do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7423 — Vinci/Imtech ICT)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, economic concentration, energy industry, information technology industry, merger control, provision of services, public works








C_2014383EN.01000202.xml










29.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 383/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7423 — Vinci/Imtech ICT)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/C 383/03)
On 23 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 the 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 32014M7423. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1157/2014 of 29 October 2014 correcting the Slovenian version of Commission Regulation (EC) No 141/2007 concerning a requirement for approval in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council for feed business establishments manufacturing or placing on the market feed additives of the category ‘coccidiostats and histomonostats’ (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2014-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal feedingstuffs, food additive, food industry, food safety, market approval








L_2014309EN.01003001.xml










30.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 309/30








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1157/2014
of 29 October 2014
         
correcting the Slovenian version of Commission Regulation (EC) No 141/2007 concerning a requirement for approval in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council for feed business establishments manufacturing or placing on the market feed additives of the category ‘coccidiostats and histomonostats’
         
(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 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005 laying down requirements for feed hygiene (1), and in particular Article 10(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


In the Slovenian language version of Commission Regulation (EC) No 141/2007 (2) the terms ‘feed business operators’, ‘feed business establishments’, ‘placing on the market’ and ‘category’ are erroneous. Therefore a correction of the Slovenian language version is necessary. The other language versions are not affected.












(2)


Regulation (EC) No 141/2007 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 Slovenian language version.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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, 29 October 2014.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 35, 8.2.2005, p. 1.

(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 141/2007 of 14 February 2007 concerning a requirement for approval in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council for feed business establishments manufacturing or placing on the market feed additives of the category coccidiostats and histomonostats (OJ L 43, 15.2.2007, p. 9).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7401 — Blackstone/Alliance BV/Alliance Automotive Group)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial services, investment company, merger control, motor vehicle industry, shipbuilding








C_2014383EN.01001801.xml










29.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 383/18





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7401 — Blackstone/Alliance BV/Alliance Automotive Group)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/C 383/07)






1.


On 22 October 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 Blackstone Group L.P. (‘Blackstone’, US) and Alliance Industries B.V. (‘Alliance BV’, Luxembourg) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Alliance Automotive Group (‘AAG’, France), by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:






—


Blackstone is a global alternative asset manager and provider of financial advisory services which operates as an investment management firm. It holds a number of participations in various sectors. One of its portfolio companies is Gates. Gates manufactures and supplies among others spare parts to the automotive sector.










—


Alliance BV is a holding company. In addition to its participation in AAG, it has participations in other companies active in the distribution of boat spare parts and various products and services for boatyards.










—


AAG is a wholesale distributor of automotive spare parts with both trading and distribution activities. The trading activity is in charge of the supply of spare parts through purchasing entities. The distribution activity consists of selling spare parts on both the wholesale and retail levels.














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 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.7401 — Blackstone/Alliance BV/Alliance Automotive Group, 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’).
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2014-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Malta, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency




C_2014383EN.01000401.xml










29.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 383/4





New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
(2014/C 383/05)



Euro coins intended for circulation have legal tender status throughout the euro area. For the purpose of informing the public and all parties who handle the coins, the Commission publishes a description of the designs of all new coins (1). In accordance with the Council conclusions of 10 February 2009 (2), euro-area Member States and countries that have concluded a monetary agreement with the European Union providing for the issuing of euro coins are allowed to issue commemorative euro coins intended for circulation, provided that certain conditions are met, particularly that only the 2-euro denomination is used. These coins have the same technical characteristics as other 2-euro coins, but their national face features a commemorative design that is highly symbolic in national or European terms.


Issuing country
: Malta


Subject of commemoration
: Malta Independence 1964


Description of the design
: The coin commemorating the Malta Independence constitution of 1964 is the fourth in the series of five coins that commemorate constitutional milestones in Maltese history. By means of the 1964 constitution Malta became an independent nation for the first time after hundreds of years of foreign domination. The national side of the coin shows a detail of the bronze monument commemorating Independence which was designed by the artist Gianni Bonnici in 1989. It shows a young woman, representing Malta, carrying the Maltese flag. At the right, in semi-circle, the inscription ‘MALTA — Independence 1964’ and at the bottom the year of issuance ‘2014’.
The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.


Number of coins to be issued
: 


Date of issue
: October 2014


(1)  See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1 for the national faces of all the coins issued in 2002.

(2)  See the conclusions of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of 10 February 2009 and the Commission Recommendation of 19 December 2008 on common guidelines for the national sides and the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 52).
Case C-480/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 29 October 2014  — Società Sogno di Tolosa Limited and Others v Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze and Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli di Stato
Date: 2014-10-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: award of contract, invitation to tender, transparency in decision-making








C_2015007EN.01001702.xml










12.1.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 7/17





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 29 October 2014 — Società Sogno di Tolosa Limited and Others v Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze and Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli di Stato
(Case C-480/14)
(2015/C 007/23)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Società Sogno di Tolosa Limited, Ds di Dimarco Enzo & C. Sas, Centro Servizi di Barillà Marco, Assok di Rambaldi Stefano e Casbarra Luca Snc, Dg Comunicazioni di Di Giorno Giancarlo, Tamara Maraboli, Andrea Cappiello, Depa di Delberba C. Sas, Luca Campioni, Danio Milazzo, Andrea Menna, Emilio Schiavone, Sandro Casalboni, Lorena Bertora and Andromeda di Novellis Alessandro e Stellini Roberto Snc

Defendants: Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze and Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli di Stato

Other parties to the proceedings: Carmelo Sisino and Others

Questions referred







1)


Are Article 49 et seq. TFEU and Article 56 et seq. TFEU and the principles laid down by the Court of Justice of the European Union in [Joined Cases C-72/10 and C-77/10 Costa and Cifone [2012] ECR] to be interpreted as precluding a call for tenders for the award of licences with a period of validity shorter than that of licences awarded in the past, where that tendering procedure has been launched in order to remedy the consequences of the unlawful exclusion of a certain number of operators from earlier tendering procedures?










