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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7288 — Viacom / Channel 5 Broadcasting) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-06-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, broadcasting, economic concentration, merger control, public service








C_2014187EN.01000801.xml










19.6.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 187/8





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7288 — Viacom / Channel 5 Broadcasting)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 187/08






1.


On 10 June 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 Viacom Inc. (‘Viacom’, United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited (‘Channel 5 Broadcasting’, United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Viacom: global entertainment content company,
—   for Channel 5 Broadcasting: public service broadcaster, active in the UK.










3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7288 — Viacom / Channel 5 Broadcasting, 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’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7312 — Towerbrook/Independent Clinical Services Group Limited) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-06-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Europe, North America, United Kingdom, economic concentration, health care, investment company, merger control








C_2014187EN.01000401.xml










19.6.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 187/4





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7312 — Towerbrook/Independent Clinical Services Group Limited)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 187/04






1.


On 10 June 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 Towerbrook Investors Limited (‘Towerbrook’, Cayman Islands) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Independent Clinical Services Group Limited (‘ICS’, the United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Towerbrook is the ultimate general partner of funds managed by Towerbrook Capital Partners L.P. which is a global private equity firm investing in large and middle market companies in Europe and in North America,










—


ICS provides health, life sciences and social care staffing and services to the healthcare sector in the United Kingdom.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7312 — Towerbrook/Independent Clinical Services Group Limited, 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’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Case C-370/13: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 June 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny — Poland) — Henryk Teisseyre, Jan Teisseyre v Minister Skarbu Państwa (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 18 TFEU — Citizenship of the Union — Non-discrimination — Compensation for loss of abandoned immovable property outside the current borders of the Member State concerned — Citizenship condition — Lack of connection to EU law — Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court)
Date: 2014-06-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European citizenship, equal treatment, indemnification, jurisdiction, real property








C_2014315EN.01002801.xml










15.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 315/28





Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 June 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny — Poland) — Henryk Teisseyre, Jan Teisseyre v Minister Skarbu Państwa
(Case C-370/13) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 18 TFEU - Citizenship of the Union - Non-discrimination - Compensation for loss of abandoned immovable property outside the current borders of the Member State concerned - Citizenship condition - Lack of connection to EU law - Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court))
2014/C 315/43
Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Henryk Teisseyre, Jan Teisseyre

Defendant: Minister Skarbu Państwa

Operative part of the order

The Court of Justice of the European Union clearly lacks jurisdiction to reply to the question referred by the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny (Poland).


(1)  OJ C 291, 5.10.2013.
Joined Cases C-53/13 and C-80/13: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 June 2014 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Krajský soud v Ostravě, Nejvyšší správní soud — Czech Republic) — Strojírny Prostějov, a.s. (C-53/13), ACO Industries Tábor s.r.o. (C-80/13) v Odvolací finanční ředitelství (Freedom to provide services — Temporary employment agency — Secondment of workers by an agency established in another Member State — Restriction — Undertaking using the workforce — Tax on the income of those workers withheld at source — Obligation — Payment to national budget — Obligation — Situation of workers seconded by a national agency — Absence of such obligations)
Date: 2014-06-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: branch, deduction at source, personal income tax, temporary employment, temporary employment agency








C_2014282EN.01001001.xml










25.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 282/10





Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 June 2014 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Krajský soud v Ostravě, Nejvyšší správní soud — Czech Republic) — Strojírny Prostějov, a.s. (C-53/13), ACO Industries Tábor s.r.o. (C-80/13) v Odvolací finanční ředitelství
(Joined Cases C-53/13 and C-80/13) (1)

((Freedom to provide services - Temporary employment agency - Secondment of workers by an agency established in another Member State - Restriction - Undertaking using the workforce - Tax on the income of those workers withheld at source - Obligation - Payment to national budget - Obligation - Situation of workers seconded by a national agency - Absence of such obligations))
2014/C 282/13
Language of the case: Czech

Referring courts

Krajský soud v Ostravě, Nejvyšší správní soud

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Strojírny Prostějov, a.s. (C-53/13), ACO Industries Tábor s.r.o. (C-80/13)

Defendant: Odvolací finanční ředitelství

Operative part of the judgment

Article 56 TFEU precludes legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, under which companies established in one Member State using workers employed and seconded by temporary employment agencies established in another Member State, but operating in the first Member State through a branch, are obliged to withhold tax and to pay to the first Member State an advance payment on the income tax due by those workers, whereas the same obligation is not imposed on companies established in the first Member State which use the services of temporary employment agencies established in that Member State.


(1)  OJ C 141, 18.5.2013.

