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Case C-431/14 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 March 2016 — Hellenic Republic v European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Compensation payments made by the Greek Agricultural Insurance Organisation (ELGA) in 2008 and 2009 — Decision declaring aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Article 107(3)(b) TFEU — Guidelines for State aid in the agricultural sector — Obligation to state reasons — Distortion of evidence)
Date: 2016-03-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, indemnification, insurance company, reimbursement of aid








C_2016156EN.01000901.xml










2.5.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/9






Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 March 2016 — Hellenic Republic v European Commission
(Case C-431/14 P) (1)

((Appeal - State aid - Compensation payments made by the Greek Agricultural Insurance Organisation (ELGA) in 2008 and 2009 - Decision declaring aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery - Concept of ‘State aid’ - Article 107(3)(b) TFEU - Guidelines for State aid in the agricultural sector - Obligation to state reasons - Distortion of evidence))
(2016/C 156/11)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Appellant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: I. Chalkias and A. Vasilopoulou, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouchagiar, R. Sauer and D. Triantafyllou, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 395, 10.11.2014.
Case T-275/15: Order of the General Court of 8 March 2016 — NW(*) v Council
Date: 2016-03-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Syria, damages, economic sanctions, international sanctions, ownership, right of establishment, right to justice, rights of the defence, trade restriction




C_2016156EN.01005402.xml










2.5.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/54






Order of the General Court of 8 March 2016 — NW (*1) v Council
(Case T-275/15) (1)

(2016/C 156/74)
Language of the case: English
The President of the Seventh Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(*1)  Information erased or replaced within the framework of protection of personal data and/or confidentiality.

(1)  
            OJ C 294, 7.9.2015.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7849 — MOL/ENI Hungaria/ENI Slovenija) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gas industry, merger control, oil industry, retail trade, wholesale trade








C_2016091EN.01001101.xml










8.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 91/11





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7849 — MOL/ENI Hungaria/ENI Slovenija)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 91/09)






1.


On 29 February 2016, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc. (‘MOL’, Hungary) will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of ENI Hungaria Zrt. (‘ENI Hungaria’, Hungary) and ENI Slovenija druzba za trzenje z naftnimi derivati, d.o.o. (‘ENI Slovenija’, Slovenia) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


MOL is an integrated oil and gas company active across the entire crude oil and natural gas value chain;










—


ENI Hungaria is active in the ex-refinery, non-retail and retail sales of various refined oil products in Hungary;










—


ENI Slovenija is active in the non-retail and retail sales of various refined oil products in Slovenia.














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 number M.7849 — MOL/ENI Hungaria/ENI Slovenija, 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’).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7967 — Apax Partners/Neuberger Berman/Engineering) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, economic concentration, information technology industry, investment company, merger control








C_2016091EN.01001001.xml










8.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 91/10





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7967 — Apax Partners/Neuberger Berman/Engineering)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 91/08)






1.


On 29 February 2016, 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 LLP (‘Apax Partners’, United Kingdom) and NBSH Acquisition, LLC (‘Neuberger Berman’, United States) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of the undertaking Engineering Ingegneria Informatica SpA (‘Engineering’, Italy) by way of public bid announced on 8 February 2016.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Apax Partners: private equity investment and advisory company,
—   for Neuberger Berman: private equity and hedge fund portfolios management company,
—   for Engineering: provision of IT services to several industries mainly in Italy.










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.7967 — Apax Partners/Neuberger Berman/Engineering, 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 T-101/16: Action brought on 8 March 2016 — Klausner Holz Niedersachsen v Commission
Date: 2016-03-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, infringement procedure (EU)








C_2016145EN.01003501.xml










25.4.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 145/35






Action brought on 8 March 2016 — Klausner Holz Niedersachsen v Commission
(Case T-101/16)
(2016/C 145/43)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Klausner Holz Niedersachsen GmbH (Saalburg-Ebersdorf, Germany) (represented by: D. Reich, C. Hipp and T. Ilgner, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


find that the defendant infringed Article 108 TFEU in conjunction with Article 15(1) of Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union by failing, following receipt of the applicant’s letter of 13 November 2015, to take the decision provided for in those provisions to close the preliminary examination procedures in cases SA.37113 and SA.375009 pursuant to Article 4 of that regulation;










—


order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings, even if the action should serve no purpose by reason of the adoption of a measure by the European Commission in the course of the proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on a single plea in law by which it claims that the Commission failed to take, within a reasonable period, a decision closing the preliminary examination procedure pursuant to Article 4(2) to (4) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589, (1) despite being called upon to act pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 265 TFEU.