2)


Are Article 49 et seq. TFEU and Article 56 et seq. TFEU and the principles laid down by the Court of Justice of the European Union in Costa and Cifone to be interpreted as precluding the possibility that sufficient justification for the shorter period of validity of licences offered for tender, as compared with licences awarded in the past, can be found in the requirement for the licensing system to be reorganised through the alignment of licence expiry dates?
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1155/2014 of 29 October 2014 correcting the Swedish language version of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 564/2013 on the fees and charges payable to the European Chemicals Agency pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2014-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Chemicals Agency, chemical product, market approval, payment








L_2014309EN.01002801.xml










30.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 309/28








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1155/2014
of 29 October 2014
         
correcting the Swedish language version of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 564/2013 on the fees and charges payable to the European Chemicals Agency pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (1), and in particular Article 80(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


There is an error in the Swedish language version of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 564/2013 (2) which should be corrected. The other language versions are not affected.












(2)


Implementing Regulation (EU) No 564/2013 should therefore be corrected accordingly.












(3)


The measures provided for in this Implementing Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Concerns only the Swedish 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, 29 October 2014.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1.

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 564/2013 of 18 June 2013 on the fees and charges payable to the European Chemicals Agency pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (OJ L 167, 19.6.2013, p. 17).
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1156/2014 of 29 October 2014 correcting the Slovenian version of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1135/2009 imposing special conditions governing the import of certain products originating in or consigned from China, and repealing Commission Decision 2008/798/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2014-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, baby food, food inspection, import (EU), import restriction, originating product, soya bean








L_2014309EN.01002901.xml










30.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 309/29








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1156/2014
of 29 October 2014
         
correcting the Slovenian version of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1135/2009 imposing special conditions governing the import of certain products originating in or consigned from China, and repealing Commission Decision 2008/798/EC
(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 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (1), and in particular Article 53(1)(b) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


The Slovenian language version of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1135/2009 (2) contains one repetitive error, i.e. the term ‘feed and food business operators’ is erroneous. Therefore a correction of the Slovenian language version is necessary. The other language versions are not affected.












(2)


Regulation (EC) No 1135/2009 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 Slovenian language version.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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, 29 October 2014.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1.

(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1135/2009 of 25 November 2009 imposing special conditions governing the import of certain products originating in or consigned from China, and repealing Commission Decision 2008/798/EC (OJ L 311, 26.11.2009, p. 3).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2014-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2014383EN.01000301.xml










29.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 383/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

28 October 2014
(2014/C 383/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2748




JPY


Japanese yen


137,45




DKK


Danish krone


7,4440




GBP


Pound sterling


0,78810




SEK


Swedish krona


9,3630




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2056




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,4415




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,749




HUF


Hungarian forint


309,26




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2318




RON


Romanian leu


4,4233




TRY


Turkish lira


2,8261




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4370




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4287




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,8893




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6039




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6227




KRW


South Korean won


1 336,25




ZAR


South African rand


13,8886




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7935




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6630




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 457,56




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,1716




PHP


Philippine peso


57,080




RUB


Russian rouble


54,1490




THB


Thai baht


41,348




BRL


Brazilian real


3,1687




MXN


Mexican peso


17,2117




INR


Indian rupee


78,0592






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7360 — 21st Century Fox/Apollo/JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, film industry, investment company, merger control, television








C_2014383EN.01000201.xml










29.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 383/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7360 — 21st Century Fox/Apollo/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/C 383/02)
On 9 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 the 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 32014M7360. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1170/2014 of 29 October 2014 correcting the Slovenian version of Commission Regulation (EC) No 504/2008 implementing Council Directives 90/426/EEC and 90/427/EEC as regards methods for the identification of equidae  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, equidae, health certificate, import (EU), transport of animals, veterinary inspection








L_2014315EN.01000101.xml










1.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 315/1








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1170/2014
of 29 October 2014
         
correcting the Slovenian version of Commission Regulation (EC) No 504/2008 implementing Council Directives 90/426/EEC and 90/427/EEC as regards methods for the identification of equidae
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Directive 2009/156/EC of 30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing the movement and importation from third countries of equidae (1), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,


Having regard to Council Directive 90/427/EEC of 26 June 1990 on the zootechnical and genealogical conditions governing intra-Community trade in equidae (2), and in particular Article 4(2)(c) and (d), the second indent of Article 6(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 8(1) thereof,


Having regard to Council Directive 94/28/EC of 23 June 1994 laying down the principles relating to the zootechnical and genealogical conditions applicable to imports from third countries of animals, their semen, ova and embryos, and amending Directive 77/504/EEC on pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species (3), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


In the Slovenian language version of Commission Regulation (EC) No 504/2008 (4) the phrase ‘all types including VEE’ is erroneous and therefore a correction of the Slovenian language version is necessary. The other language versions are not affected.












(2)


Regulation (EC) No 504/2008 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 and the Standing Committee on Zootechnics,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Concerns only the Slovenian language version.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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, 29 October 2014.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 192, 23.7.2010, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 55.

(3)  
            OJ L 178, 12.7.1994, p. 66.

(4)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 504/2008 of 6 June 2008 implementing Council Directives 90/426/EEC and 90/427/EEC as regards methods for the identification of equidae (OJ L 149, 7.6.2008, p. 3).