do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8132 — FMC Technologies/Technip) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-01-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gas industry, merger control, mining industry, oil industry








C_2017009EN.01000101.xml










12.1.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 9/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8132 — FMC Technologies/Technip)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 9/01)
On 22 November 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 English 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 32016M8132. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Notice of open competitions
Date: 2017-01-12
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: EPSO, European Union Intellectual Property Office, administrator, assistant, competition (EU), intellectual property








C_2017009EN.01000601.xml










12.1.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 9/6





NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITIONS
(2017/C 9/05)
The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is organising the following open competitions:






 


EUIPO/AD/01/17 — ADMINISTRATORS (AD 6)
and










 


EUIPO/AST/02/17 — ASSISTANTS (AST 3)




IN THE FIELD OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The competition notice is published in 24 languages in 
Official Journal of the European Union C 9 A of 12 January 2017.
Further information can be found on the EPSO website: http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/eu-careers.info/
Case T-557/16: Order of the General Court of 12 January 2017 — Belis v Commission
Date: 2017-01-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, staff regulations (EU), transfer of pension rights








C_2017070EN.01003102.xml










6.3.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 70/31





Order of the General Court of 12 January 2017 — Belis v Commission
(Case T-557/16) (1)

(2017/C 070/41)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Third Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 294, 7.9.2005 (case initially registered before the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union under number F-97/15 and transferred to the General Court of the European Union on 1 September 2016.
Case C-280/16 P: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 12 January 2017 — Amrita Soc. coop. Arl and Others v European Commission (Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Protection of plant health — Directive 2000/29/EC — Protection against the introduction into and spread within the European Union of organisms harmful to plants or plant products — Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789 — Measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of Xylella fastidiosa (Wells and Raju) — Action for annulment — Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU — Regulatory act — Implementing measures — Person individually concerned)
Date: 2017-01-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: import (EU), import restriction, plant disease, plant health control, protection of plant life








C_2017112EN.01001301.xml










10.4.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/13





Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 12 January 2017 — Amrita Soc. coop. Arl and Others v European Commission
(Case C-280/16 P) (1)

((Appeal - Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Protection of plant health - Directive 2000/29/EC - Protection against the introduction into and spread within the European Union of organisms harmful to plants or plant products - Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789 - Measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of Xylella fastidiosa (Wells and Raju) - Action for annulment - Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU - Regulatory act - Implementing measures - Person individually concerned))
(2017/C 112/18)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Appellants: Amrita Soc. coop. arl, Cesi Marta, Comune Agricola Lunella Soc. mutua coop. arl, Rollo Olga, Borrello Claudia, Società agricola Merico Maria Rosa di Consiglia, Marta e Vito Lisi, Marzo Luigi, Stasi Anna Maria, Azienda Agricola Crie di Miggiano Gianluigi, Castriota Maria Grazia, Azienda Agricola di Canioni Fiorella, Azienda Agricola Spirdo ss agr., Impresa Agricola Stefania Stamerra, Azienda Agricola Clemente Pezzuto di Pezzuto Francesco, Simone Cosimo Antonio, Masseria Alti Pareti Soc. agr. arl (represented by: L. Paccione and V. Stamerra, avvocati)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Moro and I. Galindo Martín, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the order







1.


The appeal is dismissed.










2.


Amrita Soc. coop. arl, Dei Agre di Cesi Marta, Comune agricola Lunella Soc. mutua coop. arl, Azienda agricola Rollo Olga, Azienda agricola Borrello Claudia, Società agricola Merico Maria Rosa SNC, Azienda agricola di Marzo Luigi, Azienda agricola Stasi Anna Maria, Azienda agricola Crie di Miggiano Gianluigi, Azienda agricola di Castriota Maria Grazia, Azienda agricola di Cagnoni Fiorella, Azienda agricola Spirdo ss agr., Impresa Agricola Stamerra Stefania, Azienda agricola Clemente Pezzuto di Pezzuto Francesco, Azienda agricola di Simone Cosimo Antonio and Masseria Alti Pareti Soc. agr. Arl are ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 260, 18.7.2016.
Notice concerning the provisional application of the Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and New Zealand, of the other part
Date: 2017-01-12
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: New Zealand, cooperation agreement (EU), cooperation policy, interim agreement (EU)








L_2017007EN.01000102.xml










12.1.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 7/1







Notice concerning the provisional application of the Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and New Zealand, of the other part

The European Union and New Zealand have notified the completion of the procedures necessary for the provisional application of the Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and New Zealand, of the other part (1), on 13 December 2016. Consequently, the Agreement applies provisionally in accordance with Article 58(2) of that Agreement as from 12 January 2017.
By virtue of Article 2 of Council Decision (EU) 2016/2079 (2) on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement, the following provisions of the Agreement shall be applied provisionally between the Union and New Zealand, but only to the extent that they cover matters falling within the Union's competence, including matters falling within the Union's competence to define and implement a common foreign and security policy:






—


Article 3 (Dialogue),










—


Article 4 (Cooperation in regional and international organisations),










—


Article 5 (Political dialogue),










—


Article 53 (Joint Committee), with the exception of points (g) and (h) of paragraph 3 thereof, and










—


Title X (Final provisions), with the exception of Article 57 and Article 58(1) and (3), to the extent necessary for the purpose of ensuring the provisional application of the provisions of the Agreement referred to in this Article.






