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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.7063 — Vestas Wind Systems/Mitsubishi Heavy Industries/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, merger control, turbine, wind energy








C_2014008EN.01001001.xml










11.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 8/10





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.7063 — Vestas Wind Systems/Mitsubishi Heavy Industries/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 8/08






1.


On 3 January 2014, 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 Vestas Wind System A/S (‘Vestas’, Denmark) and MHI Holding Denmark ApS, belonging to the group Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (‘MHI’, Japan), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a newly created company constituting a joint venture (‘JV’, Denmark) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Vestas: manufacturing, supply and servicing of wind turbine generators,










—


for MHI: shipbuilding and ocean development, power systems, nuclear energy systems, machinery and steel infrastructure systems, aerospace systems, and medium-volume mass production items (such as general machinery and special vehicles),










—


for JV: development and supply of offshore wind turbines.














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.7063 — Vestas Wind Systems/Mitsubishi Heavy Industries/JV, 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’).
Letter of notification by the European Union to the Principality of Liechtenstein of technical amendment, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania on 1 January 2007 and of Croatia on 1 July 2013 , to Annex I to the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Liechtenstein providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments
Date: 2014-01-11
Institutions: European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Romania, accession to the European Union, agreement (EU), revision of an agreement, tax on investment income








L_2014008EN.01000801.xml










11.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 8/8







Letter of notification by the European Union to the Principality of Liechtenstein of technical amendment, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania on 1 January 2007 and of Croatia on 1 July 2013, to Annex I to the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Liechtenstein providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments

Sir,
I have the honour to refer to the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Liechtenstein providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments.
Due to the accession of Bulgaria and Romania on 1 January 2007 and of Croatia on 1 July 2013, Annex I to the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Liechtenstein providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments requires a technical amendment in the form provided for by Article 20(2), first subparagraph of the Agreement.
Article 20(2), first subparagraph of the Agreement provides that the list of competent authorities in Annex I may be amended simply by notification of the other Contracting Party by Liechtenstein for the authority referred to in (a) therein and by the Community for the other authorities.
I hereby notify you on behalf of the Union that the competent authorities for Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia are:






—


in Bulgaria: Изпълнителният директор на Националната агенция за приходите or an authorised representative,










—


in Romania: Președintele Agenției Naționale de Administrare Fiscală or an authorised representative,










—


in Croatia: Ministar financija or an authorised representative




and that they have to be added into Annex I to the Agreement under letters (aa), (ab) and (ac) respectively after the competent authorities mentioned under letter (z).
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of our highest consideration,




For the European Union,
Heinz ZOUREK
            

Director-General of the Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union
Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2013/114/EU of 1 March 2013 establishing the guidelines for Member States on calculating renewable energy from heat pumps from different heat pump technologies pursuant to Article 5 of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 62, 6.3.2013 )
Date: 2014-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: energy consumption, energy production, heat pump, renewable energy, statistical method








L_2014008EN.01003201.xml










11.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 8/32







Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2013/114/EU of 1 March 2013 establishing the guidelines for Member States on calculating renewable energy from heat pumps from different heat pump technologies pursuant to Article 5 of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(
Official Journal of the European Union L 62 of 6 March 2013
)

On pages 32 and 33, in point 3.6, ‘Default values for SPF and Qusable for heat pumps’ tables 1 and 2, the values for HHP (annual equivalent heat pump hours) for reversible (using aerothermal energy) air to air and air to water heat pumps operating in ‘warm’ climates, line 3 and 4 respectively of column 3:
for:

               ‘480’,
read:

               ‘120’;
for:

               ‘470’,
read:

               ‘120’;
on page 35, in point 4, ‘Calculation example’, the ‘annual equivalent heat pump hours’ (HHP) example for the water to water heat pump in the third row, penultimate column:
for:

               ‘
               2 010
               ’,
read:

               ‘
               2 070
               ’.
Letter of notification by the European Union to the Principality of Monaco of technical amendment, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania on 1 January 2007 and of Croatia on 1 July 2013 , to Annex I to the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Monaco providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments
Date: 2014-01-11
Institutions: European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, Croatia, Monaco, Romania, accession to the European Union, agreement (EU), revision of an agreement, tax on investment income








L_2014008EN.01000901.xml










11.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 8/9







Letter of notification by the European Union to the Principality of Monaco of technical amendment, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania on 1 January 2007 and of Croatia on 1 July 2013, to Annex I to the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Monaco providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments

