do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6347 — DOW/UBE/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-08-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, building materials, chemical product, economic concentration, merger control, plastics, radioactive materials, tertiary sector








C_2011249EN.01001001.xml










26.8.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 249/10





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6347 — DOW/UBE/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 249/10






1.


On 18 August 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 undertakings The Dow Chemical Company (‘Dow’, USA) and Ube Advanced Materials Inc., belonging to the group Ube Industries, Ltd (together referred to as ‘Ube’, Japan) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a newly created company constituting a joint venture (‘the JV’, USA).










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Dow: supply of plastics, chemicals, agricultural products, as well as hydrocarbon and energy products and services,










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for Ube: supply of specialty chemicals, other chemicals, plastics, cement, construction materials, machinery, metal products, as well as coal storage solutions,










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for the JV: production and sale of electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries.














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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6347 — DOW/UBE/JV, 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’).
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU — Cases where the Commission raises no objections  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-08-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Lithuania, State aid, air transport, control of State aid, postal and telecommunications services, regional development








C_2011249EN.01000101.xml










26.8.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 249/1





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 249/01






Date of adoption of the decision


28.6.2010




Reference number of State Aid


N 626/09




Member State


Italy




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


NGA distretti industriali Lucca




Legal basis


Legge n. 166/2002, art. 40; Dlgs n. 259/2003 — Codice delle comunicazioni elettroniche; Legge n. 133/2008 art. 2 — Banda Larga; Regione Toscana «Bando unico Ricerca e Sviluppo 2008», POR-CReO 2007-2013, PRSE 2007-2010 e «Progetto Distretti ECeSDIT»




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Sectoral development, Regional development




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget








 


Annual budget: —










 


Overall budget: EUR 6,5 million








Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


1.1.2010-31.12.2015




Economic sectors


Post and telecommunications




Name and address of the granting authority


Provincia di Lucca




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






Date of adoption of the decision


30.3.2011




Reference number of State Aid


SA.31898 (N 521/10)




Member State


Lithuania




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Pagalbos Lietuvos regioninių oro uostų veiklai pradėti schema




Legal basis


Lietuvos respublikos susisiekimo ministro įsakymas „Dėl Lietuvos pasiekiamumo oro transportu gerinimo 2010–2012 metų programos patvirtinimo“, 2010 m. birželio 23 d. Nr. 3-400




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Sectoral development




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget








 


Annual budget: LTL 10 million










 


Overall budget: LTL 100 million








Intensity


50 %




Duration (period)


Until 31.12.2020




Economic sectors


Air transport




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania




Gedimino Av. 17




LT-01505 Vilnius




LIETUVA/LITHUANIA








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
Case C-435/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 26 August 2011 — CHS Tour Services GmbH v Team 4 Travel GmbH
Date: 2011-08-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: consumer protection, domestic market, restriction on competition, unfair terms of contract








C_2011340EN.01000801.xml










19.11.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 340/8





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 26 August 2011 — CHS Tour Services GmbH v Team 4 Travel GmbH
(Case C-435/11)
2011/C 340/13
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberster Gerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: CHS Tour Services GmbH

Defendant: Team 4 Travel GmbH

Question referred

Is Article 5 of Directive 2005/29/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Directives 84/450/EEC, 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (Unfair Commercial Practices Directive), to be interpreted as meaning that, in the case of misleading commercial practices within the meaning of Article 5(4) of that directive, separate examination of the criteria of Article 5(2)(a) of the directive is inadmissible?


(1)  Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’); OJ 2005 L 149, p. 22.