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Special Report No 16/2013 ‘Taking stock of “single audit” and the Commission’s reliance on the work of national audit authorities in Cohesion’
Date: 2014-01-11
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: audit, economic and social cohesion, management audit








C_2014008EN.01000601.xml










11.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 8/6





Special Report No 16/2013 ‘Taking stock of “single audit” and the Commission’s reliance on the work of national audit authorities in Cohesion’
2014/C 8/04
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 16/2013 ‘Taking stock of “single audit” and the Commission’s reliance on the work of national audit authorities in Cohesion’ 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.7110 — GIC Realty/British Land/Broadgate) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Singapore, United Kingdom, economic concentration, merger control, property leasing, real estate business, real property








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11.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 8/8





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.7110 — GIC Realty/British Land/Broadgate)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 8/06






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 GIC (Realty) Private Limited (‘GIC Realty’, Singapore) and The British Land Company plc (‘British Land’, the United Kingdom) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Bluebutton Properties Limited (‘Bluebutton Properties’, the United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for GIC Realty: the ownership and administration of the real estate assets of the government of Singapore,










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for British Land: the ownership and management of real estate,










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for Bluebutton Properties: the rental and operation of commercial real estate at Broadgate (London).














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.7110 — GIC Realty/British Land/Broadgate, 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 Andorra 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 Andorra 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: Andorra, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, accession to the European Union, agreement (EU), revision of an agreement, tax on investment income








L_2014008EN.01001001.xml










11.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 8/10







Letter of notification by the European Union to the Principality of Andorra 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 Andorra 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 Andorra 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 Andorra 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 18(2), first subparagraph of the Agreement.
Article 18(2), first subparagraph of the Agreement provides that the list of competent authorities featured in Annex I may be modified by a simple notification of the other Contracting Party by the Principality of Andorra in so far as it concerns the authority referred to in (a) of the said Annex, and by the European Community insofar as it concerns the other authorities.
I hereby notify you on behalf of the Union that the competent authorities for Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia are:






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










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










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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