/2011 of 27 June 2011;










—


in the alternative, acknowledge the fault of the Commission which did not provide for a sufficient period of time between the publication of Commission Regulation (EU) No 627/2011 of 27 June 2011 and its entry into force, and award the following sums in damages to the applicant companies:






—


with regard to the damage caused:






—


for the company CHARRON: EUR 123 297,69;










—


for the company ALMET: EUR 384 210;














—


with regard to the indemnifiable loss of profit:






—


for the company CHARRON, with regard to the contract concluded with the company SURAJ, the sum of USD 78 051,76, or EUR 55 221,57;










—


for the company ALMET, with regard to the contract concluded with the company SURAJ, the sum of USD 69 059,18 or EUR 48 827,61 as at the current rate;


















—


in the further alternative, acknowledge the no-fault liability of the Commission which did not provide for a sufficient period of time between the publication of Commission Regulation (EU) No 627/2011 of 27 June 2011 and its entry into force, and award the following sums in damages to the applicant companies:






—


with regard to the damage caused:






—


for the company CHARRON: EUR 123 297,69;










—


for the company ALMET: EUR 384 210;














—


with regard to the indemnifiable loss of profit:






—


for the company CHARRON, with regard to the contract concluded with the company SURAJ, the sum of USD 78 051,76, or EUR 55 221,57;










—


for the company ALMET, with regard to the contract concluded with the company SURAJ, the sum of USD 69 059,18 or EUR 48 827,61 as at the current rate;


















—


in any case, order the European Commission to pay the costs and the sum of EUR 10 000 as a contribution to the applicant companies’ defence costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicants rely on two pleas in law.






1.


First plea, alleging serious inadequacies in the findings of the Commission before adoption of its decision such as to call into question the reliability of the facts established.










2.


Second plea, alleging the failure to respect the principle of legitimate expectations, in so far as the immediate entry into force of the contested regulation meant that the applicants could not adapt their practices.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 814/2011 of 12 August 2011 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2011-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, fruit, import (EU), import price, vegetable








L_2011208EN.01008001.xml










13.8.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 208/80








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 814/2011
of 12 August 2011
         
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 Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,

Whereas:

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 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 XVI, Part A thereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex hereto.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 August 2011.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 August 2011.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
José Manuel SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
            

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development






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

(2)  
            OJ L 157, 15.6.2011, 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




0707 00 05 


TR 


105,8 




ZZ 


105,8 




0709 90 70 


TR 


124,7 




ZZ 


124,7 




0805 50 10 


AR 


70,4 




CL 


75,4 




TR 


61,0 




UY 


75,2 




ZA 


73,2 




ZZ 


71,0 




0806 10 10 


EG 


131,6 




TR 


178,9 




ZZ 


155,3 




0808 10 80 


AR 


166,0 




BR 


77,0 




CA 


98,2 




CL 


101,2 




CN 


74,2 




NZ 


103,7 




US 


128,9 




ZA 


91,5 




ZZ 


105,1 




0808 20 50 


AR 


165,3 




CL 


75,1 




CN 


49,3 




NZ 


115,4 




ZA 


133,9 




ZZ 


107,8 




0809 30 


TR 


125,1 




ZZ 


125,1 




0809 40 05 


BA 


49,7 




ZZ 


49,7 






(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’.