do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7867 — KKCG/Foxconn/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, information technology industry, investment company, merger control, on line data service, real estate business








C_2016003EN.01000101.xml










7.1.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 3/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7867 — KKCG/Foxconn/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 3/01)
On 22 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 32015M7867. 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.7838 — DSV/UTi Worldwide) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, logistics, merger control, storage, supplier, transport company








C_2016003EN.01000201.xml










7.1.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 3/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7838 — DSV/UTi Worldwide)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 3/03)
On 22 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 32015M7838. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2016-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2016003EN.01000301.xml










7.1.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 3/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

6 January 2016
(2016/C 3/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0742




JPY


Japanese yen


127,19




DKK


Danish krone


7,4603




GBP


Pound sterling


0,73440




SEK


Swedish krona


9,2330




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0846




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,6225




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,026




HUF


Hungarian forint


314,81




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3374




RON


Romanian leu


4,5224




TRY


Turkish lira


3,2315




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5187




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5137




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,3271




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6166




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5409




KRW


South Korean won


1 289,20




ZAR


South African rand


17,0032




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,0388




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6405




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 988,90




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,7388




PHP


Philippine peso


50,588




RUB


Russian rouble


79,9893




THB


Thai baht


38,917




BRL


Brazilian real


4,3331




MXN


Mexican peso


18,7480




INR


Indian rupee


71,8242






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7888 — Apax/B&G/Mannai/GFI Informatique) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, economic concentration, information technology industry, investment company, merger control








C_2016003EN.01000801.xml










7.1.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 3/8





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7888 — Apax/B&G/Mannai/GFI Informatique)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 3/09)






1.


On 22 December 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 Apax Partners S.A., Boussard & Gavaudan and Mannai Corporation QSC acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the undertaking GFI Informatique by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Apax Partners S.A.: investment company specialising in financing for SMEs in France and abroad,
—   for Boussard & Gavaudan: management of funds,
—   for Mannai Corporation QSC: provision of products and services to private sector companies in Qatar,
—   for GFI Informatique: provision of consulting, systems integration, outsourcing and software solutions.










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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.7888 — Apax/B&G/Mannai/GFI Informatique, 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.7772 — Western Digital/SanDisk) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronics industry, merger control, peripheral








C_2016003EN.01000701.xml










7.1.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 3/7





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7772 — Western Digital/SanDisk)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 3/08)






1.


On 22 December 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 Western Digital Corporation (‘Western Digital’, United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of SanDisk Corporation (‘SanDisk’, United States) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Western Digital: development and manufacturing of storage solutions for the creation, management and preservation of digital content; Western Digital produces hard disk drives (‘HDDs’) for a number of uses including personal computers, consumer electronics, cloud computing and data centre applications, enterprise class solid state drives (‘enterprise SSDs’), and hybrid drives; Western Digital also produces certain external storage, business storage solutions, as well as storage solution software,
—   for SanDisk: digital storage producer that specializes in flash memory solutions such as flash storage solutions, including enterprise SSDs and SSDs for consumer-operated devices (‘client SSDs’), as well as removable cards, USB flash drives and embedded flash products for mobile and connected applications and consumer electronics; SanDisk is also active in software and consumer products, as well as flash storage solutions, including SSDs, for enterprise data centres and client computing platforms.










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 M.7772 — Western Digital/SanDisk, 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-6/16: Action brought on 7 January 2016 — Awg Allgemeine Warenvertriebs v OHIM — Takko (Southern Territory 23°48’25"S)
Date: 2016-01-07
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2016098EN.01005101.xml










14.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 98/51





Action brought on 7 January 2016 — Awg Allgemeine Warenvertriebs v OHIM — Takko (Southern Territory 23o48’25"S)
(Case T-6/16)
(2016/C 098/66)
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Awg Allgemeine Warenvertriebs GmbH (Köngen, Germany) (represented by: T. Sambuc, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Takko Holding GmbH (Telgte, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before OHIM


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Awg Allgemeine Warenvertriebs GmbH

Trade mark at issue: Community word mark ‘Southern Territory 23o48’25"S’ –Community trade mark No 10 099 554

Procedure before OHIM: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 10 November 2015 in Case R 735/2015-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


amend the contested decision by declaring that the application for the invalidity of Community word mark 10 099 554 Southern Territory 23o48’25"S is rejected.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 53(1)(a) read in conjunction with Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7837 — The Goldman Sachs Group/The Wellcome Trust) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, student residence








C_2016003EN.01000102.xml










7.1.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 3/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7837 — The Goldman Sachs Group/The Wellcome Trust)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 3/02)
On 22 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 32015M7837. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2016/49 of 7 January 2016 on the appointment of the Head of Mission of the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) (EUAM UKRAINE/1/2016)
Date: 2016-01-07
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: EU police mission, Ukraine, appointment of members, public safety








L_2016012EN.01004701.xml










19.1.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 12/47








            POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION (CFSP) 2016/49
of 7 January 2016
         
on the appointment of the Head of Mission of the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) (EUAM UKRAINE/1/2016)


THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular the third paragraph of Article 38 thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision 2014/486/CFSP of 22 July 2014 on the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) (1), and in particular Article 7(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Decision 2014/486/CFSP, the Political and Security Committee (PSC) is authorised, in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 38 of the Treaty, to take the relevant decisions concerning the political control and strategic direction of the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine), including the decision to appoint a Head of Mission.












(2)


On 23 July 2015, the PSC adopted Decision (CFSP) 2015/1496 (2) extending the mandate of Mr Kálmán MIZSEI as Head of Mission of EUAM Ukraine until 30 November 2015.












(3)


On 18 December 2015, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy proposed the appointment of Mr Kęstutis LANČINSKAS as Head of Mission of EUAM Ukraine,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Mr Kęstutis LANČINSKAS is hereby appointed as Head of Mission of the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) from 1 February 2016 to 31 January 2017.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 7 January 2016.


For the Political and Security Committee


The Chairperson

W. STEVENS
            





(1)  
            OJ L 217, 23.7.2014, p. 42.

(2)  Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2015/1496 of 23 July 2015 extending the mandate of the Head of Mission of the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) (EUAM UKRAINE/3/2015) (OJ L 233, 5.9.2015, p. 7).