do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Special Report No 15/2015 — ‘ACP — EU Energy Facility support for renewable energy in East Africa’
Date: 2015-12-05
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: ACP countries, East Africa, developing countries, development aid, energy policy, poverty, renewable energy, renewable resources, sustainable development








C_2015405EN.01000601.xml










5.12.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 405/6





Special Report No 15/2015
‘ACP — EU Energy Facility support for renewable energy in East Africa’
(2015/C 405/06)
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 15/2015 ‘ACP — EU Energy Facility support for renewable energy in East Africa’ has just been published.
The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors' website: http://eca.europa.eu
A hard copy version of the report may be obtained free of charge on request to the Court of Auditors:





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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7749 — BMW/BMW Intec/Viessmann/DES) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-12-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, merger control, motor vehicle industry, small and medium-sized enterprises








C_2015405EN.01000302.xml










5.12.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 405/3





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7749 — BMW/BMW Intec/Viessmann/DES)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 405/03)
On 30 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 German 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 32015M7749. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7825 — KKR/Selecta) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-12-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: automatic vending machine, consumer goods, economic concentration, investment company, merger control








C_2015405EN.01000401.xml










5.12.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 405/4





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7825 — KKR/Selecta)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 405/04)
On 2 December 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 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 32015M7825. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2015-12-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2015405EN.01000501.xml










5.12.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 405/5





Euro exchange rates (1)

4 December 2015
(2015/C 405/05)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0902




JPY


Japanese yen


134,08




DKK


Danish krone


7,4603




GBP


Pound sterling


0,72010




SEK


Swedish krona


9,2724




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0882




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,2495




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,035




HUF


Hungarian forint


313,10




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3131




RON


Romanian leu


4,4711




TRY


Turkish lira


3,1747




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4899




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4540




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,4492




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6319




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5216




KRW


South Korean won


1 268,29




ZAR


South African rand


15,7275




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


6,9802




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6360




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 094,88




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6052




PHP


Philippine peso


51,327




RUB


Russian rouble


73,6109




THB


Thai baht


39,081




BRL


Brazilian real


4,1180




MXN


Mexican peso


18,2499




INR


Indian rupee


72,8020






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Notice concerning the provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part
Date: 2015-12-05
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EAEC, Ukraine, association agreement (EU), interim agreement (EU)








L_2015321EN.01000101.xml










5.12.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 321/1







Notice concerning the provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part

The following parts of the Association Agreement between the European and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, signed at Brussels on 21 March 2014 and on 27 June 2014, will be provisionally applied by virtue of Article 4 of the Council Decisions on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement (1), the second one as amended (2), as of 1 January 2016, to the extent that they cover matters falling within the Union's competence:






Title IV


(with the exception of Article 158 to the extent that it concerns criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights; and with the exception of Articles 285 and 286 to the extent that those Articles apply to administrative proceedings and review and appeal at Member State level).
The provisional application of Article 279 shall not affect the sovereign rights of the Member States over their hydrocarbon resources in accordance with international law, including their rights and obligations as Parties to the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea;
The provisional application of Article 280(3) by the Union shall not affect the existing delineation of competences between the Union and its Member States in respect of the granting of authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbon;










Title VII


(with the exception of Article 479(1)), to the extent that the provisions of that Title are limited to the purpose of ensuring the provisional application of the Agreement.




Annexes I to XXV, as well as the Protocols I and II.


(1)  
            OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 1. OJ L 278, 20.9.2014, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 289, 3.10.2014, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7882 — Thomas H. Lee Partners/Goldman Sachs/GCA Services Group) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-12-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, multinational enterprise, securities, service








C_2015405EN.01004101.xml










5.12.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 405/41





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7882 — Thomas H. Lee Partners/Goldman Sachs/GCA Services Group)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 405/12)






1.


On 30 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 Thomas H. Lee Partners, LP (‘THL’, of the USA) and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (‘Goldman Sachs’, of the USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of GCA Services Group, Inc.(‘GCA’, of the USA) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for THL: investing in growth-oriented global businesses, headquartered principally in North America
—   for Goldman Sachs: a range of banking, securities and investment services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals.
—   for GCA: providing facility services, including janitorial and custodial services, contamination control for cleanroom manufacturing, facilities maintenance, grounds management, in-sourced production staffing and labour management. GCA operates in the United States of America and Puerto Rico.










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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7882 — Thomas H. Lee Partners/Goldman Sachs/GCA Services 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’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7836 — Banco Santander/PAI Partners/Grupo Konectanet/Konecta Activos Inmobiliarios) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-12-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, information technology industry, investment company, merger control, real estate business








C_2015405EN.01000301.xml










5.12.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 405/3





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7836 — Banco Santander/PAI Partners/Grupo Konectanet/Konecta Activos Inmobiliarios)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 405/02)
On 27 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 the Spanish 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 32015M7836. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7870 — Fondo Strategico Italiano/Eni/Saipem) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-12-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: civil engineering, economic concentration, energy production, gas industry, holding company, investment company, mechanical engineering, merger control, oil industry








C_2015405EN.01004001.xml










5.12.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 405/40





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7870 — Fondo Strategico Italiano/Eni/Saipem)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 405/11)






1.


On 26 November 2015, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Fondo Strategico Italiano SpA. (‘FSI’) of Italy and Eni SpA. (‘Eni’) of Italy acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Saipem SpA. (‘Saipem’) of Italy by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Eni is an undertaking active globally in the whole oil and gas value chain as well as in the generation and sale of electricity, the petrochemical sector, the enginerring sector and in the financial sector.










—


FSI is a holding company investing directly or indirectly in undertakings active in sectors considered strategic or relevant for the Italian economy.










—


Saipem is active in engineering and construction for the oil and gas industry on a global basis.














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 M.7870 — Fondo Strategico Italiano/Eni/Saipem, 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.
Call for expression of interest — invitation to present products suitable for use as a marker in gas oils and kerosene
Date: 2015-12-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC conformity marking, aviation fuel, environmental tax, invitation to tender, tax harmonisation








C_2015405EN.01000701.xml










5.12.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 405/7





Call for expression of interest — invitation to present products suitable for use as a marker in gas oils and kerosene
(2015/C 405/07)
Notice is hereby given of the corrigendum to the call for expression of interest inviting applicants to present products suitable for use as a fiscal marker in gas oil and kerosene launched on 11 September 2015 (OJ C 299, p. 28).
The corrigendum and the call for expression of interest are available under the following link:
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/taxation/excise_duties/energy_products/other_energy_tax_leg/call_euromarker_en.htm