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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7416 — RREEF/ECE/PalaisQuartier)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, property market








C_2014374EN.01000501.xml










22.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 374/5





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7416 — RREEF/ECE/PalaisQuartier)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/C 374/05)






1.


On 14 October 2014, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings RREEF Spezial Invest GmbH (‘RREEF’, Germany), controlled by Deutsche Bank Gruppe, and ECE Projektmanagement GmbH & Co. KG (‘ECE’, Germany), controlled by KG CURA Vermögensverwaltung GmbH & Co. (Germany), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation indirect joint control of the property MyZeil shopping centre (‘MyZeil’, Germany), part of the PalaisQuartier GmbH & Co. KG property portfolio (‘PalaisQuartier’, Germany), by way of purchase of shares and management contract. Moreover, it is planned that RREEF will acquire sole indirect control of the four other properties which are part of the PalaisQuartier property portfolio by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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RREEF: management of open-ended property funds in Germany and worldwide investment in property.










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ECE: consultation and management with regard to the acquisition, development, planning and construction of commercial properties and other property, as well as the management of let property and administration, control and disposal of such property.










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PalaisQuartier is a property portfolio consisting of a shopping centre (MyZeil), car park, office buildings, catering and event facilities and a hotel.














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.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit to it their observations on the proposed operation.
Observations must reach the Commission no later than 10 days following the date on which this notification is published. They can be sent to the Commission under reference number M.7416 — RREEF/ECE/PalaisQuartier by fax (+32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  ОJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).
Case C-466/13 P: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 22 October 2014 — Repsol YPF SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (trade marks and designs) (OHIM) (Appeal — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(1)(b) — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Figurative sign representing the letter ‘R’)
Date: 2014-10-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, energy industry, petroleum product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015016EN.01001101.xml










19.1.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 16/11






Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 22 October 2014 — Repsol YPF SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (trade marks and designs) (OHIM)
(Case C-466/13 P) (1)

(Appeal - Community trade mark - Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 8(1)(b) - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Figurative sign representing the letter ‘R’)
(2015/C 016/15)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Appellant: Repsol YPF SA (represented by: J.-B. Devaureix and L. Montoya Terán, abogados)

Other party to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (trade marks and designs) (OHIM) (J. Crespo Carrillo, Agent)

Operative part of the order







1.


The appeal is dismissed.










2.


Repsol YPF SA is ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 313, 26.10.2013.
Case C-620/13 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 October 2014  — British Telecommunications plc v European Commission and BT Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd (Appeal — State aid — Exemption of a pension fund from the obligation to pay a contribution to a pension protection fund in respect of certain employees — Selective nature of the measure)
Date: 2014-10-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, supplementary pension, telecommunications industry








C_2014439EN.01001302.xml










8.12.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 439/13





Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 October 2014 — British Telecommunications plc v European Commission and BT Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd
(Case C-620/13 P) (1)

((Appeal - State aid - Exemption of a pension fund from the obligation to pay a contribution to a pension protection fund in respect of certain employees - Selective nature of the measure))
(2014/C 439/19)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: British Telecommunications plc (represented by: J. Holmes, Barrister, and H. Legge QC)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn and N. Khan, Agents), BT Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd (represented by: J. Derenne and A. Müller-Rappard, avocats, instructed by M. Farley, Solicitor)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Dismisses the appeal;










2)


Orders British Telecommunications plc and BT Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 61, 1.3.2014.
Case C-429/13 P: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 22 October 2014  — Kingdom of Spain v European Commission (Appeal — Cohesion fund — Reduction of financial assistance — Irregularities in the application of the public procurement legislation — Adoption of the decision by the European Commission — Failure to comply with the time-limit — Consequences)
Date: 2014-10-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Andalusia, Cohesion Fund, Spain, award of contract, financial aid, provision of services, water supply, water treatment








C_2014439EN.01001001.xml










8.12.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 439/10





Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 22 October 2014 — Kingdom of Spain v European Commission
(Case C-429/13 P) (1)

((Appeal - Cohesion fund - Reduction of financial assistance - Irregularities in the application of the public procurement legislation - Adoption of the decision by the European Commission - Failure to comply with the time-limit - Consequences))
(2014/C 439/13)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Appellant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: A. Rubio González, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: B. Conte and A. Tokár, acting as Agents, assisted by J. Rivas Andrés, abogado)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union in Spain v Commission (T-384/10, EU:T:2013:277);










2.


Annuls Commission Decision C(2010) 4147 of 30 June 2010, reducing the assistance granted from the Cohesion Fund to the following (groups of) projects: ‘Water supply to settlements in the Guadiana basin: Andévalo area’ (2000.ES.16.C.PE.133), ‘Drainage and water treatment in the Guadalquivir basin: Guadaira, Aljarafe and the areas of natural protection of the Guadalquivir’ (2000.ES.16.C.PE.066) and ‘Water supply to multi-municipal systems in the provinces of Granada and Malaga’ (2002.ES.16.C.PE.061);










3.


