do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6530 — EDF/Edison)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-05-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, electricity supply, merger control








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23.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 144/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6530 — EDF/Edison)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 144/02
On 10 May 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 32012M6530. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council directive laying down requirements for the protection of the health of the general public with regard to radioactive substances in water intended for human consumption’ COM(2012) 147 final — 2012/0074 (NLE)
Date: 2012-05-23
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: health control, health risk, radioactive materials, radioactive pollution, water consumption, water pollution








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31.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 229/145





Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council directive laying down requirements for the protection of the health of the general public with regard to radioactive substances in water intended for human consumption’
COM(2012) 147 final — 2012/0074 (NLE)
2012/C 229/30
On 17 April 2012 the Commission decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under Article 31 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, on the

Proposal for a Council directive laying down requirements for the protection of the health of the general public with regard to radioactive substances in water intended for human consumption.

COM(2012) 147 final — 2012/0074 (NLE)
Since the Committee endorses the contents of the proposal, it decided, at its 481st plenary session of 23 and 24 May 2012 (meeting of 23 May 2012), by 159 votes to 7 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.

Brussels, 23 May 2012.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Staffan NILSSON
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 1999/4/EC, 2000/36/EC, 2001/111/EC, 2001/113/EC and 2001/114/EC as regards the powers to be conferred on the Commission’ COM(2012) 150 final — 2012/0075 (COD)
Date: 2012-05-23
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: EC Directive, European Commission, powers of the institutions (EU), technological change








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31.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 229/143





Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 1999/4/EC, 2000/36/EC, 2001/111/EC, 2001/113/EC and 2001/114/EC as regards the powers to be conferred on the Commission’
COM(2012) 150 final — 2012/0075 (COD)
2012/C 229/28
On 18 April 2012 the European Parliament and on 30 April the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under Article 43 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, on the

Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 1999/4/EC, 2000/36/EC, 2001/111/EC, 2001/113/EC and 2001/114/EC as regards the powers to be conferred on the Commission

COM(2012) 150 final — 2012/0075 (COD).
Since the Committee endorses the contents of the proposal, it decided, at its 481st plenary session of 23 and 24 May 2012 (meeting of 23 May 2012), by 149 votes to 5 with 11 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.

Brussels, 23 May 2012.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Staffan NILSSON
Case T-230/12: Action brought on 23 May 2012 — Axa Belgium v Commission
Date: 2012-05-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: countertrade, insurance company, insurance indemnity, personal accident insurance








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11.8.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 243/21





Action brought on 23 May 2012 — Axa Belgium v Commission
(Case T-230/12)
2012/C 243/38
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Axa Belgium (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: G. Cleenewerck de Crayencour, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






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annul debit notes No 7141101047 in the amount of EUR 1 590,62 dated 23 March 2012 and No 7141101053 in the amount of EUR 10 160,88 dated 23 March 2012;










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annul the payment by means of offsetting outstanding claims against debts which the Commission effected by letter of 26 March 2012 addressed to S.A. Axa Belgium (a letter bearing the reference D(2012) C4 — B.2 — 000212 and signed by Mr B. of DG Budget);










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order the Commission to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging infringement of the Treaties and an error of law, inasmuch as the Commission issued debit notes in respect of unfounded claims and effected recovery by offsetting claims that are not certain, of a fixed amount and due. The applicant submits that the Commission is demanding sums which exceed those granted under the legal rules currently in force in connection with the subrogation of the Commission to the rights of its officials who are the victims of accidents caused by persons who are insured in respect of statutory liability by the applicant.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging infringement of the principles of sound administration and of the protection of legitimate expectations, inasmuch as the Commission offset notwithstanding a contractual undertaking not to do so and notwithstanding the fact that, for many years, the Commission has always agreed to settle cases by negotiation without having recourse to offsetting and waiting for decisions to be given by the Belgian courts.
Withdrawal of notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6454 — Limagrain/KWS/Genective JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-05-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-foodstuffs, economic concentration, merger control, research and development, seed








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23.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 144/3





Withdrawal of notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6454 — Limagrain/KWS/Genective JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 144/05
(Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004)
On 25 April 2012, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration between Limagrain and KWS. On 14 May 2012, the notifying party/ies informed the Commission that it/they withdrew its/their notification.
Innovation for our future mobility : EU activities in the field of transport research.
Date: 2012-05-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
Subjects: clean technology, means of transport, new technology, sustainable development

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research lays the foundation for developing innovative technologies and ways of working that will 
bring about the changes required to preserve our mobility at low cost to society.

