do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Judgment of the Court of 2 August 2016 in Case E-33/15 — EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland (Failure by an EEA/EFTA State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to implement Directive 2012/26/EU amending Directive 2001/83/EC as regards pharmacovigilance)
Date: 2016-08-02
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: European Economic Area, Iceland, drug surveillance, market approval, medicinal product, pharmacology








C_2017120EN.01002201.xml










13.4.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 120/22





JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
of 2 August 2016
in Case E-33/15
EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland
(Failure by an EEA/EFTA State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to implement Directive 2012/26/EU amending Directive 2001/83/EC as regards pharmacovigilance)
(2017/C 120/10)
In Case E-33/15, EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland — APPLICATION for a declaration that Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Act referred to at point 15q of Chapter XIII of Annex II to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (Directive 2012/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 amending Directive 2001/83/EC as regards pharmacovigilance) as adapted to the Agreement under Protocol 1 thereto, and under Article 7 of the Agreement, by failing to adopt the measures necessary to implement the Act within the time prescribed, or in any event by failing to inform the EFTA Surveillance Authority thereof, the Court, composed of Carl Baudenbacher, President (Judge-Rapporteur), Per Christiansen and Páll Hreinsson, Judges, gave judgment on 2 August 2016, the operative part of which is as follows:
The Court hereby:






1.


Declares that Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Act referred to at point 15q of Chapter XIII of Annex II to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (Directive 2012/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 amending Directive 2001/83/EC as regards pharmacovigilance) as adapted to the Agreement under its Protocol 1, and under Article 7 of the Agreement, by failing to adopt the measures necessary to implement the Act within the time prescribed.










2.


Orders Iceland to bear the costs of the proceedings.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8015 — Synthos/INEOS Styrenics) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-08-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control








C_2016280EN.01000401.xml










2.8.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 280/4





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8015 — Synthos/INEOS Styrenics)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 280/03)






1.


On 25 July 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 undertaking Synthos (‘Synthos’, Poland) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over INEOS Styrenics European Holding BV (‘INEOS Styrenics’, Switzerland) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   Synthos: manufacturer of chemical raw materials such as emulsion rubber and solution styrene butadiene, polybutadiene rubber, polystyrene (both expanded and extruded), adhesives, active worldwide,
—   INEOS Styrenics: manufacturer of chemical raw materials, mainly expandable polystyrene (EPS), active worldwide.










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.8015 — Synthos/INEOS Styrenics, 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’).