Orders the European Commission to pay the costs of the Kingdom of Spain and to bear its own costs of both the proceedings at first instance and of the present appeal proceedings.






(1)  OJ C 260, 7.9.2013.
Action brought on 22 October 2014 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against Iceland (Case E-21/14)
Date: 2014-10-22
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: Iceland, consumer information, energy consumption, infringement of EU law, labelling, national implementing measure








C_2014455EN.01001501.xml










18.12.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 455/15





Action brought on 22 October 2014 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against Iceland
(Case E-21/14)
(2014/C 455/10)
An action against Iceland was brought before the EFTA Court on 22 October 2014 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority, represented by Markus Schneider and Clémence Perrin, acting as Agents of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, Rue Belliard 35, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.
The EFTA Surveillance Authority requests the EFTA Court to:






1.


Declare that by failing to adopt, and/or to notify the EFTA Surveillance Authority forthwith of, the measures necessary to implement the Act referred to at point 4 of Chapter IV of Annex II to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products), as adapted to the Agreement by way of Protocol 1 thereto, within the time prescribed, Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Act and under Article 7 of the EEA Agreement.










2.


Order Iceland to bear the costs of these proceedings.





Legal and factual background and pleas in law adduced in support:







—


The application addresses Iceland’s failure to comply, no later than on 18 February 2014, with a reasoned opinion delivered by the EFTA Surveillance Authority on 18 December 2013 regarding that State’s failure to implement into its national legal order Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products (‘the Act’), as referred to at point 4 of Chapter IV of Annex II to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and as adapted to that Agreement by way of Protocol 1 thereto.










—


The EFTA Surveillance Authority submits that Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 16 of the Act and under Article 7 of the EEA Agreement by failing to adopt, and/or to notify the EFTA Surveillance Authority of, the measures necessary to implement the Act within the time prescribed.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7392 — Advent International/Corialis)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building materials, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, metallurgical industry








C_2014374EN.01000101.xml










22.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 374/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7392 — Advent International/Corialis)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/C 374/01)
On 14 October 2014, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English language 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32014M7392. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
European Parliament legislative resolution of 22 October 2014 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of the Additional Protocol to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Croatia to the European Union (06035/2014 — C7-0113/2014 — 2014/0019(NLE))
Date: 2014-10-22
Institutions: Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on International Trade, European Parliament
Subjects: Croatia, South Korea, accession to the European Union, consent procedure, free-trade agreement, protocol to an agreement, ratification of an agreement








C_2016274EN.01006501.xml










27.7.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 274/65





P8_TA(2014)0037
Protocol to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Croatia to the European Union ***
European Parliament legislative resolution of 22 October 2014 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of the Additional Protocol to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Croatia to the European Union (06035/2014 — C7-0113/2014 — 2014/0019(NLE))
(Consent)
(2016/C 274/13)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the draft Council decision (06035/2014),










—


having regard to the draft Additional Protocol to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Croatia to the European Union (06037/2014),










—


having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Articles 91, 100(2), 167(3), 207 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C7-0113/2014),










—


having regard to Rule 99(1), first and third subparagraphs, Rule 99(2), and Rule 108(7) of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A8-0012/2014),












1.


Gives its consent to the conclusion of the Additional Protocol;












2.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Korea.
Case C-252/13: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 22 October 2014  — European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directives 2002/73/EC and 2006/54/EC — Equal treatment for men and women — Employment and occupation — Access to employment — Return from maternity leave — Formal requirements for the application initiating proceedings — Coherent summary of the pleas — Unambiguous wording of the form of order sought)
Date: 2014-10-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Netherlands, equal treatment, gender equality, infringement of EU law, maternity leave, sexual discrimination, working conditions








C_2014439EN.01000501.xml










8.12.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 439/5





Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 22 October 2014 — European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands
(Case C-252/13) (1)

((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directives 2002/73/EC and 2006/54/EC - Equal treatment for men and women - Employment and occupation - Access to employment - Return from maternity leave - Formal requirements for the application initiating proceedings - Coherent summary of the pleas - Unambiguous wording of the form of order sought))
(2014/C 439/06)
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: D. Martin and M. van Beek, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M. Bulterman and J. Langer, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Dismisses the action;










2)


Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 207, 20.7.2013.
Case C-139/14: Order of the Court of 22 October 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Baden-Württemberg) — Mineralquelle Zurzach AG v Hauptzollamt Singen (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common customs tariff — Tariff classification — Combined Nomenclature — Classification of goods — Tariff heading 2202 10 00 — Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured — Tariff heading 2202 9010 11 — Fruit juice or vegetable juice diluted with water or aerated)
Date: 2014-10-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, aerated drink, common customs tariff, customs regulations, flavouring, fruit juice, mineral water, sweetener, water








