do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7396 — Saudi Aramco/S-Oil) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-11-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, oil industry








C_2014400EN.01001801.xml










13.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 400/18





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7396 — Saudi Aramco/S-Oil)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 400/09






1.


On 6 November 2014, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Aramco Overseas Company B.V. (‘AOC’, The Netherlands), indirectly wholly owned by Saudi Arabian Oil Company (‘Saudi Aramco’, Saudi Arabia), acquires sole control over S-Oil Corporation (‘S-Oil’, South Korea), currently jointly controlled by Saudi Aramco and Hanjin Energy Co Ltd (South Korea), by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   For Saudi Aramco: active in the exploration, production and marketing of crude oil and in the production and marketing of refined products,
—   For S-Oil: production and marketing of refined products.










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.7396 — Saudi Aramco/S-Oil 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-507/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (Portugal) lodged on 13 November 2014  — P v M
Date: 2014-11-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, jurisdiction, parental responsibility








C_2015065EN.01001802.xml










23.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 65/18





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (Portugal) lodged on 13 November 2014 — P v M
(Case C-507/14)
(2015/C 065/27)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Supremo Tribunal de Justiça

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: P

Defendant: M

Question referred

‘Where a case concerning parental responsibility is brought in one Member State and another case, in which the same cause of action is at issue, has been brought at an earlier point in time in a different Member State and which has since been stayed at the request of the applicant in that case, without having been served on the relevant defendant and without the latter having been informed of its existence or having participated in that case in any way, and which was still stayed at the time the defendant in the earlier case brought the subsequent proceedings, can it be deemed, in the light of Article 16(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 (1) of 27 November 2003 and for the purposes of Article 19(2) of that regulation, that the court before which the earlier proceedings were stayed was the first court to be seised?’


(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 — (OJ 2003 L 338, p. 1).
Corrigendum to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 740/2014 of 8 July 2014 implementing Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus ( OJ L 200, 9.7.2014 )
Date: 2014-11-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Belarus, economic sanctions, international sanctions








L_2014328EN.01006001.xml










13.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 328/60







Corrigendum to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 740/2014 of 8 July 2014 implementing Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 200 of 9 July 2014
)


On page 2, Annex, point II, sole entry:
for:











 


‘Name


Name
(Belarussian spelling)


Name
(Russian Spelling)


Reasons


Date of listing




 


Volkov, Vitaliy Nikolayevich


 


 


Judge at the regional court in Shklov. In January 2012 he decided to transfer former Presidential candidate and opposition activist N. Statkevich to a closed-type prison in Mogilov on the mere basis of alleged violations of the rules of imprisonment in Shklov penal colony IK-17. This decision has thus led to breaches of N. Statkevich's human rights including sleep deprivation and threatening his health.


9.7.2014’





read:










 


‘Name


Name
(Belarussian spelling)


Name
(Russian Spelling)


Reasons




233.


Volkov, Vitaliy Nikolayevich


Волкаў, Віталь Мiкалаевiч


Волков, Виталий Николаевич


Judge at the regional court in Shklov. In January 2012 he decided to transfer former Presidential candidate and opposition activist N. Statkevich to a closed-type prison in Mogilov on the mere basis of alleged violations of the rules of imprisonment in Shklov penal colony IK-17. This decision has thus led to breaches of N. Statkevich's human rights including sleep deprivation and threatening his health.’
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2014-11-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2014400EN.01000301.xml










13.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 400/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

12 November 2014
2014/C 400/02

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2467




JPY


Japanese yen


143,63




DKK


Danish krone


7,4416




GBP


Pound sterling


0,78800




SEK


Swedish krona


9,2283




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2023




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,4415




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,603




HUF


Hungarian forint


307,36




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2192




RON


Romanian leu


4,4323




TRY


Turkish lira


2,8180




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4318




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4109




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,6677




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5857




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6080




KRW


South Korean won


1 365,32




ZAR


South African rand


14,0105




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,6382




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6676




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 190,50




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,1526




PHP


Philippine peso


55,930




RUB


Russian rouble


57,7180




THB


Thai baht


40,944




BRL


Brazilian real


3,1936




MXN


Mexican peso


16,9676




INR


Indian rupee


76,5848






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Corrigendum to Council Implementing Decision 2014/439/CFSP of 8 July 2014 implementing Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Belarus ( OJ L 200, 9.7.2014 )
Date: 2014-11-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Belarus, economic sanctions, international sanctions, removal








L_2014328EN.01006101.xml










13.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 328/61







Corrigendum to Council Implementing Decision 2014/439/CFSP of 8 July 2014 implementing Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Belarus

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 200 of 9 July 2014
)


On page 14, Annex, point II, sole entry:
for:











 


‘Name


Name
(Belarusian spelling)


Name
(Russian Spelling)


Reasons


Date of listing




 


Volkov, Vitaliy Nikolayevich


 


 


Judge at the regional court in Shklov. In January 2012 he decided to transfer former Presidential candidate and opposition activist N. Statkevich to a closed-type prison in Mogilov on the mere basis of alleged violations of the rules of imprisonment in Shklov penal colony IK-17. This decision has thus led to breaches of N. Statkevich's human rights including sleep deprivation and threatening his health.


9.7.2014’





read:










 


Name


Name
(Belarusian spelling)


Name
(Russian Spelling)


Reasons




‘233.


Volkov, Vitaliy Nikolayevich


Волкаў, Віталь Мiкалаевiч


Волков, Виталий Николаевич


Judge at the regional court in Shklov. In January 2012 he decided to transfer former Presidential candidate and opposition activist N. Statkevich to a closed-type prison in Mogilov on the mere basis of alleged violations of the rules of imprisonment in Shklov penal colony IK-17. This decision has thus led to breaches of N. Statkevich's human rights including sleep deprivation and threatening his health.’
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 252/2014 of 13 November 2014 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2015/1811]
Date: 2014-11-13
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU growth strategy, European Economic Area, European Employment Strategy, administrative cooperation, job creation, public service, revision of an agreement




L_2015263EN.01004601.xml










8.10.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 263/46








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 252/2014
of 13 November 2014
         
amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2015/1811]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Decision No 573/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on enhanced cooperation between Public Employment Services (PES) (1).












(2)


Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following paragraph is inserted after paragraph 8 of Article 15 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement:






‘9.


The EFTA States shall participate in the cooperation provided for in the following EU act:






—



32014 D 0573: Decision No 573/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on enhanced cooperation between Public Employment Services (PES) (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 32).




The EFTA States shall participate fully, without the right to vote, in the Board of the Network.’
                  






Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last notification under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement (*1).


Article 3
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 13 November 2014.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kurt JÄGER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 32.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 246/2014 of 13 November 2014 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2015/1805]
Date: 2014-11-13
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU statistics, European Economic Area, company structure, disclosure of information, revision of an agreement, technical standard, wage earner




L_2015263EN.01003501.xml










8.10.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 263/35








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 246/2014
of 13 November 2014
         
amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2015/1805]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 439/2014 of 29 April 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 250/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning structural business statistics, as regards the definitions of characteristics and the technical format for the transmission of data (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent is added in point 1k (Commission Regulation (EC) No 250/2009) of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32014 R 0439: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 439/2014 of 29 April 2014 (OJ L 128, 30.4.2014, p. 72).’.






Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 439/2014 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 14 November 2014, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 13 November 2014.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kurt JÄGER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 128, 30.4.2014, p. 72.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7369 — Santander/PSA/JVs)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-11-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, economic concentration, financial services, merger control, motor vehicle








C_2014400EN.01001701.xml










13.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 400/17





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7369 — Santander/PSA/JVs)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 400/08






1.


On 5 November 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 Santander Consumer Finance, S.A., (‘SCF’, Spain), a fully-owned subsidiary of Banco Santander S.A (‘Santander’, Spain) and Banque PSA Finance S.A. (‘Banque PSA’, France), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Peugeot S.A. (‘Peugeot’, France), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of several newly created companies constituting joint ventures (‘JVs’) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


SCF is the consumer finance arm of the Santander Group, a Spanish-based financial services group active in several EU Member States,










—


Banque PSA offers loans and leases related to motor vehicles,










—


JVs will offer automotive financing solutions, e.g. loans and leases, as well as related services, such as insurance.














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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7369 — Santander/PSA/JVs, 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’).
Case T-481/11: Judgment of the General Court of 13 November 2014  — Spain v Commission (Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Fruit and vegetables sector — Citrus fruits — Action for annulment — Confirmatory measure — New and substantial facts — Admissibility — Conditions for marketing — Provisions concerning marking — Indications of preserving agents or other chemical substances used in post-harvest processing — Standard recommendations adopted by the United Nations-Economic Commission for Europe)
Date: 2014-11-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: chemical product, citrus fruit, common organisation of markets, consumer protection, food additive, labelling, marketing standard








C_2015007EN.01002102.xml










12.1.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 7/21





Judgment of the General Court of 13 November 2014 — Spain v Commission
(Case T-481/11) (1)

((Agriculture - Common organisation of the markets - Fruit and vegetables sector - Citrus fruits - Action for annulment - Confirmatory measure - New and substantial facts - Admissibility - Conditions for marketing - Provisions concerning marking - Indications of preserving agents or other chemical substances used in post-harvest processing - Standard recommendations adopted by the United Nations-Economic Commission for Europe))
(2015/C 007/27)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: A. Rubio González, abogado del Estado)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: I. Galindo Martin, B. Schima and K. Skelly, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the fifth indent of section VI D, Part B 2 of Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (OJ 2011 L 157, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 319, 29.10.2011.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7399 — Anglo American/BHP Billiton/Samancor) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-11-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, mining industry








C_2014400EN.01001901.xml










13.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 400/19





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7399 — Anglo American/BHP Billiton/Samancor)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 400/10






1.


On 6 November 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 Anglo American plc. (‘Anglo American’, United Kingdom) and BHP Billiton (Australia and United Kingdom) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertakings Samancor Holdings Proprietary Limited (South Africa), Groote Eylandt Mining Company Pty (Australia) and Samancor AG (together ‘Samancor’) by other means. Samancor is currently solely controlled by BHP Billiton.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Anglo American: the exploration, mining, processing and supply of various natural resources such as platinum group metals, diamonds, copper, iron ore, metallurgical coal, niobium, nickel and thermal coal,
—   for BHP Billiton: global diversified resources company with operations producing iron ore, coal, aluminium, manganese and nickel, copper (mining of copper, silver, lead, zinc, molybdenum, uranium and gold), petroleum and potash,
—   for Samancor: production and supply of manganese ore and manganese alloys.










3.


On preliminary examination, the European 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 European Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the European Commission.
Observations must reach the European Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the European Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7399 — Anglo American/BHP Billiton/Samancor, 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.