do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6909 — Qatar Investment Authority/Kingdom Holding Company/FRHI Holdings)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-06-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Qatar, economic concentration, hotel industry, investment company, merger control, real estate business








C_2013170EN.01002002.xml










15.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 170/20





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6909 — Qatar Investment Authority/Kingdom Holding Company/FRHI Holdings)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 170/03
On 6 June 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 32013M6909. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6946 — BayWa/Bohnhorst Agrarhandel) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-06-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-foodstuffs, economic concentration, merger control








C_2013170EN.01004401.xml










15.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 170/44





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6946 — BayWa/Bohnhorst Agrarhandel)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 170/09






1.


On 7 June 2013 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1), by which BayWa Agri GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of BayWa AG (Germany), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Bohnhorst Agrarhandel GmbH (Germany) by other means.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


BayWa AG is a worldwide trading and services group in its three core segments of agriculture, energy and building materials. The agriculture segment comprises agricultural trade, fruit and agricultural equipment. Among other things, the company trades in agricultural equipment, acquires and sells plant products, and sells farm equipment and facilities,










—


Bohnhorst Agrarhandel GmbH is an international agricultural trading business that sells agricultural products and equipment to farmers and traders. In addition, Bohnhorst provides services in connection with the supply of equipment and the purchase, storage, transfer, marketing and transport of harvested crops.














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 ten 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.6946 — BayWa/Bohnhorst Agrarhandel, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




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.6885 — SDNV/Germanischer Lloyd)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-06-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, maritime transport, merger control








C_2013170EN.01004501.xml










15.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 170/45





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6885 — SDNV/Germanischer Lloyd)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 170/10






1.


On 10 June 2013, 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 Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas (‘SDNV’, Norway) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Germanischer Lloyd SE (Germany) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for SDNV: testing, inspection, certification/verification/classification services and related consulting services in the maritime, oil & gas, energy and business assurance sectors,










—


for Germanischer Lloyd: testing, inspection, certification/verification/classification and related consulting services the maritime, oil & gas and renewable energy sectors.














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.6885 — SDNV/Germanischer Lloyd, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).
Corrigendum to the Call for expressions of interest for membership of the Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority (Parma, Italy) — Ref.: EFSA/E/2013/001 ( OJ C 107, 13.4.2013 )
Date: 2013-06-15
Institutions: European Food Safety Authority
Subjects: European Food Safety Authority, invitation to tender, technical committee (EU)








C_2013170EN.01005501.xml










15.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 170/55





Corrigendum to the Call for expressions of interest for membership of the Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority (Parma, Italy) — Ref.: EFSA/E/2013/001
(
Official Journal of the European Union C 107 of 13 April 2013
)
2013/C 170/13
On page 16, ‘11. Closing date for sending applications’, first paragraph:
for:
‘… 17 June 2013 at midnight …’,
read:
‘… 1 July 2013 at midnight …’.
Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union OJ C 164, 8.6.2013
Date: 2013-06-15
Institutions: Court of Justice of the European Union
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union








C_2013171EN.01000101.xml










15.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 171/1





2013/C 171/01
Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union



OJ C 164, 8.6.2013



Past publications


OJ C 156, 1.6.2013


OJ C 147, 25.5.2013


OJ C 141, 18.5.2013


OJ C 129, 4.5.2013


OJ C 123, 27.4.2013


OJ C 114, 20.4.2013

These texts are available on:
EUR-Lex: http://eur-lex.europa.eu
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2013-06-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2013170EN.01002201.xml










15.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 170/22





Euro exchange rates (1)

14 June 2013
2013/C 170/05

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3303




JPY


Japanese yen


126,37




DKK


Danish krone


7,4582




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85150




SEK


Swedish krona


8,6096




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2322




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,6405




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,718




HUF


Hungarian forint


291,41




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7017




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2347




RON


Romanian leu


4,4588




TRY


Turkish lira


2,4674




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3841




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3524




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,3258




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6469




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6638




KRW


South Korean won


1 498,62




ZAR


South African rand


13,2051




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,1558




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4718




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


13 139,52




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,1445




PHP


Philippine peso


56,895




RUB


Russian rouble


42,2453




THB


Thai baht


40,681




BRL


Brazilian real


2,8302




MXN


Mexican peso


16,8411




INR


Indian rupee


76,5390






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6915 — OJSC Unimilk Company/NDL International/JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-06-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: distributive trades, economic concentration, merger control, milk product








C_2013170EN.01002001.xml










15.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 170/20





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6915 — OJSC Unimilk Company/NDL International/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 170/02
On 3 June 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 32013M6915. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case C-308/13 P: Appeal brought on 5 June 2013 by Società Italiana Calzature SpA against the judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) delivered on 9 April 2013 in Case T-336/11 Società Italiana Calzature SpA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)
Date: 2013-06-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, Italy, footwear industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2013233EN.01000202.xml










10.8.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 233/2





Appeal brought on 5 June 2013 by Società Italiana Calzature SpA against the judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) delivered on 9 April 2013 in Case T-336/11 Società Italiana Calzature SpA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)
(Case C-308/13 P)
2013/C 233/03
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Appellant: Società Italiana Calzature SpA (represented by: A. Rapisardi and C. Ginevra, avvocati)

Other party to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), VICINI SpA

Form of order sought







—


Set aside judgment No 564397 delivered by the General Court of the European Union in Cases T-336/11 on 9 April 2013 and notified on that date and grant the claims made by Società Italiana Calzature SpA (‘SIC’) in the proceedings at first instance by annulling the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 8 April 2011 in Case R 0634/20 10-2 and, in accordance with the decision of the Opposition Division of 5 March 2010 on opposition No B 1 350 711, declare that Community trade mark VICINI No 6513386 is to be refused registration on the ground of lack of novelty, as it is similar to such a degree that it may be confused with the earlier word sign ‘ZANOTTI’, which is registered in the European Union under No 244 277 and in Italy under No 452 869, SIC being the proprietor of both registrations;










—


order OHIM to pay all the costs of both sets of proceedings;










—


order VICINI SpA to reimburse SIC in respect of all the costs relating to the proceedings before the Opposition Division and the Board of Appeal.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The decision of the General Court is vitiated by inadequate and contradictory reasoning. The fact that the graphic element is visually dominant when compared with the word element of the mark applied for and that the words ‘Giuseppe’ and ‘Design’ have been added to the term ‘ZANOTTI’ are not sufficient to rule out the possibility of a likelihood of confusion between the marks at issue, in view of the intrinsic qualities of the elements in question, in particular their lack of distinctive character.
The General Court erred in finding that the word ‘ZANOTTI’, which is the word element of the mark applied for, does not have an independent distinctive role, thus also ruling out in this respect a likelihood of confusion between the marks at issue.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6889 — Sogecap/Cardif/Ensemble Immobilier Clichy-la-Garenne)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-06-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, life assurance, merger control, real property








C_2013170EN.01002101.xml










15.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 170/21





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6889 — Sogecap/Cardif/Ensemble Immobilier Clichy-la-Garenne)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 170/04
On 13 May 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 French 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 32013M6889. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 of 18 September 2007 establishing a multiannual plan for the cod stocks in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 779/97 ( OJ L 248, 22.9.2007 )
Date: 2013-06-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Baltic Sea, authorised catch, conservation of fish stocks, fishing area, fishing controls, fishing season, fishing statistics, sea fish








L_2013163EN.01003101.xml










15.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 163/31







Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 of 18 September 2007 establishing a multiannual plan for the cod stocks in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 779/97
(
Official Journal of the European Union L 248 of 22 September 2007
)

On page 10, Annex II, ‘Contents of national control action programmes’, point 2:
for:


                  ‘Description of the systems implemented to ensure compliance with Articles 13, 14, 15 and 18.’,

read:


                  ‘Description of the systems implemented to ensure compliance with Articles 12, 13, 14 and 17.’;

on page 10, Annex II, ‘Contents of national control action programmes’, point 3:
for:


                  ‘Where relevant, a list of ports designated for cod landings in accordance with Article 19.’,

read:


                  ‘Where relevant, a list of ports designated for cod landings in accordance with Article 18.’;

on page 10, Annex II, ‘Contents of national control action programmes’, point 4:
for:


                  ‘Description of the systems implemented to ensure compliance with Article 17.’,

read:


                  ‘Description of the systems implemented to ensure compliance with Article 16.’;

on page 10, Annex II, ‘Contents of national control action programmes’, point 5:
for:


                  ‘Description of any facilities and or systems implemented to ensure compliance with the provisions in Articles 12, 16, 20, 22 and 23.’,

read:


                  ‘Description of any facilities and/or systems implemented to ensure compliance with the provisions in Articles 11, 15, 19, 21 and 22.’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6955 — KKR/Bidco/South Staffordshire Plc) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-06-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, water treatment








C_2013170EN.01004301.xml










15.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 170/43





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6955 — KKR/Bidco/South Staffordshire Plc)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 170/08






1.


On 7 June 2013, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Selena Bidco Limited (‘Bidco’, Jersey), a company controlled by KKR & Co. LP (‘KKR’, USA), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over South Staffordshire Plc and associated companies (‘Target’, UK) by way of a purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for KKR: provision of a broad range of alternative asset management services to public and private market investors and capital markets solutions for the firm, its portfolio companies and clients,










—


for South Straffordshire Plc: supply of water services in the South Staffordshire and Cambridge water supply areas; supply of other ancillary water-related services; and supply of water coolers.














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.6955 — KKR/Bidco/South Staffordshire Plc, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




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’).