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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6444 — Terrena/Lyonnaise des Eaux/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-01-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural cooperative, agricultural holding, agricultural production, economic concentration, merger control, water management, water treatment








C_2012011EN.01001401.xml










13.1.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 11/14





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6444 — Terrena/Lyonnaise des Eaux/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 11/04






1.


On 22 December 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 Lyonnaise des Eaux France (‘LDE’, France) and Terrena (France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a newly created company constituting a joint venture (‘Terre’o’, France).










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


LDE: the entire water cycle, from the production of drinking water up to the waste water treatment stage, customer management services (metering) and work on distribution installations and networks. LDE belongs to the GDF Suez group,










—


Terrena: agri-food activities, vegetable production and specialised distribution, and animal and arable crop production. Terrena is an agricultural cooperative whose capital is held by some 18 500 farmers and other cooperatives,










—


Terre’o: management of the waste water treatment facilities and the water cycle of agri-food plants.














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.6444 — Terrena/Lyonnaise des Eaux/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’).
Notice concerning a request in accordance with Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC — Deadline extension — Request from a contracting entity
Date: 2012-01-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, award of contract, electrical energy, energy production, wholesale selling








C_2012011EN.01002101.xml










13.1.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 11/21





Notice concerning a request in accordance with Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC — Deadline extension
Request from a contracting entity
2012/C 11/06
On 26 October 2011, the Commission received a request pursuant to Article 30(5) of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (1).
This request, from the Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e.V. (Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industry) on behalf of the contracting entities in that sector, concerns electricity production and wholesale in Germany. It was published in OJ C 337, 18.11.2011, p. 7. The initial deadline was 27 January 2012.
Given that the Commission needs to obtain and analyse additional information, and in accordance with the second sentence of Article 30(6), the period granted to the Commission for deciding on this request is hereby extended by three months.
The final deadline is therefore 27 April 2012.


(1)  OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
Case C-16/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gyulai Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 13 January 2012 — HERMES Hitel és Faktor Zrt. v Nemzeti Földalapkezelő Szervezet
Date: 2012-01-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Hungary, administrative contract, amendment of a law, principle of legal certainty








C_2012126EN.01000401.xml










28.4.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 126/4





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gyulai Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 13 January 2012 — HERMES Hitel és Faktor Zrt. v Nemzeti Földalapkezelő Szervezet
(Case C-16/12)
2012/C 126/06
Language of the case: Hungarian

Referring court

Gyulai Törvényszék

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: HERMES Hitel és Faktor Zrt.

Defendant: Nemzeti Földalapkezelő Szervezet

Questions referred







1.


Must the principles of legal certainty and protection of legitimate expectations, which are considered to be fundamental principles of European Union law, be interpreted as meaning that they preclude a Member State from adopting provisions which vary the content of a contract concluded by a Member State, in its capacity as proprietor, to the detriment of the other party to the contract, classifying the object of the contract as non-transferable and thereby preventing the other party from exercising the rights derived from the contract?










2.


If the first question is answered in the affirmative, is the national court obliged, by the principle of sincere cooperation laid down by Article 4(3) of the Treaty on European Union and the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, to disapply the domestic provision governing the legal position on non-transferability and declare the object of the contract transferable, contrary to the provisions of the national legislation?
Case C-436/09: Order of the President of the Court of 13 January 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht — Germany) — Attila Belkiran v Lord Mayor of Krefeld, other party to the proceedings: The representative for federal interests at the Bundesverwaltungsgericht
Date: 2012-01-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, EU visa policy, Türkiye, foreign national, interpretation of the law, public safety, removal, residence permit








C_2012073EN.01002402.xml










10.3.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 73/24





Order of the President of the Court of 13 January 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht — Germany) — Attila Belkiran v Lord Mayor of Krefeld, other party to the proceedings: The representative for federal interests at the Bundesverwaltungsgericht
(Case C-436/09) (1)

2012/C 73/42
Language of the case: German
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 24, 30.1.2010.
Case C-462/10 P: Order of the Court of 13 January 2012 — Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE v European Environment Agency (EEA) (Appeals — Public service contracts — Invitation to tender — Supply of computing advice services — Rejection of the tender — Decision to award the contract to another tenderer — Selection and award criteria — Confusion of the criteria — Weighting of the criteria — Full copy of the evaluation report — Inadequate statement of reasons)
Date: 2012-01-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: award of contract, computer systems, consultancy, invitation to tender, provision of services








C_2012109EN.01000201.xml










14.4.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 109/2





Order of the Court of 13 January 2012 — Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE v European Environment Agency (EEA)
(Case C-462/10 P) (1)