C_2015016EN.01001202.xml










19.1.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 16/12






Order of the Court of 22 October 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Baden-Württemberg) — Mineralquelle Zurzach AG v Hauptzollamt Singen
(Case C-139/14) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common customs tariff - Tariff classification - Combined Nomenclature - Classification of goods - Tariff heading 2202 10 00 - Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured - Tariff heading 2202 9010 11 - Fruit juice or vegetable juice diluted with water or aerated)
(2015/C 016/18)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Finanzgericht Baden-Württemberg

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Mineralquelle Zurzach AG

Defendant: Hauptzollamt Singen

Re:

The Combined Nomenclature contained in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1719/2005 of 27 October 2005 must be interpreted as meaning that a drink, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, consisting of inter alia water, sugar, concentrated orange, lemon, grape, pineapple, mandarin, nectarine and passion fruit juices, apricot and guava pulp, acidifier, a vitamin mix, natural and artificial flavouring, and which have a fruit juice content of 12 % comes under tariff subheading 2202 10 00 of that nomenclature.


(1)  OJ C 194, 24.6.2014.
Joined Cases C-344/13 and C-367/13: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 22 October 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione tributaria provinciale di Roma — Italy) — Cristiano Blanco (C-344/13), Pier Paolo Fabretti (C-367/13) v Agenzia delle Entrate — Direzione Provinciale I di Roma — Ufficio Controlli (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom to provide services — Restrictions — Tax legislation — Income from winnings from games of chance — Difference in taxation between winnings obtained abroad and those from national casinos)
Date: 2014-10-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, foreign national, freedom to provide services, game of chance, gaming establishment, tax return








C_2014439EN.01000802.xml










8.12.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 439/8





Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 22 October 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione tributaria provinciale di Roma — Italy) — Cristiano Blanco (C-344/13), Pier Paolo Fabretti (C-367/13) v Agenzia delle Entrate — Direzione Provinciale I di Roma — Ufficio Controlli
(Joined Cases C-344/13 and C-367/13) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Freedom to provide services - Restrictions - Tax legislation - Income from winnings from games of chance - Difference in taxation between winnings obtained abroad and those from national casinos))
(2014/C 439/11)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Commissione tributaria provinciale di Roma

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Cristiano Blanco (C-344/13), Pier Paolo Fabretti (C-367/13)

Defendant: Agenzia delle Entrate — Direzione Provinciale I di Roma — Ufficio Controlli

Operative part of the judgment

Articles 52 and 56 TFEU must be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State which subjects winnings from games of chance obtained in casinos in other Member States to income tax and exempts similar income from that tax if it is obtained from casinos in its national territory.


(1)  OJ C 260, 7.9.2013.
European Parliament decision of 22 October 2014 electing the Commission (2014/2164(INS))
Date: 2014-10-22
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, President of the Commission, appointment of members, election








C_2016274EN.01004701.xml










27.7.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 274/47





P8_TA(2014)0034
Election of the Commission
European Parliament decision of 22 October 2014 electing the Commission (2014/2164(INS))
(2016/C 274/10)

The European Parliament,







—


having regard to the second and third subparagraphs of Article 17(7) of the EU Treaty,










—


having regard to Article 106a of the Euratom Treaty,










—


having regard to European Council Decision 2014/414/EU of 27 June 2014 (1), proposing Jean-Claude Juncker as candidate for President of the Commission,










—


having regard to the statement and the presentation of his political guidelines made in plenary sitting by Jean-Claude Juncker on 15 July 2014,










—


having regard to its decision of 15 July 2014 (2) electing Jean-Claude Juncker as President of the Commission,










—


having regard to European Council Decision 2014/639/EU (3), taken with the agreement of the President-elect of the Commission, of 30 August 2014 appointing the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,










—


having regard to Council Decision 2014/716/EU, Euratom, taken by common accord with the President-elect of the Commission, of 15 October 2014 adopting the list of the other persons whom the Council proposes for appointment as Members of the Commission, repealing and replacing Decision 2014/648/EU, Euratom (4),










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having regard to the hearings of the Commissioners-designate held from 29 September to 20 October 2014 before the parliamentary committees and in a meeting of the Conference of Presidents open to all Members, and to the evaluations of the Commissioners-designate after the hearings,










—


having regard to the examination conducted at the meeting of the Conference of Committee Chairs of 21 October 2014 and at the meeting of the Conference of Presidents of 21 October 2014,










—


having regard to the statement made in plenary sitting by the President-elect of the Commission on 22 October 2014,










—


having regard to Rule 118 of, and Annex XVI to, its Rules of Procedure,












1.


Gives its consent to the appointment of the President, the Vice-President for External Relations (High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) and the other Members of the Commission, as a body, for the term of office running to 31 October 2019;












2.


Instructs its President to forward this decision to the European Council, the Council of Ministers and the President-elect of the Commission.






(1)  OJ L 192, 1.7.2014, p. 52.

(2)  Texts adopted, P8_TA(2014)0002.

(3)  OJ L 262, 2.9.2014, p. 6.

(4)  OJ L 299, 17.10.2014, p. 29.