do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.7151 — BNP Paribas/Certain Assets of Royal Bank of Scotland)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-03-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: America, Asia, Europe, Ireland, Middle East, United Kingdom, United States, bank, economic concentration, financial services, merger control








C_2014075EN.01000801.xml










14.3.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 75/8





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.7151 — BNP Paribas/Certain Assets of Royal Bank of Scotland)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 75/04






1.


On 6 March 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 undertaking BNP Paribas SA (‘BNPP’, France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of certain assets (‘Target Assets’) of The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. and The Royal Bank of Scotland NV (together ‘RBS’, the United Kingdom) by way of purchase of assets.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for BNPP: banking and financial services, including retail, corporate and investment baking, issuing of securities such as warrants, certificates, notes, worldwide,










—


for RBS: banking and financial services, including retail and commercial businesses (mainly in UK, USA and Ireland), as well as investment banking, wealth management and payments network (across Europe, Middle East, the Americas and Asia),










—


for Target Assets: various financial instruments held by or entered into by RBS, including structured investment products, equity derivatives and related hedges, other assets such as IP, software and proprietary indices information and employees assigned to the above products.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the 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.7151 — BNP Paribas/Certain Assets of Royal Bank of Scotland, 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 ‘Merger Regulation’).
Vocational education and training in Greece : short description.
Date: 2014-03-14
Institutions: Cedefop
Subjects: Greece, continuing education, education policy, educational reform, labour market, organisation of teaching, vocational education, vocational training, youth unemployment

European Centre for the Development of Vocational TrainingGreeceVocational educationand training inENENGreeceVocational educationand training inShort descriptionShort descriptionBy providing an insight into the main features and current developments, this short description contributes to a better understanding of vocational education and training (VET) in Greece and the challenges that lie ahead, such as high youth unemployment and other labour market imbalances.Recent reform initiatives aim to make VET more attractive in a country where the worlds of education and training and work have been quite apart. Recent legislation aims to reinforce work-based components of education and training, thus strengthening links with the labour market. Anticipating skill needs should also become part and parcel of educa-tional policy. Provided all partners within the education and training field and the labour market are committed to their implementation, these reforms can go a long way towards addressing the challenges the country currently faces.Europe 123, 570 01 Thessaloniki (Pylea), GREECEPO Box 22427, 551 02 Thessaloniki, GREECETel. +30 2310490111, Fax +30 2310490020, E-mail: info@cedefop.europa.eu European Centre for the Development of Vocational TrainingEL978-92-896-1620-14130 EN – TI-01-14-125-EN-C –doi:10.2801/76056European Centre for the Development of Vocational TrainingGreeceVocational educationand training inENENGreeceVocational educationand training inShort descriptionShort descriptionBy providing an insight into the main features and current developments, this short description contributes to a better understanding of vocational education and training (VET) in Greece and the challenges that lie ahead, such as high youth unemployment and other labour market imbalances.Recent reform initiatives aim to make VET more attractive in a country where the worlds of education and training and work have been quite apart. Recent legislation aims to reinforce work-based components of education and training, thus strengthening links with the labour market. Anticipating skill needs should also become part and parcel of educa-tional policy. Provided all partners within the education and training field and the labour market are committed to their implementation, these reforms can go a long way towards addressing the challenges the country currently faces.Europe 123, 570 01 Thessaloniki (Pylea), GREECEPO Box 22427, 551 02 Thessaloniki, GREECETel. +30 2310490111, Fax +30 2310490020, E-mail: info@cedefop.europa.eu European Centre for the Development of Vocational TrainingEL978-92-896-1620-14130 EN – TI-01-14-125-EN-C –doi:10.2801/76056
Case C-122/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de Primera Instancia No 5 de Cartagena (Spain) lodged on 14 March 2014  — Aktiv Kapital Portfolio Investments v Ángel Luis Egea Torregrosa
Date: 2014-03-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU law - national law, Spain, consumer protection, enforcement of ruling, unfair terms of contract








C_2014159EN.01001401.xml










26.5.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 159/14





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de Primera Instancia No 5 de Cartagena (Spain) lodged on 14 March 2014 — Aktiv Kapital Portfolio Investments v Ángel Luis Egea Torregrosa
(Case C-122/14)
2014/C 159/19
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado de Primera Instancia No 5 de Cartagena

