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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6576 — Munksjö/Ahlstrom)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-11-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, pulp and paper industry








C_2012345EN.01004801.xml










13.11.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 345/48





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6576 — Munksjö/Ahlstrom)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 345/07






1.


On 31 October 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which a newly established combined entity (‘NewCo’) will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole Munksjö AB (‘Munksjö’, Sweden) and the Label and Processing Business of Ahlstrom Corporation (‘Ahlstrom’, Finland), excluding all assets and liabilities relating to the Brazilian part of the business, by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for Munksjö: manufacture of high value-added paper products in seven product areas: decor paper, abrasive paper backings, electrotechnical paper, fine art paper, Spantex, thin paper and pulp,










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for Ahlstrom: manufacture of high performance materials; fibres composites and specialty papers. The transaction concerns in particular Ahlstrom's Label and Processing Business, which includes in particular the following product groups: release liners, abrasive paper backings, decor paper/furniture foils and electrotechnical paper.














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.6576 — Munksjö/Ahlstrom, 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-278/11: Order of the General Court of 13 November 2012 — ClientEarth and Others v European Commission (Actions for annulment — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Implied refusal of access — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Delay — Manifest inadmissibility)
Date: 2012-11-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to EU information, document, energy consumption, provision of documents, renewable energy








C_2013026EN.01004601.xml










26.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 26/46





Order of the General Court of 13 November 2012 — ClientEarth and Others v European Commission
(Case T-278/11) (1)

(Actions for annulment - Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Implied refusal of access - Period allowed for commencing proceedings - Delay - Manifest inadmissibility)
2013/C 26/90
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: ClientEarth (London, United Kingdom); Friends of the Earth Europe (Amsterdam, Netherlands); Stichting FERN (Leiden, Netherlands); and Stichting Corporate Europe Observatory (Amsterdam) (represented by: P. Kirch, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: K. Herrmann and C. ten Dam, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the Commission’s implied decision of 22 April 2011 refusing access to certain documents relating to the voluntary certification schemes for seeking recognition from the Commission under Article 18 of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (OJ 2009 L 140, p. 16).

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.










2.


The European Commission is ordered to bear its own costs and to pay three quarters of the costs of ClientEarth, Friends of the Earth Europe, Stichting FERN and Corporate Europe Observatory, which shall bear one quarter of their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 219, 23.7.2011.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6725 — Abertis/Brookfield/Participes en Brasil)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-11-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Brazil, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, telecommunications industry, transport infrastructure








C_2012345EN.01000102.xml










13.11.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 345/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6725 — Abertis/Brookfield/Participes en Brasil)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 345/02
On 22 October 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 32012M6725. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.