Sir,
I have the honour to refer to the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Monaco providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments.
Due to the accession of Bulgaria and Romania on 1 January 2007 and of Croatia on 1 July 2013, Annex I to the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Monaco providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments requires a technical amendment in the form provided for by Article 20(2), first subparagraph of the Agreement.
Article 20(2), first subparagraph of the Agreement provides that the list of competent authorities in Annex I may be modified by a simple notification to the other Contracting Party by the Principality of Monaco as regards the authority mentioned to in point (a) of the said Annex and by the European Community as regards the other authorities.
I hereby notify you on behalf of the Union that the competent authorities for Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia are:






—


in Bulgaria: Изпълнителният директор на Националната агенция за приходите or an authorised representative,










—


in Romania: Președintele Agenției Naționale de Administrare Fiscală or an authorised representative,










—


in Croatia: Ministar financija or an authorised representative




and that they have to be added into Annex I to the Agreement under letters (aa), (ab) and (ac) respectively after the competent authorities mentioned under letter (z).
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of our highest consideration,




For the European Union,
Heinz ZOUREK
            

Director-General of the Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1369/2013 of 13 December 2013 on Union support for the nuclear decommissioning assistance programme in Lithuania, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1990/2006 ( OJ L 346, 20.12.2013 )
Date: 2014-01-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Lithuania, decommissioning of power stations, economic support








L_2014008EN.01003001.xml










11.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 8/30







Corrigendum to Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1369/2013 of 13 December 2013 on Union support for the nuclear decommissioning assistance programme in Lithuania, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1990/2006
(
Official Journal of the European Union L 346 of 20 December 2013
)

On page 7, recital 5, second sentence:
for:

               ‘From this, the amount of EUR 500 million in 2011 prices which is approximately EUR 553 million in current prices, …’,
read:

               ‘From this, the amount of EUR 860 million in 2011 prices which is approximately EUR 969 million in current prices, …’;
on page 9, Article 3(1), first sentence:
for:

               ‘The financial envelope for the implementation of the Ignalina programme for the period from 2014 to 2020 shall be EUR 229 629 000 in current prices.’,
read:

               ‘The financial envelope for the implementation of the Ignalina programme for the period from 2014 to 2020 shall be EUR 450 818 000 in current prices.’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2014-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2014008EN.01000201.xml










11.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 8/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

10 January 2014
2014/C 8/02

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3587




JPY


Japanese yen


142,67




DKK


Danish krone


7,4621




GBP


Pound sterling


0,82800




SEK


Swedish krona


8,8820




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2342




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,4025




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,392




HUF


Hungarian forint


299,24




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1749




RON


Romanian leu


4,5450




TRY


Turkish lira


2,9585




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5265




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4777




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,5367




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6527




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7255




KRW


South Korean won


1 443,48




ZAR


South African rand


14,6297




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,2230




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6290




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 325,80




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,4423




PHP


Philippine peso


60,746




RUB


Russian rouble


45,1468




THB


Thai baht


44,929




BRL


Brazilian real


3,2511




MXN


Mexican peso


17,7718




INR


Indian rupee


84,1100






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Special Report No 17/2013 ‘EU climate finance in the context of external aid’
Date: 2014-01-11
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EU financing, climate change, foreign aid








C_2014008EN.01000701.xml










11.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 8/7





Special Report No 17/2013 ‘EU climate finance in the context of external aid’
2014/C 8/05
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 17/2013 ‘EU climate finance in the context of external aid’ has just been published.
The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors' website: http://eca.europa.eu
A hard copy version of the report may be obtained free of charge on request to the Court of Auditors:





European Court of Auditors




Unit ‘Audit: Production of Reports’




12, rue Alcide de Gasperi




1615 Luxembourg




LUXEMBOURG




Tel. +352 4398-1




E-mail: eca-info@eca.europa.eu




or by filling in an electronic order form on EU-Bookshop.
Letter of notification by the European Union to the Republic of San Marino of technical amendment, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania on 1 January 2007 and of Croatia on 1 July 2013 , to Annex I to the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of San Marino providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments
Date: 2014-01-11
Institutions: European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, San Marino, accession to the European Union, agreement (EU), revision of an agreement, tax on investment income








L_2014008EN.01000701.xml










11.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 8/7







Letter of notification by the European Union to the Republic of San Marino of technical amendment, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania on 1 January 2007 and of Croatia on 1 July 2013, to Annex I to the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of San Marino providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments

Sir,
I have the honour to refer to the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of San Marino providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments.
Due to the accession of Bulgaria and Romania on 1 January 2007 and of Croatia on 1 July 2013, Annex I to the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of San Marino providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments requires a technical amendment in the form provided for by Article 20(2), first subparagraph of the Agreement.
Article 20(2), first subparagraph of the Agreement provides that the list of competent authorities in Annex I may be amended simply by notification of the other Contracting Party by San Marino for the authority referred to in (a) therein and by the Community for the other authorities.
I hereby notify you on behalf of the Union that the competent authorities for Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia are:






