do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7777 — Solvay/Cytec) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-01-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control








C_2016026EN.01000102.xml










23.1.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 26/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7777 — Solvay/Cytec)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 26/02)
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) in conjunction with Article 6(2) 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 32015M7777. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7921 — Cinven/Kurt Geiger) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-01-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, footwear industry, investment company, merger control, retail trade








C_2016026EN.01000501.xml










23.1.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 26/5





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7921 — Cinven/Kurt Geiger)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 26/06)






1.


On 18 January 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Cinven Capital Management (V) General Partner Limited, part of the Cinven group, (‘Cinven’, UK) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over Kurt Geiger Topco Limited (‘Kurt Geiger’, Cayman Islands) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   Cinven: private equity business engaged in the provision of investment management and investment advisory services to a number of investment funds active in a wide range of subsectors, mainly business services, consumer, financial services, healthcare, industrials, and technology, media and telecommunications,
—   Kurt Geiger: London-based retailer of shoes and accessories for men and women that offers products through its stores globally and concessions within department stores and online.










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.7921 — Cinven/Kurt Geiger, 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.7779 — Trafigura/Nyrstar) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-01-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gas industry, merger control, metallurgical industry, mining industry, oil industry








C_2016026EN.01000101.xml










23.1.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 26/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7779 — Trafigura/Nyrstar)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 26/01)
On 15 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 32015M7779. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Special Report No 20/2015 — ‘The cost-effectiveness of EU Rural Development support for non-productive investments in agriculture’
Date: 2016-01-23
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EU aid, EU investment, aid to agriculture, common agricultural policy, development policy, industrial investment, rural development








C_2016026EN.01000401.xml










23.1.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 26/4





Special Report No 20/2015
‘The cost-effectiveness of EU Rural Development support for non-productive investments in agriculture’
(2016/C 26/05)
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 20/2015 ‘The cost-effectiveness of EU Rural Development support for non-productive investments in agriculture’ 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:





European Court of Auditors




Publications (PUB)




12, rue Alcide De Gasperi




1615 Luxembourg




LUXEMBOURG




Tel. +352 4398-1




Email: eca-info@eca.europa.eu




or by filling in an electronic order form on EU-Bookshop.
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2016-01-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency




C_2016026EN.01000301.xml










23.1.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 26/3





New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
(2016/C 26/04)



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 issuance of euro coins are authorised to issue commemorative euro coins intended for circulation, provided that certain conditions are met, one of these being 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
: Belgium


Subject of commemoration
: Olympic Games


Description of the design
: The inner part of the coin depicts, from top to bottom, a stylised figure, the five Olympic rings and the inscription ‘TEAM BELGIUM’. The year 2016 is written on the left-hand side of the coin. The country code ‘BE’ appears on the right-hand side of the coin, between the mark of the Brussels mint, a helmeted profile of the archangel Michael, and the signature mark of the Master of the Mint.
The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.


Number of coins to be issued
: 375 000 coins


Date of issue
: March 2016


(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).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2016-01-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2016026EN.01000201.xml










23.1.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 26/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

22 January 2016
(2016/C 26/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0808




JPY


Japanese yen


127,77




DKK


Danish krone


7,4621




GBP


Pound sterling


0,75459




SEK


Swedish krona


9,2738




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0950




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,4685




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,026




HUF


Hungarian forint


312,20




PLN


Polish zloty


4,4587




RON


Romanian leu


4,5273




TRY


Turkish lira


3,2572




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5380




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5316




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,4204




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6606




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5421




KRW


South Korean won


1 292,83




ZAR


South African rand


17,8143




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,1104




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6690




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 952,60




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6308




PHP


Philippine peso


51,580




RUB


Russian rouble


85,8930




THB


Thai baht


38,921




BRL


Brazilian real


4,4550




MXN


Mexican peso


20,0160




INR


Indian rupee


73,0945






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Corrigendum to the calls for proposals under the work programme for grants in the field of the trans-European telecommunication networks under the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2014-2020 (OJ C 362, 31.10.2015)
Date: 2016-01-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, economic support, invitation to tender, trans-European network, transmission network








C_2016026EN.01000801.xml










23.1.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 26/8





Corrigendum to the calls for proposals under the work programme for grants in the field of the trans-European telecommunication networks under the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2014-2020
(
Official Journal of the European Union C 362 of 31 October 2015
)
(2016/C 26/08)
The European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology is announcing a corrigendum to the ‘CEF-TC-2015-1: Electronic invoicing — eInvoicing’ call for proposals under the work programme for grants in the field of the trans-European telecommunication networks under the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2014-2020, as published in the Official Journal (2015/C 362/09).
The new deadline for the submission of proposals for this call is 11 February 2016.
The corrigendum to the call for proposals is available on:
https://ec.europa.eu/inea/en/connecting-europe-facility/cef-telecom/apply-funding/2015-cef-telecom-call-einvoicing-2015-cef-tc-1