OJ C 147, 25.5.2013.
Case C-243/12 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 June 2014  — FLS Plast A/S v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Plastic industrial bags sector — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Unlimited jurisdiction of the General Court — Obligation to state reasons — Attribution to the parent company of the infringement committed by the subsidiary — Liability of the parent company for payment of the fine imposed on the subsidiary — Proportionality — Proceedings before the General Court — Adjudication within a reasonable time)
Date: 2014-06-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: equal treatment, indemnification, infringement of EU law, inter-company agreement, parent company, principle of proportionality, restriction on competition








C_2014282EN.01000202.xml










25.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 282/2





Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 June 2014 — FLS Plast A/S v European Commission
(Case C-243/12 P) (1)

((Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Plastic industrial bags sector - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Unlimited jurisdiction of the General Court - Obligation to state reasons - Attribution to the parent company of the infringement committed by the subsidiary - Liability of the parent company for payment of the fine imposed on the subsidiary - Proportionality - Proceedings before the General Court - Adjudication within a reasonable time))
2014/C 282/03
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: FLS Plast A/S (represented by: M. Thill-Tayara and Y. Anselin, avocats)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and V. Bottka, acting as Agents, and M. Gray, Barrister)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Dismisses the appeal;










2)


Orders FLS Plast A/S to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 319, 20.10.2012.
Case C-345/13: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 June 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court — Ireland) — Karen Millen Fashions Ltd v Dunnes Stores, Dunnes Stores (Limerick) Ltd (Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Community design — Article 6 — Individual character — Different overall impression — Article 85(2) — Unregistered Community design — Validity — Conditions — Burden of proof)
Date: 2014-06-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Ireland, intellectual property, trade-mark law








C_2014282EN.01001501.xml










25.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 282/15





Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 June 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court — Ireland) — Karen Millen Fashions Ltd v Dunnes Stores, Dunnes Stores (Limerick) Ltd
(Case C-345/13) (1)

((Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 - Community design - Article 6 - Individual character - Different overall impression - Article 85(2) - Unregistered Community design - Validity - Conditions - Burden of proof))
2014/C 282/20
Language of the case: English

Referring court

Supreme Court

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Karen Millen Fashions Ltd

Defendants: Dunnes Stores, Dunnes Stores (Limerick) Ltd

Operative part of the judgment







1.


Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs is to be interpreted as meaning that, in order for a design to be considered to have individual character, the overall impression which that design produces on the informed user must be different from that produced on such a user not by a combination of features taken in isolation and drawn from a number of earlier designs, but by one or more earlier designs, taken individually.










2.


Article 85(2) of Regulation No 6/2002 must be interpreted as meaning that, in order for a Community design court to treat an unregistered Community design as valid, the right holder of that design is not required to prove that it has individual character within the meaning of Article 6 of that regulation, but need only indicate what constitutes the individual character of that design, that is to say, indicates what, in his view, are the element or elements of the design concerned which give it its individual character.






(1)  OJ C 260, 7.9.2013.
Case C-552/12 P: Order of the Court of 19 June 2014  — Hellenic Republic v European Commission (Appeal — EAGGF, EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from European Union financing — Expenditure incurred by the Hellenic Republic)
Date: 2014-06-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EAFRD, EAGF, EAGGF, Greece








C_2014315EN.01002602.xml










15.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 315/26





Order of the Court of 19 June 2014 — Hellenic Republic v European Commission
(Case C-552/12 P) (1)

((Appeal - EAGGF, EAGF and EAFRD - Expenditure excluded from European Union financing - Expenditure incurred by the Hellenic Republic))
2014/C 315/40
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Appellant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: I. Chalkias and E. Leftheriotou, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: H. Tserepa-Lacombe and A. Markoulli, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the order







1.


The appeal is dismissed.










2.


The Hellenic Republic shall pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 32, 2.2.2013.
Communication from the EFTA Surveillance Authority under Article 21(7) of the Act referred to at point 1 of Annex VII to the EEA Agreement ( Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications )
Date: 2014-06-19
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Norway, diploma, medicine, recognition of vocational training qualifications








C_2014187EN.01000301.xml










19.6.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 187/3





Communication from the EFTA Surveillance Authority under Article 21(7) of the Act referred to at point 1 of Annex VII to the EEA Agreement (Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications)
2014/C 187/03
Article 21(7) of the Act referred to at point 1 of Annex VII to the EEA Agreement (Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications), foresees that the EEA/EFTA States shall notify the EFTA Surveillance Authority (‘the Authority’) of the legislative, regulatory and administrative provisions they adopt with regard to the issuing of evidence of formal qualifications in the fields covered by Chapter III of the Act. The Authority has the task to publish an appropriate communication indicating the titles adopted by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway for evidence of formal qualifications and, where appropriate, the body which issues the evidence of formal qualifications, the certificate which accompanies it and the corresponding professional title referred to in Annex V, points 5.1.1, 5.1.4, 5.2.2, 5.3.2, 5.3.3, 5.4.2, 5.5.2, 5.6.2 and 5.7.1 respectively.
Since Norway has notified changes in Annex V to Directive 2005/36/EC concerning basic medical training, the Authority publishes the present communication in accordance with Article 21(7) of the Act.

Change of body awarding the evidence of qualifications for basic medical training and change concerning the certificate accompanying the qualifications










Country


Evidence of formal qualifications


Body awarding the evidence of qualifications


Certificate accompanying the qualifications


Reference date




Norge


Vitnemål for fullført grad candidata/candidatus medicinae, short form cand.med.



Universitet


Not applicable


1 January 1994
Case C-507/12: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 June 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom — United Kingdom) — Jessy Saint Prix v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 45 TFEU — Directive 2004/38/EC — Article 7 — ‘Worker’  — Union citizen who gave up work because of the physical constraints of the late stages of pregnancy and the aftermath of childbirth)
Date: 2014-06-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: job application, labour relations, motherhood, residence permit, wage earner








C_2014282EN.01000501.xml










25.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 282/5





Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 June 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom — United Kingdom) — Jessy Saint Prix v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
(Case C-507/12) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 45 TFEU - Directive 2004/38/EC - Article 7 - ‘Worker’ - Union citizen who gave up work because of the physical constraints of the late stages of pregnancy and the aftermath of childbirth))
2014/C 282/07
Language of the case: English

Referring court

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Jessy Saint Prix

Defendants: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Intervening party: AIRE Centre

Operative part of the judgment

Article 45 TFEU must be interpreted as meaning that a woman who gives up work, or seeking work, because of the physical constraints of the late stages of pregnancy and the aftermath of childbirth retains the status of ‘worker’, within the meaning of that article, provided she returns to work or finds another job within a reasonable period after the birth of her child.


(1)  OJ C 26, 26.1.2013.
Case C-531/12 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 June 2014  — Commune de Millau, Société d’économie mixte d’équipement de l’Aveyron (SEMEA) v European Commission (Appeal — Arbitration clause — Grant contract concerning a local development action — Recovery of part of the sums paid — Assumption of debt — Jurisdiction of the General Court — Limitation period — Liability of the Commission)
Date: 2014-06-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: France, administrative contract, arbitration clause, contractual liability, principle of legal certainty, regional development, reimbursement of aid








C_2014282EN.01000601.xml










25.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 282/6





Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 June 2014 — Commune de Millau, Société d’économie mixte d’équipement de l’Aveyron (SEMEA) v European Commission
(Case C-531/12 P) (1)

((Appeal - Arbitration clause - Grant contract concerning a local development action - Recovery of part of the sums paid - Assumption of debt - Jurisdiction of the General Court - Limitation period - Liability of the Commission))
2014/C 282/08
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellants: Commune de Millau, Société d’économie mixte d’équipement de l’Aveyron (SEMEA) (represented by: L. Hincker and F. Bleykasten, avocats)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: S. Lejeune and D. Calciu, acting as Agents, and by E. Bouttier, avocat)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union in Joined Cases T-168/10 and T-572/10 Commission v SEMEA and Commune de Millau, in so far as it found, in the assessment of the counterclaim brought by the Commune de Millau and the Société d’économie mixte d’équipement de l’Aveyron (SEMEA), that there is no direct causal link between the conduct of the European Commission and the damage allegedly sustained as a result of the order for payment of default interest;










2)


Upholds in part the counterclaim brought by the Commune de Millau and the Société d’économie mixte d’équipement de l’Aveyron (SEMEA) and orders the European Commission to pay three quarters of the amount of default interest at the annual statutory rate applied in France that is due in respect of the period from 27 April 1993 to 18 November 2005;










3)


Dismisses the appeal as to the remainder;










4)


Orders the European Commission, in addition to bearing its own costs at first instance and on appeal, to pay one quarter of the costs incurred by the Commune de Millau and by the Société d’économie mixte d’équipement de l’Aveyron (SEMEA) in both sets of proceedings;










5)


Orders the Commune de Millau and the Société d’économie mixte d’équipement de l’Aveyron (SEMEA) to bear three quarters of their own costs incurred at first instance and on appeal.






(1)  OJ C 32, 2.2.2013.