—


in Bulgaria: Изпълнителният директор на Националната агенция за приходите or an authorised representative,










—


in Romania: Președintele Agenției Naționale de Administrare Fiscală or an authorised representative,










—


in Croatia: Ministar financija or an authorised representative




and that they have to be added into Annex I to the Agreement under letters (aa), (ab) and (ac) respectively after the competent authorities mentioned under letter (z).
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of our highest consideration,




For the European Union,
Heinz ZOUREK
            

Director-General of the Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.7103 — USS/OPTrust/PGGM/Global Vía Infraestructuras/Globalvía) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, United Kingdom, building industry, economic concentration, merger control, supplementary pension








C_2014008EN.01000901.xml










11.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 8/9





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.7103 — USS/OPTrust/PGGM/Global Vía Infraestructuras/Globalvía)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 8/07






1.


On 23 December 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 undertakings USS Nero Limited (USS, the United Kingdom), OPSEU Pension Plan Trust Fund (OPTrust, Canada), PGGM NV (PGGM, the Netherlands) and Global Vía Infraestructuras, SA (Global Vía Infraestructuras, Spain), jointly controlled by Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, SA, and Bankia SA, will acquire joint control of Globalvía Inversiones, SA (Globalvía, Spain), which is currently jointly controlled by OPTrust, PGGM and Global Vía Infraestructuras, by way of contract.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for USS: private sector pension funds in the United Kingdom,










—


for OPTrust: pension fund management for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union,










—


for PGGM: pension fund management in the Netherlands,










—


for Global Vía Infraestructuras: construction and management of infrastructure concessions,










—


for Globalvía: construction and management of infrastructure concessions.














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.7103 — USS/OPTrust/PGGM/Global Vía Infraestructuras/Globalvía, 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’).
Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union OJ C 377, 21.12.2013
Date: 2014-01-11
Institutions: Court of Justice of the European Union
Subjects: Court of Justice (EU)








C_2014009EN.01000101.xml










11.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 9/1





2014/C 9/01
Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union



OJ C 377, 21.12.2013



Past publications


OJ C 367, 14.12.2013


OJ C 359, 7.12.2013


OJ C 352, 30.11.2013


OJ C 344, 23.11.2013


OJ C 336, 16.11.2013


OJ C 325, 9.11.2013

These texts are available on:
EUR-Lex: http://eur-lex.europa.eu
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1368/2013 of 13 December 2013 on Union support for the nuclear decommissioning assistance programmes in Bulgaria and Slovakia, and repealing Regulations (Euratom) No 549/2007 and (Euratom) No 647/2010 ( OJ L 346, 20.12.2013 )
Date: 2014-01-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, Slovakia, decommissioning of power stations, economic support








L_2014008EN.01003101.xml










11.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 8/31







Corrigendum to Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1368/2013 of 13 December 2013 on Union support for the nuclear decommissioning assistance programmes in Bulgaria and Slovakia, and repealing Regulations (Euratom) No 549/2007 and (Euratom) No 647/2010
(
Official Journal of the European Union L 346 of 20 December 2013
)

On page 2, recital 7, second sentence:
for:

               ‘From this, the amount of EUR 500 million in 2011 prices, which is approximately EUR 553 million in current prices, …’,
read:

               ‘From this, the amount of EUR 860 million in 2011 prices, which is approximately EUR 969 million in current prices, …’;
on page 3, the first subparagraph of Article 3(1):
for:


                     ‘The financial envelope for the implementation of the Kozloduy and Bohunice programmes for the period from 2014 to 2020 shall be EUR 323 318 000 in current prices. That amount shall be distributed between the Kozloduy and Bohunice programmes as follows:






(a)


EUR 208 503 000 for the Kozloduy programme for the period from 2014 to 2020;










(b)


EUR 114 815 000 for the Bohunice programme for the period from 2014 to 2020.’,





read:


                     ‘The financial envelope for the implementation of the Kozloduy and Bohunice programmes for the period from 2014 to 2020 shall be EUR 518 442 000 in current prices. That amount shall be distributed between the Kozloduy and Bohunice programmes as follows:






(a)


EUR 293 032 000 for the Kozloduy programme for the period from 2014 to 2020;










(b)


EUR 225 410 000 for the Bohunice programme for the period from 2014 to 2020.’.
Corrigendum to draft strategy on European e-Justice 2014-2018 ( OJ C 376, 21.12.2013 )
Date: 2014-01-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Internet, action programme, disclosure of information, information technology, internal border of the EU, judicial proceedings, new technology








C_2014008EN.01001101.xml










11.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 8/11





Corrigendum to draft strategy on European e-Justice 2014-2018
(
Official Journal of the European Union C 376 of 21 December 2013
)
2014/C 8/09
On page 7, the title should read as follows:
for:

read: