do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
Date: 2015-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Norwegian Sea, Sweden, catch area, catch by species, catch quota, fishing rights, international waters, sea fish, sea fishing








C_2015388EN.01001501.xml










21.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 388/15





Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
(2015/C 388/06)
In accordance with Article 35(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), a decision has been taken to close the fishery as set down in the following table:






Date and time of closure


19.10.2015




Duration


19.10-31.12.2015




Member State


Sweden




Stock or Group of stocks


POK/04-N.




Species


Saithe (Pollachius virens)




Zone


Norwegian waters south of 62° N




Type(s) of fishing vessels


—




Reference number


58/TQ104






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7839 — Outokumpu/Hernandez Edelstahl) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, iron and steel industry, merger control








C_2015388EN.01001801.xml










21.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 388/18





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7839 — Outokumpu/Hernandez Edelstahl)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 388/09)






1.


On 16 November 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Outokumpu Nirosta GmbH, part of the Outokumpu Group (‘Outokumpu’, Finland), and Hernandez Beteiligungs GmbH (‘Hernandez Beteiligungs’, Germany) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Hernandez Edelstahl GmbH (‘Hernandez Edelstahl’, Germany), by way of acquisition of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Outokumpu: production, sale and distribution of stainless steel products,
—   for Hernandez Edelstahl: distribution and stocking of flat stainless steel products,
—   for Hernandez Beteiligungs: holding and management of shares.










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 M.7839 — Outokumpu/Hernandez Edelstahl, 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’).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7736 — Magna/Stadco) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, motor vehicle industry, vehicle parts








C_2015388EN.01000101.xml










21.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 388/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7736 — Magna/Stadco)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 388/01)
On 18 November 2015, 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 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 32015M7736. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2015-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2015388EN.01000201.xml










21.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 388/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

20 November 2015
(2015/C 388/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0688




JPY


Japanese yen


131,28




DKK


Danish krone


7,4602




GBP


Pound sterling


0,70100




SEK


Swedish krona


9,2796




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0844




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,2035




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,031




HUF


Hungarian forint


309,96




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2411




RON


Romanian leu


4,4438




TRY


Turkish lira


3,0165




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4825




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4229




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,2833




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6296




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5093




KRW


South Korean won


1 234,46




ZAR


South African rand


14,8862




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


6,8239




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6278




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 529,52




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,5803




PHP


Philippine peso


50,231




RUB


Russian rouble


69,3309




THB


Thai baht


38,199




BRL


Brazilian real


3,9660




MXN


Mexican peso


17,7282




INR


Indian rupee


70,7492






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7847 — EQT Services/Top-Toy) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, holding company, investment company, merger control, retail trade, toy industry








C_2015388EN.01001901.xml










21.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 388/19





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7847 — EQT Services/Top-Toy)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 388/10)






1.


On 16 November 2015, 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 EQT Services (UK) Ltd controlled by EQT International Holdings BV acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Top-Toy A/S by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for undertaking EQT Services (UK): investment fund,
—   for undertaking Top-Toy A/S: toy retailer, with a store network across the Nordic countries and Germany.










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 this 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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number Case M.7847 — EQT Services/Top-Toy, 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.7856 — Thoma Bravo/Silver Lake Group/SolarWinds) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, information technology industry, investment company, merger control








C_2015388EN.01001701.xml










21.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 388/17





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7856 — Thoma Bravo/Silver Lake Group/SolarWinds)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 388/08)






1.


On 17 November 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Thoma Bravo, LLC (‘Thoma Bravo’, United States) and Silver Lake Group, LLC (‘Silver Lake’, United States) acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, joint control of the undertaking SolarWinds, Inc. (‘SolarWinds’, United States), by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Thoma Bravo: investment management in private equity, with a particular focus on application and infrastructure software, and provision of capital, strategic and operational support to businesses,
—   for Silver Lake: investment management in private equity,
—   for SolarWinds: design, development and supply of enterprise-class information technology infrastructure management software to IT and development and operations professionals to manage on-premise, hybrid cloud and public cloud environments.










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 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 this 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 M.7856 — Thoma Bravo/Silver Lake Group/SolarWinds, 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.
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2015-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, chemical compound, chemical product, import (EU), originating product








C_2015388EN.01001601.xml










21.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 388/16





Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
(2015/C 388/07)
1.   As provided for in Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1), the Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.
2.   Procedure

Union producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury.
Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of the exporting country and Union producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify, rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.
3.   Time limit

Union producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Unit H-1), CHAR 4/39, 1049 Brussels, Belgium (2) at any time from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than 3 months before the date mentioned in the table below.
4.   This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009.









Product


Country(ies) of origin or exportation


Measures


Reference


Date of expiry (3)





Barium carbonate


The People’s Republic of China


Anti-dumping duty


Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 831/2011 of 16 August 2011 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of barium carbonate originating in the People’s Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 (OJ L 214, 19.8.2011, p. 1)


20.8.2016






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51.

(2)  TRADE-Defence-complaints@ec.europa.eu

(3)  The measure expires at midnight of the day mentioned in this column