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Aktiv Kapital Portfolio Investments

Defendant: Ángel Luis Egea Torregrosa

Question referred

Must Directive 93/13 (1) be interpreted as precluding a provision of national law like the Spanish legislation that does not allow the court to review of its own motion in limine litis, in the subsequent enforcement procedure, the judicial enforceable instrument — an order made by the court bringing the order-for-payment proceedings to an end in the absence of any objections — in order to ascertain whether there are unfair terms in the contract that served as a basis for the issue of that decree whose enforcement is sought, because national law considers the matter to be res judicata — Articles 551 and 552 of the Ley de Enjuiciamiento Civil [Code of Civil Procedure] in conjunction with Article 816(2) thereof?


(1)  Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts OJ 1993 L 95, p. 29.
Case T-293/11: Judgment of the General Court of 14 March 2014  — Holcim (Deutschland) and Holcim v Commission (Competition  — Administrative proceeding  — Decision to request information  — Necessity of the information requested  — Duty to state reasons  — Proportionality)
Date: 2014-03-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to information, administrative procedure, cement, principle of proportionality, restriction on competition








C_2014135EN.01002902.xml










5.5.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 135/29






Judgment of the General Court of 14 March 2014 — Holcim (Deutschland) and Holcim v Commission
(Case T-293/11) (1)

((Competition - Administrative proceeding - Decision to request information - Necessity of the information requested - Duty to state reasons - Proportionality))
(2014/C 135/35)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicants: Holcim (Deutschland) AG (Hamburg, Germany) and Holcim Ltd (Zurich, Switzerland) (represented by: P. Niggemann and K. Gaßler, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Kellerbauer, R. Sauer and C. Hödlmayer, acting as Agents, and A. Böhlke, lawyer)

Re:

Action for annulment of Commission Decision C(2011) 2363 final of 30 March 2011, in the context of a procedure pursuant to Article 18(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (Case COMP/39520 — cement and related products).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Holcim (Deutschland) AG and Holcim Ltd to pay the costs, including those of the interim proceedings.






(1)  
            OJ C 238, 13.8.2011.
New national sides of euro circulation coins
Date: 2014-03-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency








C_2014075EN.01000201.xml










14.3.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 75/2





New national sides of euro circulation coins
2014/C 75/02
Euro circulation coins have legal tender status throughout the euro area. The Commission publishes all new euro coin designs (1) with a view to informing all parties required to handle coins in the course of their work as well as the public at large.
Belgium has updated the design of the Belgian national face of euro coins to be produced from 2014 in order to illustrate the change in the position of the Head of State. Coins from previous years featuring the old Belgian national face will remain valid.






























1 EURO CENT


2 EURO CENT


5 EURO CENT


10 EURO CENT


























20 EURO CENT


50 EURO CENT


1 EURO


2 EURO




Issuing country: Belgium
Date of issue: March 2014
Description of the designs: All the denominations feature the effigy of the new Head of State His Majesty Philippe, King of the Belgians, in profile to the right. To the left of the effigy, the indication of the issuing country ‘BE’ and on top of it the royal monogram. Under the effigy, the mint master mark at the left and the mint mark at the right flank the year of issuance.
The coin's outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.
The edge lettering on the 2-euro coin is 2 **, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted.


(1)  See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1, OJ C 254, 20.10.2006, p. 6 and OJ C 248, 23.10.2007, p. 8 for a reference to the other euro coins.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2014-03-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2014075EN.01000101.xml










14.3.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 75/1





Euro exchange rates (1)

13 March 2014
2014/C 75/01

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3942




JPY


Japanese yen


143,30




DKK


Danish krone


7,4635




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83545




SEK


Swedish krona


8,8495




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2160




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,2575




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,355




HUF


Hungarian forint


311,70




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2231




RON


Romanian leu


4,5059




TRY


Turkish lira


3,1030




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5372




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5428




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,8260




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6238




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7627




KRW


South Korean won


1 488,44




ZAR


South African rand


14,9577




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,5566




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6595




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 887,41




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,5646




PHP


Philippine peso


62,099




RUB


Russian rouble


50,8100




THB


Thai baht


45,061




BRL


Brazilian real


3,2680




MXN


Mexican peso


18,3895




INR


Indian rupee


85,2972






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-292/11: Judgment of the General Court of 14 March 2014  — Cemex and Others v Commission (Competition  — Administrative proceeding  — Decision to request information  — Necessity of the information requested  — Duty to state reasons  — Proportionality)
Date: 2014-03-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to information, administrative procedure, cement, principle of proportionality, restriction on competition








