do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8323 — AT&amp;T/Time Warner) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: audiovisual industry, economic concentration, merger control, telecommunications industry








C_2017052EN.01000601.xml










18.2.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/6





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8323 — AT&T/Time Warner)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 52/06)






1.


On 10 February 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 AT&T Inc. (‘AT&T’, United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Time Warner Inc. (‘Time Warner’, United States) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for AT&T: provision of global telecommunications and digital entertainment services in the United States and Latin America and of global telecommunications services for business customers in the EEA,
—   for Time Warner: provision of global media and entertainment services, including pay-television services and production and distribution of television services, feature film and videogames.










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.8323 — AT&T/Time Warner, 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.
Explanatory notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
Date: 2017-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, sparkling wine








C_2017052EN.01000501.xml










18.2.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/5





Explanatory notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
(2017/C 52/05)
Pursuant to Article 9(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1), the explanatory notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (2) are hereby amended as follows:

On page 98, between the explanatory note to CN subheading ‘2204 10 11 Champagne’ and the explanatory note to CN subheadings ‘2204 21 06 to 2204 21 09 Wine, other than that referred to in subheading 2204 10, in bottles with “mushroom” stoppers held in place by ties or fastenings; wine, otherwise put up, with an excess pressure due to carbon dioxide in solution of not less than 1 bar but less than 3 bar, measured at a temperature of 20 °C’ the following text is inserted:








‘2204 10 15




Prosecco

Prosecco is a sparkling wine with a protected designation of origin, obtained from grapes of the “Glera” vine variety harvested in the regions of the designations of origin “Prosecco”, “Conegliano-Valdobbiadene — Prosecco”, “Colli Asolani — Prosecco” and “Asolo — Prosecco”.’







(1)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).

(2)  OJ C 76, 4.3.2015, p. 1.
Notice for the attention of the data subjects to whom the restrictive measures provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Zimbabwe apply
Date: 2017-02-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Zimbabwe, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, personal data








C_2017052EN.01000301.xml










18.2.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/3





Notice for the attention of the data subjects to whom the restrictive measures provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Zimbabwe apply
(2017/C 52/03)
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 (EC) No 314/2004 of 19 February 2004, concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Zimbabwe (2).
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 the Unit 1C of DG C that 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 (EC) No 314/2004.
The data subjects are the natural persons who fulfil 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 (3).
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 55, 24.2.2004, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 296, 21.9.2004, p. 16.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8386 — Advent/Bain Capital/Concardis) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronic money, financial services, merger control








C_2017052EN.01000701.xml










18.2.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/7





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8386 — Advent/Bain Capital/Concardis)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 52/07)






1.


On 13 February 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which funds managed by Advent International Corporation (‘Advent’, USA) and funds managed by Bain Capital Investors L.L.C. (‘Bain Capital’, USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Concardis GmbH (‘Concardis’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Advent: private equity investment in various sectors, including industrial, retail, media, communications, information technology, internet, healthcare and pharmaceuticals;
—   for Bain Capital: private equity investment in companies across most industries, including information technology, healthcare, retail and consumer products, communications, financial and industrial/manufacturing;
—   for Concardis: supply of merchant acquiring services, primarily to customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Concardis also has some limited activities as a network service provider in Germany for transaction routing of German national debit schemes (Girocard and ELV).










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.8386 — Advent/Bain Capital/Concardis, 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.
Notice for the attention of the persons, entities and bodies to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/101/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/288 and in Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 concerning restrictive measures against Zimbabwe apply
Date: 2017-02-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Zimbabwe, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, natural person








C_2017052EN.01000201.xml










18.2.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/2





Notice for the attention of the persons, entities and bodies to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/101/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/288 and in Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 concerning restrictive measures against Zimbabwe apply
(2017/C 52/02)
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons, entities and bodies that appear in Annex I to Council Decision 2011/101/CFSP (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/288 (2), and in Annex III to Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 (3), concerning restrictive measures against Zimbabwe.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons, entities and bodies that appear in the abovementioned Annexes should continue to be included in the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2011/101/CFSP and in Regulation (EC) No 314/2004.
The attention of the persons, entities and bodies concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated in the Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 7 of the Regulation).
The persons, entities and bodies concerned may submit a request to the Council before 1 November 2017, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the abovementioned list should be reconsidered. Any such request should be sent 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




E-mail: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu




The attention of the persons, entities and bodies concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council’s decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, second paragraph, and Article 263, fourth and sixth paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  OJ L 42, 16.2.2011, p. 6.

(2)  OJ L 42, 18.2.2017, p. 11.

(3)  OJ L 55, 24.2.2004, p. 1.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1357/2014 of 18 December 2014 replacing Annex III to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 365, 19.12.2014)
Date: 2017-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, classification, dangerous substance, hazardous waste








L_2017042EN.01004301.xml










18.2.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 42/43







Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1357/2014 of 18 December 2014 replacing Annex III to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste and repealing certain Directives

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 365 of 19 December 2014
)


On page 96, Annex, last paragraph after Table 9:
for:



                              ‘Test methods:

The methods to be used are described in Council Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 (1) and in other relevant CEN notes or other internationally recognised test methods and guidelines.’,

read:



                              ‘Test methods:

The methods to be used are described in Commission Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 (1) and in other relevant CEN notes or other internationally recognised test methods and guidelines.’;

on page 96, Annex, footnote 1:
for:


                  ‘Council Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 of 30 May 2008 laying down test methods pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (OJ L 142, 31.5.2008, p. 1).’,

read:


                  ‘Commission Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 of 30 May 2008 laying down test methods pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (OJ L 142, 31.5.2008, p. 1).’.
Corrigendum to the annual report of the Court of Auditors on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2015, together with the institutions' replies (OJ C 375, 13.10.2016)
Date: 2017-02-18
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: audit, closing of accounts, financial management, general budget (EU), implementation of the budget








C_2017052EN.01000801.xml










18.2.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/8





Corrigendum to the annual report of the Court of Auditors on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2015, together with the institutions' replies
(
Official Journal of the European Union C 375 of 13 October 2016
)
(2017/C 52/08)
On page 53, paragraph 2.9, second last line:

for:


‘… 339 billion euro at 31 December 2015 …’,


read:


‘… 344 billion euro at 31 December 2015 …’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2017-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2017052EN.01000401.xml










18.2.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/4





Euro exchange rates (1)

17 February 2017
(2017/C 52/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0650 




JPY


Japanese yen


120,08 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4334 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85720 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,4478 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0637 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,8645 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


27,021 




HUF


Hungarian forint


308,32 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3305 




RON


Romanian leu


4,5223 




TRY


Turkish lira


3,9117 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3892 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3929 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,2659 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,4809 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5086 




KRW


South Korean won


1 224,76 




ZAR


South African rand


13,9357 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,3134 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4410 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 199,11 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,7424 




PHP


Philippine peso


53,309 




RUB


Russian rouble


61,9668 




THB


Thai baht


37,270 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,2928 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,8050 




INR


Indian rupee


71,4615 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8366 — SCA/BSN) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, medical device, merger control, toiletries








C_2017052EN.01000101.xml










18.2.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8366 — SCA/BSN)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 52/01)
On 13 February 2017, 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 32017M8366. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.