(1)  
            OJ L 321, 29.11.2016, p. 3.

(2)  
            OJ L 321, 29.11.2016, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8211 — Marubeni/Toho Gas/Galp Energia/GGND) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-01-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, energy production, gas supply, merger control








C_2017009EN.01000102.xml










12.1.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 9/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8211 — Marubeni/Toho Gas/Galp Energia/GGND)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 9/02)
On 13 October 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 English 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 32016M8211. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-411/15 P: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 12 January 2017 — Timab Industries, Cie financière et de participations Roullier (CFPR) v European Commission (Appeal — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European market for animal feed phosphates — Allocation of sales quotas, coordination of prices and conditions of sale and exchange of commercially sensitive information — Appellants’ withdrawal from the settlement procedure — Unlimited jurisdiction — Protection of legitimate expectations and of equal treatment — Reasonable length of proceedings)
Date: 2017-01-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: animal nutrition, cartel, equal treatment, exchange of information, market-sharing agreement, phosphate, price agreement, trade information








C_2017063EN.01000301.xml










27.2.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 63/3





Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 12 January 2017 — Timab Industries, Cie financière et de participations Roullier (CFPR) v European Commission
(Case C-411/15 P) (1)

((Appeal - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - European market for animal feed phosphates - Allocation of sales quotas, coordination of prices and conditions of sale and exchange of commercially sensitive information - Appellants’ withdrawal from the settlement procedure - Unlimited jurisdiction - Protection of legitimate expectations and of equal treatment - Reasonable length of proceedings))
(2017/C 063/04)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellants: Timab Industries, Cie financière et de participations Roullier (CFPR) (represented by: N. Lenoir, avocate)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: C. Giolito and B. Mongin, acting as Agents, and by N. Coutrelis, avocate)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal.










2.


Orders Timab Industries and Cie financière et de participations Roullier (CFPR) to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 320, 28.9.2015.
Information on the date of entry into force of the Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway on reciprocal access to fishing in the Skagerrak for vessels flying the flag of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
Date: 2017-01-12
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Denmark, North Sea, Norway, Sweden, agreement (EU), fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing rights, sea fishing, ship's flag








L_2017007EN.01000101.xml










12.1.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 7/1







Information on the date of entry into force of the Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway on reciprocal access to fishing in the Skagerrak for vessels flying the flag of Denmark, Norway and Sweden

On 16 February 2015, the Kingdom of Norway notified the European Union of the completion of its procedures necessary for the entry into force.
Likewise, on 19 December 2016 the European Union notified the Kingdom of Norway of the completion by the Council, on behalf of the European Union, of the procedures necessary for the entry into force of the above Agreement, signed in Brussels on 15 January 2015.
The Agreement accordingly entered into force on 19 December 2016 pursuant to Article 7 thereof.
Case T-242/15: Order of the General Court of 12 January 2017 — ACDA and Others v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Extension of concession contracts — Motorway investment plan in France — Decision not to raise any objections — Association — Act not of individual concern — Regulatory act entailing implementing measures — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2017-01-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: France, State aid, control of State aid, motorway, restriction on competition








C_2017070EN.01002101.xml










6.3.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 70/21





Order of the General Court of 12 January 2017 — ACDA and Others v Commission
(Case T-242/15) (1)

((Action for annulment - State aid - Extension of concession contracts - Motorway investment plan in France - Decision not to raise any objections - Association - Act not of individual concern - Regulatory act entailing implementing measures - Inadmissibility))
(2017/C 070/29)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: Automobile club des avocats (ACDA) (Paris, France), Organisation des transporteurs routiers européens (OTRE) (Bordeaux, France), Fédération française des motards en colère (FFMC) (Paris), Fédération française de motocyclisme (Paris), Union nationale des automobile clubs (Paris) (represented by: M. Lesage, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn and R. Sauer, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action on the basis of Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Commission Decision C(2014) 7850 final of 28 October 2014 on State aid SA.2014/N 38271 — France — Motorway investment plan.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as inadmissible.










2.


There is no need to adjudicate on the application to intervene submitted by the French Republic.










3.


The Automobile club des avocats (ACDA), the Organisation des transporteurs routiers européens (OTRE), the Fédération française des motards en colère (FFMC), the Fédération française de motocyclisme and the Union nationale des automobile clubs shall bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission.










