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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6572 — KEMET/NEC/NEC TOKIN)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-06-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aluminium, ceramics, economic concentration, information technology, merger control, pulp and paper industry








C_2012168EN.01000701.xml










14.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 168/7





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6572 — KEMET/NEC/NEC TOKIN)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 168/07






1.


On 7 June 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 KEMET Electronics Corporation (‘KEMET’, USA) and NEC Corporation (‘NEC’, Japan) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of NEC TOKIN Corporation (‘NEC TOKIN’, Japan) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


KEMET mainly manufactures and sells tantalum, ceramic, aluminium, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors,










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NEC TOKIN manufactures and sells capacitors and certain other electronic components; and,










—


NEC is a Japanese multinational IT company. It provides a broad range of IT products and services to business enterprises, communications services providers and government.














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.6572 — KEMET/NEC/NEC TOKIN, 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’).
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU — Cases where the Commission raises no objections  Text with EEA relevance, except for products falling under Annex I to the Treaty
Date: 2012-06-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, farming sector, hunting, natural disaster








C_2012168EN.01000101.xml










14.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 168/1





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance, except for products falling under Annex I to the Treaty)
2012/C 168/01







Date of adoption of the decision


8.5.2012




Reference number of State Aid


SA.33418 (11/N)




Member State


Hungary




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Mezőgazdasági Időjárási Kockázatkezelési Program




Legal basis


A mezőgazdasági termelést érintő időjárási és más természeti kockázatok kezeléséről szóló 2011. évi CLXVIII törvény,
A vidékfejlesztési miniszter …/2012. (… …) VM rendelete a kárenyhítési hozzájárulás megfizetésével, valamint a kárenyhítő juttatás igénybevételével kapcsolatos egyes kérdésekről




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Natural disasters or exceptional occurrences, Adverse weather conditions




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget








 


Overall budget: HUF 56 000 million










 


Annual budget: HUF 8 000 million








Intensity


80 %




Duration (period)


Until 31.12.2018




Economic sectors


Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministry of Rural Development




Budapest




Kossuth Lajos tér 11.




1055




MAGYARORSZÁG/HUNGARY








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 T-293/10: Judgment of the General Court of 14 June 2012 — Seven Towns Ltd v OHIM (Representation of seven squares of different colours) (Community trade mark — Application for Community mark representing seven squares of different colours — Sign of which a Community trade mark may consist — Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2012-06-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, toy industry, trade-mark law








C_2012217EN.01001803.xml










21.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 217/18





Judgment of the General Court of 14 June 2012 — Seven Towns Ltd v OHIM (Representation of seven squares of different colours)
(Case T-293/10) (1)

(Community trade mark - Application for Community mark representing seven squares of different colours - Sign of which a Community trade mark may consist - Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
2012/C 217/38
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Seven Towns Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: E. Schäfer, lawyer,)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Botis, acting as Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 April 2010 (Case R 1475/2009-1), concerning an application for registration of a sign representing seven squares of different colours as a Community mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The General Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 260, 25.9.2010.
Case C-296/12: Action brought on 14 June 2012 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium
Date: 2012-06-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Belgium, freedom to provide services, infringement of EU law, life assurance, nationality of legal persons, supplementary pension, tax relief








C_2012273EN.01000502.xml










8.9.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 273/5





Action brought on 14 June 2012 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium
(Case C-296/12)
2012/C 273/07
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal and W. Roels, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium

Form of order sought







—


Declare that, by approving and maintaining in force tax relief on pension savings in so far as this applies only to payments to Belgian institutions and Belgian funds, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 56 and 63 thereof;










—


order the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The Commission takes the view that the failure to grant tax relief for payments to institutions which are established in another Member State, while tax relief is available for payments to institutions established in Belgium, constitutes an impediment to the free movement of services both for recipients of those services and for providers which are not established in Belgium.
Likewise the Commission takes the view that the failure to grant tax relief for deposits in individual or collective accounts or payments of premiums for life insurance contracts with and to institutions established in another Member State, while tax relief is available for similar deposits with and payments to institutions established in Belgium, constitutes an impediment to the free movement of capital in the sense that Belgian depositors and policyholders are discouraged from holding deposits or taking out life insurance with an institution that is not established in Belgium because those deposits or life insurance contracts do not attract tax relief and are consequently less advantageous.
Those impediments are, according to the Commission, not justified on any grounds.
Case T-338/08: Judgment of the General Court of 14 June 2012 — Stichting Natuur en Milieu, Pesticide Action Network Europe v Commission (Environment — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Maximum residue levels for pesticides — Request for internal review — Refusal — Measure of individual scope — Validity — Aarhus Convention)
Date: 2012-06-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU environmental policy, food safety, pesticide, pesticide residue








C_2012217EN.01001601.xml










21.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 217/16





Judgment of the General Court of 14 June 2012 — Stichting Natuur en Milieu, Pesticide Action Network Europe v Commission
(Case T-338/08) (1)

(Environment - Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 - Maximum residue levels for pesticides - Request for internal review - Refusal - Measure of individual scope - Validity - Aarhus Convention)
2012/C 217/32
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicants: Stichting Natuur en Milieu (Utrecht (Netherlands)), Pesticide Action Network Europe (London (United Kingdom)) (represented by: B. Kloostra and A. van den Biesen, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by B. Burggraaf and S. Schønberg and subsequently by B. Burggraaf and P. Oliver, Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Republic of Poland (represented initially by M. Dowgielewicz and subsequently by M. Szpunar, Agents); and Council of the European Union (represented by: K. Michoel and B. Driessen, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decisions of the Commission of 1 July 2008 rejecting as inadmissible the requests made by the applicants for review by the Commission of Commission Regulation (EC) No 149/2008 of 29 January 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing Annexes II, III and IV setting maximum residue levels for products covered by Annex I thereto (OJ 2008 L 58, p. 1)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decisions of the Commission of 1 July 2008 rejecting as inadmissible the requests made by Stichting Natuur en Milieu and Pesticide Action Network Europe for review by the Commission of Commission Regulation (EC) No 149/2008 of 29 January 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing Annexes II, III and IV setting maximum residue levels for products covered by Annex I thereto;










2.


Orders the European Commission to bear, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by Stichting Natuur en Milieu and Pesticide Action Network Europe;










3.


Orders the Polish Republic and the Council of the European Union to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 301, 22.11.2008.