C_2014135EN.01002901.xml










5.5.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 135/29






Judgment of the General Court of 14 March 2014 — Cemex and Others v Commission
(Case T-292/11) (1)

((Competition - Administrative proceeding - Decision to request information - Necessity of the information requested - Duty to state reasons - Proportionality))
(2014/C 135/34)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicants: Cemex SAB. De CV (Monterrey, Mexico); New Sunward Holding BV (Amsterdam, Netherlands); Cemex España, SA (Madrid, Spain); Cemex Deutschland AG (Ratingen, Germany); Cemex UK (Egham, United Kingdom); Cemex Czech Operations s.r.o. (Prague, Czech Republic); Cemex France Gestion (Rungis, France); Cemex Austria AG (Langenzersdorf, Austria) (represented by: M. Folguera Crespo, P. Vidal Martínez, H. González Durántez and B. Martínez Corral, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: É. Gippini Fournier, F. Castilla Contreras and C. Hödlmayer, acting as Agents, and J. Rivas Andrés, lawyer)

Re:

Action for annulment of Commission Decision C(2011) 2360 final of 30 March 2011, in the context of a procedure pursuant to Article 18(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (Case COMP/39520 — cement and related products).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Cemex SAB. De CV, New Sunward Holding BV, Cemex España, SA, Cemex Deutschland AG, Cemex UK, Cemex Czech Operations s.r.o., Cemex France Gestion and Cemex Austria AG to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 238, 13.8.2011.
Case T-306/11: Judgment of the General Court of 14 March 2014  — Schwenk Zement v Commission (Competition  — Administrative proceeding  — Decision to request information  — Necessity of the information requested  — Duty to state reasons  — Proportionality)
Date: 2014-03-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to information, administrative procedure, cement, principle of proportionality, restriction on competition








C_2014135EN.01003202.xml










5.5.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 135/32






Judgment of the General Court of 14 March 2014 — Schwenk Zement v Commission
(Case T-306/11) (1)

((Competition - Administrative proceeding - Decision to request information - Necessity of the information requested - Duty to state reasons - Proportionality))
(2014/C 135/40)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicants: Schwenk Zement KG (Ulm, Germany) (represented by: M. Raible, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Kellerbauer, R. Sauer and C. Hödlmayer, acting as Agents, and A. Böhlke, lawyer)

Re:

Action for annulment of Commission Decision C(2011) 2367 final of 30 March 2011, in the context of a procedure pursuant to Article 18(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (Case COMP/39520 — cement and related products).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Commission Decision C(2011) 2367 final of 30 March 2011 in the context of a procedure pursuant to Article 18(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (Case COMP 39520 — cement and related products) as regards the 11th series of questions in the questionnaire constituting Annex I thereto;










2.


Orders Schwenk Zement KG to bear two thirds of its own costs and two thirds of the costs incurred by the European Commission, and orders the Commission to bear one third of its own costs and one third of the costs incurred by Schwenk Zement KG;










3.


Dismisses the remainder of the action.






(1)  
            OJ C 238, 13.8.2011.
Case T-302/11: Judgment of the General Court of 14 March 2014  — HeidelbergCement v Commission (Competition  — Administrative proceeding  — Decision to request information  — Necessity of the information requested  — Duty to state reasons  — Proportionality)
Date: 2014-03-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to information, administrative procedure, cement, principle of proportionality, restriction on competition








C_2014135EN.01003102.xml










5.5.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 135/31






Judgment of the General Court of 14 March 2014 — HeidelbergCement v Commission
(Case T-302/11) (1)

((Competition - Administrative proceeding - Decision to request information - Necessity of the information requested - Duty to state reasons - Proportionality))
(2014/C 135/38)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicants: HeidelbergCement AG (Heidelberg, Germany) (represented by: U. Denzel, T. Holzmüller and P. Pichler, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Kellerbauer, R. Sauer and C. Hödlmayer, acting as Agents, and A. Böhlke, lawyer)

Re:

Action for annulment of Commission Decision C(2011) 2361 final of 30 March 2011, in the context of a procedure pursuant to Article 18(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (Case COMP/39520 — cement and related products).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders HeidelbergCement AG to pay the costs, including those of the interim proceedings.






(1)  
            OJ C 238, 13.8.2011.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 274/2014 of 14 March 2014 correcting the Lithuanian language version of Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 establishing a list of permitted health claims made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-03-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer information, food safety, foodstuff, health control, labelling








L_2014083EN.01000101.xml










20.3.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 83/1








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 274/2014
of 14 March 2014
         
correcting the Lithuanian language version of Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 establishing a list of permitted health claims made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


There are errors in the Lithuanian language version of Commission Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 (2) which should be corrected. Due to the high number of repetitive corrections, the Annex in the Lithuanian language version should be replaced in full. The other language versions are not affected.












(2)


Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 should therefore be corrected accordingly.












(3)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Concerns only the Lithuanian language version.



Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 March 2014.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 9.

(2)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 of 16 May 2012 establishing a list of permitted health claims made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health (OJ L 136, 25.5.2012, p. 1).
Case T-297/11: Judgment of the General Court of 14 March 2014  — Buzzi Unicem v Commission (Competition  — Administrative proceeding  — Decision to request information  — Necessity of the information requested  — Principle of sound administration  — Duty to state reasons  — Proportionality)
Date: 2014-03-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to information, administrative procedure, cement, principle of proportionality, restriction on competition








C_2014135EN.01003101.xml










5.5.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 135/31






Judgment of the General Court of 14 March 2014 — Buzzi Unicem v Commission
(Case T-297/11) (1)

((Competition - Administrative proceeding - Decision to request information - Necessity of the information requested - Principle of sound administration - Duty to state reasons - Proportionality))
(2014/C 135/37)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Buzzi Unicem SpA (Casale Monferrato, Italy) (represented by: C. Osti and A. Prastaro, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by: B. Gencarelli, L. Malferrari and C. Hödlmayer, and subsequently by: L. Malferrari and C. Hödlmayer, acting as Agents, and M. Merola, lawyer)

Re:

Action for annulment of Commission Decision C(2011) 2356 final of 30 March 2011, in the context of a procedure pursuant to Article 18(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (Case COMP/39520 — cement and related products)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Buzzi Unicem SpA to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 226, 30.7.2011.
Case C-123/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad — Varna (Bulgaria) lodged on 14 March 2014  — Itales ООD v Direktor na Direktsia ‘Obzhalvane i danacho-osiguritelna praktika’ Varna pri Tsentralno Upravlenie na Natsionalnata Agentsia za Prihodite
Date: 2014-03-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, originating product, proof, sale, tax evasion, tax relief








C_2014151EN.01001402.xml










19.5.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 151/14





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad — Varna (Bulgaria) lodged on 14 March 2014 — Itales ООD v Direktor na Direktsia ‘Obzhalvane i danacho-osiguritelna praktika’ Varna pri Tsentralno Upravlenie na Natsionalnata Agentsia za Prihodite
(Case C-123/14)
2014/C 151/18
Language of the case: Bulgarian

Referring court

Administrativen sad — Varna

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Itales ООD

Defendant: Direktor na Direktsia ‘Obzhalvane i danacho-osiguritelna praktika’ Varna pri Tsentralno Upravlenie na Natsionalnata Agentsia za Prihodite

Questions referred







1.


Is Article 168 of Directive 2006/112/EC (1) of the Council and of the European Parliament of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax to be interpreted so that, where goods are sold to a third party, a right to deduct input tax arises by virtue of their purchase, even if there is no proof that the previous supplier possessed goods of the same kind?










2.


Is the administrative practice of the Natsionalna Agentsia po prihodite (National Income Tax Agency), according to which persons liable to VAT within the meaning of the Zakon za danan varhu dobaveneta stoynost (VAT law) are denied the right to deduct input tax in cases where there is no proof of the origin of the goods, without suspicion of involvement in tax fraud having being expressed and/or objective evidence provided by the tax authorities which would indicate that the taxable person knew, or ought to have known, that the transaction relied on as a basis for the right to deduct was connected with tax fraud?






(1)  OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1.