The  Transport  Directorate  of  the  European  Commission’s  Directorate-General  for  Research  and 
Innovation  makes  every  effort  to  support  excellent  European  research  projects  in  the  field  of 
transport:  projects  that  contribute  to  a  cleaner,  safer  and  smarter  pan-European  transport 
system and to a more competitive Europe. A budget of €4.16 billion has been reserved for this 
purpose as part of the Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7) from 2007 to 2013.

The research funded ranges from completely novel approaches to transport to fine-tuning existing 
technology. It relies on the hands-on experience of small businesses as much as on the knowledge 
of academics and real-life needs of manufacturers. The projects showcased in this folder give you 
an overview of some of the results from European transport research and of the impact they 
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Research and 
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Reserve lists — Open competition
Date: 2012-05-23
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: EPSO, administrator, competition (EU), information technology








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23.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 144/1





RESERVE LISTS
OPEN COMPETITION
(2012/C 144 A/01)
EPSO/COM/AD/05/10 — Research Administrators (AD 6) in the domain of structural mechanics






BARBELLA


Gianluca




BOSI


Anna




BOURNAS


Dionysios




CAVERZAN


Alessio




COMBESCURE


Didier




DUJC


Jaka




FELICETTI


Roberto




JAKSIC


Nikola




LARCHER


Martin




MARCOS MENDES


Luís André




PELOSO


Simone




PERONI


Marco




POLJANSEK


Karmen




TSIONIS


Georgios




EPSO/COM/AD/06/10 — Research Administrators (AD 7) in the domain of structural mechanics






COMBESCURE


Didier




LARCHER


Martin




EPSO/COM/AD/15/10 — Research Administrators (AD 6) in the domain of Communication/Information Technology (1)

Field 1: Information and Communication Technology Security






FIORE


Dario




KOVAC


Damjan




MITROKOTSA


Aikaterini




ŘÍHA


Zdenek




Field 2: Information Mining, Analysis and Web Technologies






GRAZZINI


Jacopo




HEIKKONEN


Jukka Veikko




LANZENBERGER


Monika




MAGDALINOS


Panagis




MAVROEIDIS


Dimitrios




PALTOGLOU


Georgios




PERISTERAS


Vassilios




TANEV


Hristo




Field 3: Wireless Communications Technology






BASTIDE


Frédéric




BORIO


Daniele




CERUTTI


Isabella




GAZIS


Vangelis




RABBACHIN


Alberto




SAMMARTINO


Pier Francesco




VESPE


Michele




Field 4: Network Security






BAZEWICZ


Michal




GENGE


Bela




KOUTEPAS


Georgios




NAI FOVINO


Igor




ROGIEST


Wouter




SANCHEZ MARTIN


Jose Ignacio




SARAGIOTIS


Panagiotis




EPSO/COM/AD/16/10 — Research Administrators (AD 7) in the domain of Communication/Information Technology (1)

Field 1: Information and Communication Technology Security
Field 2: Information Mining, Analysis and Web Technologies






HEIKKONEN


Jukka Veikko




LANZENBERGER


Monika




MAGDALINOS


Panagis




TANEV


Hristo




Field 3: Wireless Communications Technology






BORIO


Daniele




RABBACHIN


Alberto




Field 4: Network Security






BAZEWICZ


Michal




KOUTEPAS


Georgios




NAI FOVINO


Igor




The reserve lists will be valid until 31 December 2014.


(1)  A successful candidate may explicitly request her/his name not be published.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6497 — Hutchison 3G Austria/Orange Austria)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-05-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, holding company, merger control, mobile phone








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23.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 144/8





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6497 — Hutchison 3G Austria/Orange Austria)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 144/09






1.


On 7 May 2012, 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 H3G Austria Holdings GmbH (‘H3G’, Austria), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited (‘HWL Group’, Hong Kong), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Orange Austria Telecommunication GmbH (‘Orange’, Austria) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for H3G: H3G Austria Holdings is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of HWL Group. Its wholly-owned subsidiary Hutchison 3G Austria GmbH is a mobile network operator active in Austria,










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Orange is an Austrian mobile network operator. Orange and its parent company Styrol are currently owned by Stubai SCA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mid Europa Partners, and Orange Belgium SA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of France Télécom SA.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.










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.6497 — Hutchison 3G Austria/Orange Austria, 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’).
Case T-213/12: Action brought on 23 May 2012 — Elitaliana v Eulex Kosovo and Starlite Aviation Operations
Date: 2012-05-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Kosovo, award of contract, fact-finding mission, helicopter, invitation to tender








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7.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 200/20





Action brought on 23 May 2012 — Elitaliana v Eulex Kosovo and Starlite Aviation Operations
(Case T-213/12)
2012/C 200/40
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Elitaliana SpA (Rome, Italy) (represented by: R. Colagrande, lawyer)

Defendants: Eulex Kosovo — European Union Rule of Law Mission (Pristina, Republic of Kosovo) and Starlite Aviation Operations (Dublin, Ireland)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






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Annul the measures adopted by Eulex — the content and date of which are unknown to the applicant — which resulted in the award of the contract in tendering procedure ‘EuropeAid/131516/D/SER/XK — Helicopter Support to the EULEX Mission in Kosovo (PROC/272/11)’ to the company Starlite Aviation Operations, communicated by Eulex by letter of 29 March 2012 (received on that date by e-mail), and all previous and subsequent measures, whether related or subordinate, in particular, if appropriate, Note 2012-DAS-0392 of 17 April 2012, by which Eulex refused to grant the applicant access to the tendering documents requested on 2 April 2012;










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Order Eulex to pay to the applicant compensation for the loss suffered (in a specific form or commensurate amount) as set out at paragraphs 37 et seq. [of the application];










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Order Eulex to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The present action is brought principally against the measures adopted by Eulex which resulted in the award of the contract in tendering procedure ‘EuropeAid/131516/D/SER/XK — Helicopter Support to the EULEX Mission in Kosovo (PROC/272/11)’ to the company Starlite Aviation Operations and all previous and subsequent measures, whether related or subordinate. The applicant claims compensation for the resulting loss.
The applicant relies on a single plea in law in support of its claim, alleging infringement and/or misapplication of the Notice published on 18 October 2011, with reference to Articles 46 et seq. of Directive 18/2004/EC; (1) infringement of the general principles of transparency, proportionality and equal treatment, laid down in the ‘Practical Guide to contract procedures for EU external actions’ (Prag), to which the tendering procedure was subject; and infringement of the general principle that effective competition should be guaranteed with regard to the standards to be laid down for the service to be procured.
It is submitted in that regard that the contract was awarded to a tenderer that did not posses the technical requirements stipulated in the Notice.


(1)  Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6455 — SCA/Georgia-Pacific Europe)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-05-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cosmetic product, economic concentration, merger control, pulp and paper industry








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23.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 144/10





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6455 — SCA/Georgia-Pacific Europe)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 144/11






1.


On 15 May 2012, 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 Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA AB (‘SCA’, Sweden) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Georgia-Pacific LLP's (‘Georgia-Pacific’ United States) European consumer tissue business (Georgia-Pacific Europe) by way of purchase of shares and assets.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for SCA: personal care products, tissue, packaging solutions, publication paper and solid wood products,










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for Georgia-Pacific Europe: tissue and personal care products.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.










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.6455 — SCA/Georgia-Pacific Europe, 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’).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6503 — La Poste/Swiss Post/JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-05-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, postal service








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23.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 144/9





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6503 — La Poste/Swiss Post/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 144/10






1.


On 11 May 2012, 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 La Poste group (‘La Poste’, France) and Swiss Post group (‘Swiss Post’, Switzerland) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a newly created joint venture company, to which La Poste and Swiss Post will contribute their respective international mail activities, except for the inbound and outbound mail activities currently carried out by La Poste in France and by Swiss Post in Switzerland, by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for La Poste: La Poste is a public postal operator and the designated universal service provider in France. It is active in mail, express, parcel and banking services,










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for Swiss Post: Swiss Post is the public postal operator of Switzerland. It is active in mail, express and parcel services, as well as financial services and passenger transport,










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The Joint Venture: cross-border outbound business mail activities, mail preparation services (UK and Austria), marketing for print media, contract logistics for print media distribution, logistics services (Italy), express delivery services as well as freight forwarding and international standard business-to-consumer parcel delivery in the UK.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.










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.6503 — La Poste/Swiss Post/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’).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6544 — Royal Bank of Canada/RBC Dexia investor services limited)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-05-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial services, merger control








C_2012144EN.01000101.xml










23.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 144/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6544 — Royal Bank of Canada/RBC Dexia investor services limited)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 144/01
On 11 May 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:






—


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 32012M6544. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.