4.


The French Republic shall bear its own costs in relation to the application to intervene.






(1)  OJ C 236, 20.7.2015.
Case C-28/16: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 12 January 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria — Hungary) — Magyar Villamos Művek Zrt. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatóság (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Value added tax — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 2, 9, 26, 167, 168 and 173 — Deduction of input tax — Taxable person simultaneously carrying out economic and non-economic activities — Holding company supplying services to its subsidiaries free of charge)
Date: 2017-01-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, economic activity, holding company, provision of services, subsidiary, tax relief, taxpayer








C_2017112EN.01001201.xml










10.4.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/12





Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 12 January 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria — Hungary) — Magyar Villamos Művek Zrt. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatóság
(Case C-28/16) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Value added tax - Directive 2006/112/EC - Articles 2, 9, 26, 167, 168 and 173 - Deduction of input tax - Taxable person simultaneously carrying out economic and non-economic activities - Holding company supplying services to its subsidiaries free of charge))
(2017/C 112/17)
Language of the case: Hungarian

Referring court

Kúria — Hungary

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Magyar Villamos Művek Zrt.

Defendant: Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatóság

Operative part of the order

Articles 2, 9, 26, 167, 168 and 173 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax must be interpreted as meaning that, in so far as the involvement of a holding company, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, in the management of its subsidiaries, where it has charged those subsidiaries neither for the cost of the services procured in the interest of the group of companies as a whole or in the interest of certain of its subsidiaries, nor for the corresponding VAT, does not constitute an ‘economic activity’, within the meaning of that directive, such a holding company does not have the right to deduct input VAT paid in respect of those services in so far as those services relate to transactions falling outside the scope of that directive.


(1)  OJ C 156, 2.5.2016.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8207 — Emerson Electric/Pentair valves and controls business) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-01-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, mechanical engineering, merger control, piping








C_2017009EN.01004101.xml










12.1.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 9/41





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8207 — Emerson Electric/Pentair valves and controls business)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 9/11)






1.


On 3 January 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Emerson Electric Company (‘Emerson’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the valves and controls business of Pentair plc (‘Pentair’, UK) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   Emerson: development and supply of technology and engineering products in the Process Management, Industrial Automation, Network Power, Climate Technologies and Commercial & Residential solutions businesses. Emerson is a manufacturer of valves, controls, instrumentation and automation products in a broad range of industrial sectors. Emerson is active globally,
—   for Pentair valves and controls business: design, manufacture, distribution marketing and servicing of valves, actuators, instrumentation and automation in industrial and energy projects 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 M.8207 — Emerson Electric/Pentair valves and controls business 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’).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2017-01-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2017009EN.01000201.xml










12.1.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 9/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

11 January 2017
(2017/C 9/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0503 




JPY


Japanese yen


122,14 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4338 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86725 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,5695 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0721 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,0633 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


27,021 




HUF


Hungarian forint


309,45 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3703 




RON


Romanian leu


4,4960 




TRY


Turkish lira


4,0747 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4241 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3919 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,1452 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5027 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5112 




KRW


South Korean won


1 260,59 




ZAR


South African rand


14,4742 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,2826 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5562 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


13 999,45 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6964 




PHP


Philippine peso


52,180 




RUB


Russian rouble


63,3625 




THB


Thai baht


37,375 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,3786 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,9635 




INR


Indian rupee


71,8315 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-3/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 12 January 2017 — Fédération des entreprises de la beauté v Ministre des Affaires sociales et de la Santé, Ministre de l’éducation nationale, de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche, Ministre de l’économie et des finances
Date: 2017-01-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: cosmetic product, product safety, recognition of diplomas








C_2017095EN.01000601.xml










27.3.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 95/6





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 12 January 2017 — Fédération des entreprises de la beauté v Ministre des Affaires sociales et de la Santé, Ministre de l’éducation nationale, de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche, Ministre de l’économie et des finances
(Case C-3/17)
(2017/C 095/12)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Conseil d’État

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Fédération des entreprises de la beauté

Defendants: Ministre des Affaires sociales et de la Santé, Ministre de l’éducation nationale, de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherché, Ministre de l’économie et des finances

Questions referred







1.


Does the recognition of equivalent courses that Member States may give in accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products (1) concern only the courses delivered in countries outside the European Union?










2.


Do the provisions of Article 10(2) of the Regulation authorise a Member State to determine the disciplines that may be regarded as ‘similar’ to medicine, pharmacy or toxicology, within the meaning of the Regulation, and the levels of qualification that satisfy the requirements of the Regulation?










3.


If the answer to the second question is in the affirmative, according to what criteria may the disciplines be considered ‘similar’ to medicine, pharmacy or toxicology?






(1)  OJ 2009 L 342, p. 59.