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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8090 — Tencent Holdings Limited/Supercell Oy) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: automatic game, economic concentration, merger control, publishing








C_2016242EN.01005001.xml










2.7.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 242/50





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8090 — Tencent Holdings Limited/Supercell Oy)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 242/09)






1.


On 27 June 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(s) Tencent Holdings Limited (‘Tencent’, Cayman Islands) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Supercell Oy (‘Supercell’, Finland) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Tencent: provider of online services with interests in the communications, information and entertainment sectors. Tencent is involved in a wide variety of activities in the online sector including internet and value-added, online advertising, and e-commerce services. It also develops and publishes game software and operates media platforms,
—   for Supercell: development and publishing of games for mobile devices.










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.8090 — Tencent Holdings Limited/Supercell Oy, 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.
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 0,00 % on 1 July 2016 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2016-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, financing, interest, money








C_2016242EN.01000501.xml










2.7.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 242/5





Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (1):
0,00 % on 1 July 2016
Euro exchange rates (2)

1 July 2016
(2016/C 242/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1135 




JPY


Japanese yen


114,29 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4380 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83830 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,3900 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0835 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,2975 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


27,093 




HUF


Hungarian forint


316,52 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3966 




RON


Romanian leu


4,5157 




TRY


Turkish lira


3,2077 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4884 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4390 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,6393 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5508 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4959 




KRW


South Korean won


1 275,76 




ZAR


South African rand


16,2287 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,4111 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5235 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 597,99 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,4376 




PHP


Philippine peso


52,334 




RUB


Russian rouble


71,3087 




THB


Thai baht


39,033 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,5837 




MXN


Mexican peso


20,1814 




INR


Indian rupee


74,9698 






(1)  Rate applied to the most recent operation carried out before the indicated day. In the case of a variable rate tender, the interest rate is the marginal rate.

(2)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Withdrawal of notification of a concentration (Case M.8019 — Advent International/Nuplex Industries) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, paints and varnishes








C_2016242EN.01000301.xml










2.7.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 242/3





Withdrawal of notification of a concentration
(Case M.8019 — Advent International/Nuplex Industries)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 242/02)

(Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004)

On 25 May 2016, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration between Advent International Corporation and Nuplex Industries Ltd. On 22 June 2016, the notifying party/ies informed the Commission that it/they withdrew its/their notification.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8018 — Sony Corporation of America/Sony-ATV Music Publishing) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, music, publishing








C_2016242EN.01004901.xml










2.7.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 242/49





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8018 — Sony Corporation of America/Sony-ATV Music Publishing)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 242/08)






1.


On 24 June 2016, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Sony Corporation of America, (‘Sony’), the US subsidiary of Sony Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) will acquire the Michael Jackson Estate’s 50 per cent interest in — and thereby sole control over — Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLP (‘Sony/ATV’, USA), a music publishing company that is currently jointly owned and controlled by Sony and the Michael Jackson Estate.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Sony, directly and through its subsidiaries, is active globally in various businesses, including electronics products (i.e. audio, video, televisions, digital cameras, personal computers and tablets), entertainment services (e.g. motion pictures, TV programming, recorded music, music publishing), financial services and a variety of other businesses.










—


Sony/ATV is a music publishing company. In addition to administrating its own catalogue, Sony/ATV is the exclusive administrator of the catalogue of EMI Music Publishing (‘EMI MP’), which was acquired in 2012 by DH Publishing, a company jointly controlled by Sony and a third party, Mubadala Development Company PJSC.














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 number M.8018 — Sony Corporation of America/Sony-ATV Music Publishing, 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’).
Corrigendum to Commission Recommendation of 28 June 2016 on the monitoring of the presence of nickel in feed (OJ C 235, 29.6.2016)
Date: 2016-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal feedingstuffs, animal health, dangerous substance, food contamination, food safety, foodstuffs legislation, nickel








C_2016242EN.01005201.xml










2.7.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 242/52





Corrigendum to Commission Recommendation of 28 June 2016 on the monitoring of the presence of nickel in feed
(
Official Journal of the European Union C 235 of 29 June 2016
)
(2016/C 242/11)
The publication of Commission Recommendation 2016/C 235/01 is to be considered null and void.
Notice for the attention of persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria
Date: 2016-07-02
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Syria, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








C_2016242EN.01000401.xml










2.7.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 242/4





Notice for the attention of persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria
(2016/C 242/03)
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons designated in Annex I to Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP (1) and in Annex II to Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 (2) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria.
The Council intends to amend the statement of reasons for Houmam Jaza'iri (no. 1), Maher Al-Assad (no. 2), Atej Najib (no. 4), Hafiz Makhlouf (no. 5), Jamil Hassan (no. 10), Major General Ghassan Ahmed Ghannan (no. 13), Lieutenant General Munir Adanov (no. 45), Lt. General Ali Abdullah Ayyub (no. 56), Lt. General Fahd Jasim al-Furayj (no. 57), Major General Zuhair Hamad (no. 62), Bushra Al-Assad (no. 71), Asma Al-Assad (no. 72), Mohammad Ibrahim Al Sha'ar (no. 107), Suleiman Al Abbas (no. 181), Ismael Ismael (no. 185), Suhayl Hassan (no. 193) and Emad Hamsho (no. 204), persons listed in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP and in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.
The persons concerned are hereby informed that they may submit a request to the Council to obtain the intended statement of reasons, before 8 July 2016, to the following address:





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






(1)  OJ L 147, 1.6.2013, p. 14.

(2)  OJ L 16, 19.1.2012, p. 1.
Special Report No 16/2016 — ‘EU education objectives: programmes aligned but shortcomings in performance measurement’
Date: 2016-07-02
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: European Social Fund, economic and social cohesion, education, education policy, level of education, operational programme, project evaluation








C_2016242EN.01000601.xml










2.7.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 242/6





Special Report No 16/2016
‘EU education objectives: programmes aligned but shortcomings in performance measurement’
(2016/C 242/05)
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 16/2016 ‘EU education objectives: programmes aligned but shortcomings in performance measurement’ has just been published.
The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu or on EU Bookshop: https://bookshop.europa.eu