(1)  Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 of 13 July 2015 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (OJ 2015 L 248, p. 9).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2016-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2016091EN.01000301.xml










8.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 91/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

7 March 2016
(2016/C 91/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0953




JPY


Japanese yen


124,45




DKK


Danish krone


7,4605




GBP


Pound sterling


0,77438




SEK


Swedish krona


9,3309




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0962




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,3583




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,056




HUF


Hungarian forint


309,63




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3279




RON


Romanian leu


4,4623




TRY


Turkish lira


3,2014




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4776




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4652




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,5081




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6221




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5138




KRW


South Korean won


1 318,99




ZAR


South African rand


16,8358




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,1381




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5783




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 337,48




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,4720




PHP


Philippine peso


51,383




RUB


Russian rouble


78,7226




THB


Thai baht


38,785




BRL


Brazilian real


4,1228




MXN


Mexican peso


19,5274




INR


Indian rupee


73,4825






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Notice for the attention of the data subjects to whom the restrictive measures provided for in Council Regulation (EU) No 208/2014, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/311 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine applies
Date: 2016-03-08
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Ukraine, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, personal data








C_2016091EN.01000201.xml










8.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 91/2





Notice for the attention of the data subjects to whom the restrictive measures provided for in Council Regulation (EU) No 208/2014, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/311 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine applies
(2016/C 91/02)
The attention of data subjects is drawn to the following information in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1):
The legal basis for this processing operation is Council Regulation (EU) No 208/2014 (2), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/311 (3).
The controller of this processing operation is the Council of the European Union represented by the Director-General of DG C (Foreign Affairs, Enlargement, Civil Protection) of the General Secretariat of the Council and the department entrusted with the processing operation is the Unit 1C of DG C that can be contacted at:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




DG C 1C




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu




The purpose of the processing operation is the establishment and updating of the list of persons subject to restrictive measures in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 208/2014, as implemented by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/311.
The data subjects are the natural persons who fulfil listing criteria as laid down in that Regulation.
The personal data collected includes data necessary for the correct identification of the person concerned, the Statement of Reasons and any other data related thereto.
The personal data collected may be shared as necessary with the European External Action Service and the Commission.
Without prejudice to restrictions provided for in Article 20(1)(a) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001, requests for access, as well as requests for rectification or objection will be answered in accordance with section 5 of Council Decision 2004/644/EC (4).
Personal data will be retained for 5 years from the moment the data subject has been removed from the list of persons subject to the asset freeze or the validity of the measure has expired, or for the duration of court proceedings in the event they had been started.
Data subjects may have recourse to the European Data Protection Supervisor in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.


(1)  OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 66, 6.3.2014, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 60, 5.3.2016, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 296, 21.9.2004, p. 16.
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant positions at its meeting on 8 March 2016 concerning a draft decision relating to Case AT.39965(1) — Mushrooms — Rapporteur: France
Date: 2016-03-08
Institutions: Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions
Subjects: EU competition policy, cartel, control of restrictive practices, foodstuff, market-sharing agreement, mushroom-growing, preserved product, price agreement, sanction (EU)








C_2017067EN.01000301.xml










3.3.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 67/3





Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant positions at its meeting on 8 March 2016 concerning a draft decision relating to Case AT.39965(1) — Mushrooms
Rapporteur: France
(2017/C 67/04)






1.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the anticompetitive behaviour covered by the draft decision constitutes agreements and/or concerted practices between undertakings within the meaning of Article 101 of the TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement.










2.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the undertaking concerned by the draft decision has participated in a single and continuous infringement of Article 101 of the TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement.










3.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the object of the agreements and/or concerted practices was to restrict competition within the meaning of Article 101 of the TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement.










4.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the agreements and/or concerted practices have been capable of appreciably affecting trade between the Member States of the EU and EEA.










5.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission’s assessment as regards the duration of the infringement.










6.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission as regards the addressees of the decision.










7.


The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of its Opinion in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Reserve list — Open competition EPSO/AST-SC/04/15 — Parliamentary ushers (AST SC 1)
Date: 2016-03-08
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: European Parliament, assistant, competition (EU)








CA2016091EN.01000101.xml










8.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 91/1





RESERVE LIST (1)

OPEN COMPETITION EPSO/AST-SC/04/15
PARLIAMENTARY USHERS (AST SC 1)
(2016/C 091 A/01)
 






ANDREOU


Paraskevi




ASSUMMA


Stefania




CROSETTO


Marco




DEBOWSKI


Piotr




EVANGELISTA


Gladys




EZAN


Marianne




FACCIOLI LOPES


Tiago




FEDERICO


David




GAIDARJI


Aura




GARCIA GONZALEZ


Carlos




GIRGINOV


Kiril




GOMEZ MARTIN


Jorge




HERTZ-FARAGÓ


Hajnalka




KALITA-SUSKA


Sylwia




KUBINOVA ZIKOVA


Dagmar




MAZÁN


Ilona




ONISZK


Katarzyna




PACITTI


Florencia




PAUSESCU


Alexandru




POIRIER


Virginie




POLIUCHOVIC


Jaroslava




REIMERS


Alexander René




SAMUEL


Alexia




SAVICKAS


Domas




SOKOLOWSKA-LIKENG


Monika Iwona




STOYANOVA


Elmira




ŠVEHLOVÁ


Eva




TUTS


Sebastien




The reserve list will be valid until 30 June 2019.


(1)  A successful candidate may explicitly request her/his name not be published.