do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-49/12: Order of the General Court of 12 March 2013 — Lafarge v Commission
Date: 2013-03-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: cement, infringement of EU law, principle of proportionality, rights of the defence








C_2013141EN.01002603.xml










18.5.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 141/26





Order of the General Court of 12 March 2013 — Lafarge v Commission
(Case T-49/12) (1)

2013/C 141/49
Language of the case: French
The President of the Seventh Chamber (extended composition) has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 109, 14.4.2012.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6765 — Precision Castparts/Titanium Metals)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, metallurgical industry








C_2013072EN.01000102.xml










12.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 72/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6765 — Precision Castparts/Titanium Metals)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 72/02
On 19 December 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 32012M6765. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Notice for the attention of the persons to whom measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/235/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision 2013/124/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 359/2011, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 206/2013 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Iran apply
Date: 2013-03-12
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Iran, capital movement, economic sanctions, international sanctions








C_2013072EN.01000201.xml










12.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 72/2





Notice for the attention of the persons to whom measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/235/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision 2013/124/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 359/2011, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 206/2013 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Iran apply
2013/C 72/03
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in the Annex to Council Decision 2011/235/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision 2013/124/CSFP (1), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 359/2011, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 206/2013 (2) concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Iran.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons that appear in the abovementioned Annexes should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2011/235/CFSP and in Regulation (EU) No 359/2011.
The attention of the persons concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated on the websites in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 359/2011, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 4 of the Regulation).
The persons concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the abovementioned list should be reconsidered, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




DG C 1C — Horizontal Issues Unit




General Secretariat




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




The attention of the persons concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council's decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, second paragraph, and Article 263, fourth and sixth paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  OJ L 68, 12.3.2013, p. 57.

(2)  OJ L 68, 12.3.2013, p. 9.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6782 — H.I.G. Europe Capital/Petrochem Carless Holdings)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, investment company, merger control








C_2013072EN.01001501.xml










12.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 72/15





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6782 — H.I.G. Europe Capital/Petrochem Carless Holdings)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 72/07






1.


On 19 February 2013, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which H.I.G. Europe Capital Partners LP (‘H.I.G.’, United Kingdom) via its portfolio company Haltermann Holding GmbH (‘Haltermann’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Petrochem Carless Holdings Ltd (‘PCHL’, United Kingdom), by way of purchase of shares (2).










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


H.I.G.: private equity investment firm,










—


Haltermann: production and supply of hydrocarbon-based chemicals,










—


PCHL: holding company of Petrochem Carless Limited, active in the production and supply of refined fuels, petrochemicals, automotive fluids and specialty chemicals.














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.6782 — H.I.G. Europe Capital/Petrochem Carless Holdings, 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)  The transaction was initially notified on 28 November 2012. On 19 December 2012 the notification was withdrawn (OJ C 400, 28.12.2012, p. 2).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2013-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2013072EN.01000301.xml










12.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 72/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

11 March 2013
2013/C 72/04

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2994




JPY


Japanese yen


124,91




DKK


Danish krone


7,4569




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87335




SEK


Swedish krona


8,3260




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2360




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,4385




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,542




HUF


Hungarian forint


303,40




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7008




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1472




RON


Romanian leu


4,3718




TRY


Turkish lira


2,3438




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2702




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3357




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,0797




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5813




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6236




KRW


South Korean won


1 426,40




ZAR


South African rand


11,8990




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,0803




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5875




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 597,20




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,0414




PHP


Philippine peso


52,938




RUB


Russian rouble


40,0015




THB


Thai baht


38,631




BRL


Brazilian real


2,5283




MXN


Mexican peso


16,3724




INR


Indian rupee


70,7040






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6815 — ERDF/CDC/UEM/Efluid) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, economic concentration, energy distribution, energy supply, merger control








C_2013072EN.01001601.xml










12.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 72/16





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6815 — ERDF/CDC/UEM/Efluid)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 72/08






1.


On 5 March 2013, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings ERDF, a subsidiary of the EDF group (France), Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (‘CDC’, France) and UEM (France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking efluid (France) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


ERDF: Management of the public electricity distribution network in France,










—


CDC: Tasks of public interest consisting in managing private funds to which the public authorities wish to provide special protection, and investing in or granting loans for activities in the public interest,










—


UEM: French local semi-public company active in the electricity, district heating, cable television and street lighting sectors,










—


Efluid: Design and publishing of software for undertakings in the fluids sector (electricity, gas, water, district heating).














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.6815 — ERDF/CDC/UEM/Efluid, 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’).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6880 — Liberty Global/Virgin Media)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, telecommunications industry, transmission network








C_2013072EN.01001701.xml










12.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 72/17





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6880 — Liberty Global/Virgin Media)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 72/09






1.


On 6 March 2013, 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 Liberty Global Inc. (‘LGI’, USA) through its wholly-owned subsidiary Liberty Global Corporation Limited, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Virgin Media Inc. (‘Virgin Media’, USA) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for LGI: international broadband cable operator offering video, voice and internet services to its customers,










—


for Virgin Media: digital media and communications operator providing broadband, Pay TV, mobile telephony and fixed line telephony services to business and residential customers 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.6880 — Liberty Global/Virgin Media, 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.6708 — BMS/Astrazeneca/Amylin Business)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, pharmaceutical industry








C_2013072EN.01000101.xml










12.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 72/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6708 — BMS/Astrazeneca/Amylin Business)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 72/01
On 1 March 2013, 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 32013M6708. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.