do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
EFTA Surveillance Authority notice on State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for the EFTA States applicable as from 1 January 2016 — Published in accordance with the rules on reference and discount rates set out in Part VII of the Authority’s State Aid Guidelines and Article 10 of the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004 (OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and EEA Supplement No 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1)
Date: 2016-09-01
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, State aid, interest, reimbursement of aid








C_2016320EN.01000801.xml










1.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 320/8





EFTA Surveillance Authority notice on State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for the EFTA States applicable as from 1 January 2016
Published in accordance with the rules on reference and discount rates set out in Part VII of the Authority’s State Aid Guidelines and Article 10 of the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004 (OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and EEA Supplement No 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1)
(2016/C 320/09)
Base rates are calculated in accordance with the Chapter on the method for setting reference and discount rates of the Authority’s State Aid Guidelines as amended by the Authority’s Decision No 788/08/COL of 17 December 2008. To obtain the applicable reference rates, appropriate margins shall be added to the base rate in accordance with the State Aid Guidelines.
Base rates have been determined as follows:








 


Iceland


Liechtenstein


Norway




1.1.2016 –


6,77 


- 0,63 


1,16
Notice for the attention of the data subjects to whom the restrictive measures provided for in Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1442 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Central African Republic apply
Date: 2016-09-01
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Central African Republic, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, personal data








C_2016320EN.01000501.xml










1.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 320/5





Notice for the attention of the data subjects to whom the restrictive measures provided for in Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1442 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Central African Republic apply
(2016/C 320/06)
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 224/2014 (2), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1442 (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 Unit 1C, which 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 224/2014, as implemented by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1442.
The data subjects are the natural persons who fulfil the 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 70, 11.3.2014, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 235, 1.9.2016, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 296, 21.9.2004, p. 16.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8157 — McKesson/Blackstone/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-09-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: data processing, economic concentration, information technology industry, market research, merger control, public opinion








C_2016320EN.01000101.xml










1.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 320/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8157 — McKesson/Blackstone/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 320/01)
On 24 August 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 32016M8157. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Thresholds referred to in Directives 2004/17/EC, 2004/18/EC and 2009/81/EC, as amended by Commission Regulations (EU) 2015/2341, (EU) 2015/2342 and (EU) 2015/2340, expressed in the national currencies of the EFTA States
Date: 2016-09-01
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA countries, award of contract, national currency








C_2016320EN.01000802.xml










1.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 320/8





Thresholds referred to in Directives 2004/17/EC, 2004/18/EC and 2009/81/EC, as amended by Commission Regulations (EU) 2015/2341, (EU) 2015/2342 and (EU) 2015/2340, expressed in the national currencies of the EFTA States
(2016/C 320/10)








Thresholds in EUR


Thresholds in NOK


Thresholds in CHF


Thresholds in ISK




135 000 


1 141 655 


157 347 


20 811 600 




209 000 


1 767 450 


243 596 


32 219 440 




418 000 


3 534 901 


487 192 


64 438 880 




5 225 000 


44 186 258 


6 089 894 


805 486 000
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8061 — IMS Health/Quintiles) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-09-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: biotechnology, data processing, economic concentration, market research, merger control, public opinion








C_2016320EN.01000102.xml










1.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 320/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8061 — IMS Health/Quintiles)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 320/02)
On 12 August 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 32016M8061. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8073 — Advent International/Bain Capital/Setefi Services/Intesa Sanpaolo Card) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-09-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial services, merger control








C_2016320EN.01000201.xml










1.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 320/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8073 — Advent International/Bain Capital/Setefi Services/Intesa Sanpaolo Card)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 320/03)
On 10 August 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 32016M8073. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8140 — Kion/Dematic) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-09-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, hoisting equipment, industrial manufacturing, merger control








C_2016320EN.01000202.xml










1.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 320/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8140 — Kion/Dematic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 320/04)
On 24 August 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 32016M8140. 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.8172 — H&F/Permira/Genesys) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-09-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, economic concentration, merger control, software








C_2016320EN.01000901.xml










1.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 320/9





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8172 — H&F/Permira/Genesys)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 320/11)






1.


On 19 August 2016, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Hellman & Friedman Investors VIII, LP as general partner of Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners VIII, LP and its parallel funds, controlled by Hellman & Friedman LLC (‘H&F’, United States) and Permira Holdings Limited (‘Permira’, Guernsey) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the Genesys Group (‘Genesys’, United States) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   H&F: private equity firm with investments in a variety of sectors,
—   Permira: private equity firm with long-term investments in a variety of sectors,
—   Genesys: development, manufacture and sale of software products and related services for customer interaction management.