(Appeals - Public service contracts - Invitation to tender - Supply of computing advice services - Rejection of the tender - Decision to award the contract to another tenderer - Selection and award criteria - Confusion of the criteria - Weighting of the criteria - Full copy of the evaluation report - Inadequate statement of reasons)
2012/C 109/02
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE (represented by: N. Korogiannakis, dikigoros)

Other party to the proceedings: European Environment Agency (EEA) (represented by: J. Stuyck and A.-M. Vandromme, advocaten)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 8 July 2010 in Case T-331/06 Evropaïki Dynamiki v EEA by which the Court dismissed an action for annulment of the decision of the European Environment Agency of 14 September 2006 to reject the tender submitted by the applicant in tendering procedure EEA/IDS/06/002 relating to the provision of information technology consultancy services (OJ 2006/118-125101) and to award the public contract to another tenderer — Award criteria — Error of assessment

Operative part of the order







1.


The appeal is dismissed.










2.


Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE is ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 317, 20.11.2010.
Update of reference amounts for the crossing of the external borders, as referred to in Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) ( OJ C 247, 13.10.2006, p. 19 ; OJ C 153, 6.7.2007, p. 22 ; OJ C 182, 4.8.2007, p. 18 ; OJ C 57, 1.3.2008, p. 38 ; OJ C 134, 31.5.2008, p. 19 ; OJ C 37, 14.2.2009, p. 8 ; OJ C 35, 12.2.2010, p. 7 ; OJ C 304, 10.11.2010, p. 5 ; OJ C 24, 26.1.2011, p. 6 ; OJ C 157, 27.5.2011, p. 8 ; OJ C 203, 9.7.2011, p. 16 )
Date: 2012-01-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Schengen Agreement, Sweden, frontier, payment








C_2012011EN.01001301.xml










13.1.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 11/13





Update of reference amounts for the crossing of the external borders, as referred to in Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (OJ C 247, 13.10.2006, p. 19; OJ C 153, 6.7.2007, p. 22; OJ C 182, 4.8.2007, p. 18; OJ C 57, 1.3.2008, p. 38; OJ C 134, 31.5.2008, p. 19; OJ C 37, 14.2.2009, p. 8; OJ C 35, 12.2.2010, p. 7; OJ C 304, 10.11.2010, p. 5; OJ C 24, 26.1.2011, p. 6; OJ C 157, 27.5.2011, p. 8; OJ C 203, 9.7.2011, p. 16)
2012/C 11/03
The publication of reference amounts for the crossing of the external borders, as referred to in Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code), is based on the information communicated by the Member States to the Commission in accordance with Article 34 of the Schengen Borders Code.
In addition to the publication in the Official Journal, a monthly update is available on the website of the Directorate-General for Home Affairs.
SWEDEN

Replacement of the information published in OJ C 247, 13.10.2006


As of 15 November 2011, the reference amount for crossing the border is set by Swedish legislation at an amount of SEK 450 per day.
Notice concerning a request under Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC — Withdrawal — Request from a contracting entity
Date: 2012-01-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, award of contract, gas, storage








C_2012011EN.01002201.xml










13.1.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 11/22





Notice concerning a request under Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC — Withdrawal
Request from a contracting entity
2012/C 11/07
On 19 July 2011, the Commission received a request under Article 30(5) of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (1).
This request from RWE Gas Storage, s.r.o. is in relation to gas storage in the Czech Republic. It was published in OJ C 228, 3.8.2011, p. 9. The initial deadline was 20 October 2011. This was extended to 20 January 2012 and the extension was published in OJ C 301, 12.10.2011, p. 12.
On 21 December 2011, the applicant withdrew the request, which is to be considered null and void. There is therefore no reason to decide whether Article 30(1) applies to these sectors in the Czech Republic. Directive 2004/17/EC therefore continues to apply when contracting entities award contracts concerning gas storage in the Czech Republic and when they organise competitive tendering for the pursuit of such an activity in this geographical area.


(1)  OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2012-01-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2012011EN.01001201.xml










13.1.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 11/12





Euro exchange rates (1)

12 January 2012
2012/C 11/02

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2736




JPY


Japanese yen


97,92




DKK


Danish krone


7,4366




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83055




SEK


Swedish krona


8,8515




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2112




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,6770




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,581




HUF


Hungarian forint


307,88




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6999




PLN


Polish zloty


4,4392




RON


Romanian leu


4,3490




TRY


Turkish lira


2,3545




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2303




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,2946




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,8933




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5985




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6441




KRW


South Korean won


1 470,72




ZAR


South African rand


10,2610




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,0467




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5450




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 681,89




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,9991




PHP


Philippine peso


56,076




RUB


Russian rouble


40,2930




THB


Thai baht


40,500




BRL


Brazilian real


2,2795




MXN


Mexican peso


17,2985




INR


Indian rupee


65,6160






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