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Case T-97/12: Action brought on 22 February 2012 — Makhlouf v Council
Date: 2012-02-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Syria, human rights, international sanctions








C_2012151EN.01002903.xml










26.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 151/29





Action brought on 22 February 2012 — Makhlouf v Council
(Case T-97/12)
2012/C 151/49
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Rami Makhlouf (Damas, Syria) (represented by: E. Ruchat, lawyer)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought







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Declare the applicant’s action admissible and well founded;










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In consequence, annul Decision 2011/782/CFSP of 1 December 2011 and Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 of 18 January 2012 and their subsequent implementing acts, insofar as they concern the applicant;










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Order the Council of the European Union to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on three pleas in law which are in essence identical or similar to those relied on in Case T-432/11 Makhlouf v Council. (1)



(1)  OJ 2011 C 290, p. 13.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6473 — Sun Capital/Elix) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-02-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, petrochemicals








C_2012052EN.01001301.xml










22.2.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/13





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6473 — Sun Capital/Elix)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 52/06






1.


On 10 February 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Sun Capital Partners V, LP (‘Sun Capital Fund’, USA), ultimately controlled by Sun Capital Partners, Inc, indirectly acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation indirect sole control over Elix Polymers SL (‘Elix’, Spain), by way of a purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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For Sun Capital: private equity investment firm; and,










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For Elix: producer of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene and styrene-acrylonitrile.














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.6473 — Sun Capital/Elix, 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’).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6436 — Volkswagen Financial Services/D'Ieteren/Volkswagen D'Ieteren Finance JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-02-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial services, merger control, motor vehicle industry








C_2012052EN.01000102.xml










22.2.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6436 — Volkswagen Financial Services/D'Ieteren/Volkswagen D'Ieteren Finance JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 52/02
On 20 December 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:






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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,










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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32011M6436. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6474 — GE/Microsoft/JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-02-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, exchange of information, health care, information technology industry, medical data, merger control, transport market








C_2012052EN.01000101.xml










22.2.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6474 — GE/Microsoft/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 52/01
On 10 February 2012, 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:






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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,










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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32012M6474. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.