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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8126 — HNA Group/Carlson Hotels) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, hotel industry, merger control








C_2016304EN.01004401.xml










20.8.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 304/44





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8126 — HNA Group/Carlson Hotels)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 304/06)






1.


On 12 August 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 HNA Group Co., Ltd (‘HNA Group’, China) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Carlson Hotels, Inc. (‘Carlson Hotels’, United States) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for HNA Group: investing in several sectors encompassing aviation, real estate holdings, capital/financial services, tourism, and shipping/food cold chain logistics,
—   for Carlson: providing hotel accommodation services 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. 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.8126 — HNA Group/Carlson Hotels, 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.7965 — World Fuel Services Corporation/Certain aviation fuels assets belonging to Exxon) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air transport, carriage of passengers, economic concentration, energy industry, merger control








C_2016304EN.01000101.xml










20.8.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 304/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7965 — World Fuel Services Corporation/Certain aviation fuels assets belonging to Exxon)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 304/01)
On 28 June 2016, 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 the 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 32016M7965. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2016-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2016304EN.01000201.xml










20.8.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 304/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

19 August 2016
(2016/C 304/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1326 




JPY


Japanese yen


113,53 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4417 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86537 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,4936 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0852 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,3048 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


27,022 




HUF


Hungarian forint


310,28 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2992 




RON


Romanian leu


4,4658 




TRY


Turkish lira


3,3262 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4877 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4547 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,7821 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5606 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5267 




KRW


South Korean won


1 269,15 




ZAR


South African rand


15,3019 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,5341 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4851 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 941,26 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,5534 




PHP


Philippine peso


52,529 




RUB


Russian rouble


72,5897 




THB


Thai baht


39,241 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,6659 




MXN


Mexican peso


20,7543 




INR


Indian rupee


76,0850 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8123 — Total/Lampiris) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, gas industry, gas supply, merger control








C_2016304EN.01004301.xml










20.8.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 304/43





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8123 — Total/Lampiris)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 304/05)






1.


On 12 August 2016, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Total S.A. (‘Total’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Lampiris S.A.S (‘Lampiris’, Belgium) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Total, together with its subsidiaries is an international integrated energy producer and provider mainly active in the oil and gas sector,










—


Lampiris is active in the supply of natural gas and green electricity to retail and industrial customers as well as the production of renewable energy.














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.8123 — Total/Lampiris, 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.8119 — DIF/Électricité de France/Thyssengas) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, gas industry, gas supply, merger control








C_2016304EN.01004501.xml










20.8.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 304/45





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8119 — DIF/Électricité de France/Thyssengas)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 304/07)






1.


On 11 August 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which DIF Infrastructure IV Cooperatief U.A. (‘DIF’, the Netherlands) and Électricité de France SA (‘EDF’, France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Thyssengas-group (‘Thyssengas’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


EDF is an integrated energy company which is active in the generation and wholesale of electricity and in the transmission, distribution and retail supply of electricity, as well as in the provision of other electricity-related services, in France and other countries. EDF is also active, to a lesser extent, in the natural gas retail and wholesale markets,










—


DIF is an investment fund entity and an infrastructure fund management company which invests in infrastructure assets, including Public Private Partnership projects, renewable energy projects and other core infrastructure projects in Europe, North America and Australia,










—


Thyssengas is a gas transmission system operator in North-West Germany.














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.8119 — DIF/Électricité de France/Thyssengas, 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.8006 — Canon/Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dental medicine, economic concentration, medical device, merger control, optical industry








C_2016304EN.01004201.xml










20.8.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 304/42





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8006 — Canon/Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 304/04)






1.


On 12 August 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Canon Inc. Ōta, Tokyo (‘Canon’, Japan), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation (‘TMSC’, Japan), by way of a purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Canon: active in the field of the development, manufacture and sale of consumer and professional imaging and other electronic equipment, as well as related software and services, including office automation equipment including printers, copiers, scanners and multifunctional combinations thereof as well as some related software sales and services; cameras, lenses and camcorders; medical equipment; semiconductor manufacturing equipment and other mainly industrial products, globally,
—   for TMSC: active in the field of the development, manufacture, sale and technical services for medical equipment, including diagnostic radiography (X-ray) systems, computed tomography systems, magnetic resonance imaging systems (MRI), diagnostic ultrasound systems, radiation therapy systems, diagnostic nuclear medicine systems, medical sample testing equipment, and information systems for medical equipment, globally.










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.8006 — Canon/Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, 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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1393 of 4 May 2016 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system and conditions for refusal or withdrawal of payments and administrative penalties applicable to direct payments, rural development support and cross-compliance (OJ L 225, 19.8.2016)
Date: 2016-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: administrative sanction, aid to agriculture, eligibility criteria, financial aid, reimbursement of aid, single payment scheme




L_2016227EN.01000501.xml










20.8.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 227/5







Corrigendum to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1393 of 4 May 2016 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system and conditions for refusal or withdrawal of payments and administrative penalties applicable to direct payments, rural development support and cross-compliance

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 225 of 19 August 2016
)


On page 46, in point (7) of Article 1:
for:


‘2.   Where no administrative penalty has been imposed on the beneficiary under paragraph 1 for over-declaration of areas for the aid scheme or support measure concerned, the administrative penalty referred to in that paragraph shall be reduced by 50 % if the difference between the area declared and the area determined does not exceed 10 % of the area determined.’,


read:


‘2.   Where no administrative penalty has yet been imposed on the beneficiary under paragraph 1 for over-declaration of areas for the aid scheme or support measure concerned, the administrative penalty referred to in that paragraph shall be reduced by 50 % if the difference between the area declared and the area determined does not exceed 10 % of the area determined.’.