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 the Notice.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission no later than 10 days following the date on which this notification is published. They can be sent to the Commission under reference M.8172 — H&F/Permira/Genesys by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2016-09-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2016320EN.01000601.xml










1.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 320/6





Euro exchange rates (1)

31 August 2016
(2016/C 320/07)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1132 




JPY


Japanese yen


115,01 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4432 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84806 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,5159 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0957 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,2765 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


27,026 




HUF


Hungarian forint


310,34 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3533 




RON


Romanian leu


4,4575 




TRY


Turkish lira


3,2931 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4806 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4583 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,6357 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5353 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5181 




KRW


South Korean won


1 243,66 




ZAR


South African rand


16,1731 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,4311 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4785 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 786,64 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,5519 




PHP


Philippine peso


51,975 




RUB


Russian rouble


72,6624 




THB


Thai baht


38,549 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,6016 




MXN


Mexican peso


20,9424 




INR


Indian rupee


74,5562 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8194 — SEGRO/PSPIB/SELP/Tilburg I & II) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-09-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, real estate business, storage








C_2016320EN.01001001.xml










1.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 320/10





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8194 — SEGRO/PSPIB/SELP/Tilburg I & II)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 320/12)






1.


On 24 August 2016, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which SEGRO plc (‘SEGRO’, United Kingdom) and Public Sector Pension Investment Board (‘PSPIB’, Canada) will indirectly through SEGRO European Logistics Partnership SARL (‘SELP’, Luxembourg), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of two income-producing assets in Tilburg in the Netherlands (Tilburg I and Tilburg II, collectively the ‘Target Assets’), by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for SEGRO: ownership, asset management and development of modern warehousing, light industrial and data centre properties located around major conurbations and at key transportation hubs across a number of EU countries,
—   for PSPIB: investment of the pension plans of the Canadian Federal Public Service, the Canadian Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Reserve Force. It manages a diversified global portfolio including stocks, bonds and other fixed-income securities as well as investments in private equity, real estate, infrastructure and natural resources,
—   for the Target Assets: logistics warehouse currently leased to a tenant in the telecommunications industry and to a tenant in the automotive industry.










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 Case M.8194 — SEGRO/PSPIB/SELP/Tilburg I & II, 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-635/16: Action brought on 1 September 2016 — IPA v Commission
Date: 2016-09-01
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: accounting system, audit, auditing, debt








C_2016428EN.01001701.xml










21.11.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 428/17





Action brought on 1 September 2016 — IPA v Commission
(Case T-635/16)
(2016/C 428/19)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: SC IPA SA (Bucharest, Romania) (represented by: L. Vasilescu, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the debit notes of 28 June 2016 Nos. 3241608864, in the amount of EUR 63 653,58, and 3241608865, in the amount of EUR 9 690,30, issued by the defendant.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant argues that in essence, the dispute lies in the calculation of the indirect costs related to the contract that has the applicant as beneficiary. Thus, a few years after the contract completion, the Commission imposed a flawed formula for the computation of the indirect costs, that is, non-conforming to the contract terms and contrary to the generally accepted principles and practices in accounting management.
The applicant contends that the Commission based its pretentions on an audit and agreed to all auditor findings, without noticing that the method of calculation of indirect costs applied by auditors violates: (i) the accounting and management principles and practices of the beneficiary that are also imposed by the contract as prevailing and (ii) the generally accepted principles and practices in accounting management.
The applicant also alleges that the calculation methods for the contract indirect costs, used by the auditor and agreed by the Commission, were unjustifiably different from the accounting system of the beneficiary, while by contract all costs had to be determined in accordance with the usual accounting and management principle and practice of the beneficiary. The beneficiary’s accounting system was the only accepted accounting system for the contract, and there was no reason to replace or disapprove the beneficiary’s accounting procedures used for the computation of contract’s indirect costs.
Finally it is alleged that, by the audit procedure, the auditor undervalued the real indirect costs for the contract, and the Commission, after agreeing in whole with the auditor’s conclusions, generated the debit notes of 28 June 2016 Nos. 3241608864, in the amount of EUR 63 653,58, and 3241608865, in the amount of EUR 9 690,30, to recover the differences in costs described in the audit.
State aid — Decision to raise no objections
Date: 2016-09-01
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Iceland, State aid, aid for restructuring, control of State aid, savings bank








C_2016320EN.01000701.xml










1.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 320/7





State aid — Decision to raise no objections
(2016/C 320/08)
The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following State aid measure:








Date of adoption of the decision



:


27 January 2016





Case No



:


73094





Decision No



:


26/16/COL





EFTA State



:


Iceland





Title



:


Restructuring aid to Nordurland Savings Bank and its predecessors





Legal basis



:


Act No 125/2008 on the Authority for the Treasury Disbursements due to Unusual Financial Market Circumstances etc.
Decision of the Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority (Fjármálaeftirlitið; the FME) of 21 March 2009 on the allocation of assets and liabilities of Sparisjóðabanki Íslands.
Decision of the Governor of the Central Bank of Iceland of 22 January 2010.





Objective



:


Remedy a serious disturbance in the economy





Form of aid



:


Conversion of claims





Amount of aid



:


Gross value of claims converted: ISK 5 519 million (EUR 36 million)





Duration



:


Not applicable





Economic sectors



:


Financial services





Name and address of the granting authority



:







Central Bank of Iceland




Kalkofnsvegi 1




150 Reykjavík




ICELAND








The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:
http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/