do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8315 — Siemens/Mentor Graphics) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-06-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, information technology industry, merger control








C_2017188EN.01000101.xml










14.6.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 188/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8315 — Siemens/Mentor Graphics)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 188/01)
On 27 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 32017M8315. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-06-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: chemical compound, chemical product, health control, health risk, market approval, marketing standard








C_2017188EN.01000401.xml










14.6.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 188/4





Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

(published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006
 (1)
)

(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 188/04)

Decisions granting an authorisation













Reference of the decision (2)



Date of decision


Substance name


Holder of the authorisation


Authorisation number


Authorised use


Date of expiry of review period


Reasons for the decision




C(2017) 3765


7 June 2017


Sodium dichromate
EC No 234-190-3
CAS No 7789-12-0 10588-01-9


Kemira Chemicals Oy., Harmajantie 3, FI-32741 Sastamala, Finland


REACH/17/16/0


Use of sodium dichromate as an additive for supressing parasitic reactions and oxygen evolution, pH buffering and cathode corrosion protection in the electrolytic manufacture of sodium chlorate with or without subsequent production of chlorine dioxide or sodium chlorite


21 September 2029


In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socioeconomic benefits outweigh the risk to human health arising from the use of the substance and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies






(1)  OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(2)  The decision is available on the European Commission website at: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/chemicals/reach/about/index_en.htm
Case C-678/15: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Mohammad Zadeh Khorassani v Kathrin Pflanz (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2004/39/EC — Markets in financial instruments — Article 4(1)(2) — Definition of ‘investment services’ — point 1 of Section A of Annex I — Reception and transmission of orders in relation to one or more financial instruments — Potential inclusion of brokering with a view to concluding a portfolio management contract)
Date: 2017-06-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: financial instrument, financial services, investment company, provision of services








C_2017277EN.01000901.xml










21.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 277/9





Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Mohammad Zadeh Khorassani v Kathrin Pflanz
(Case C-678/15) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Directive 2004/39/EC - Markets in financial instruments - Article 4(1)(2) - Definition of ‘investment services’ - point 1 of Section A of Annex I - Reception and transmission of orders in relation to one or more financial instruments - Potential inclusion of brokering with a view to concluding a portfolio management contract))
(2017/C 277/11)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Mohammad Zadeh Khorassani

Defendant: Kathrin Pflanz

Operative part of the judgment

Article 4(1)(2) of Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instruments, amending Council Directives 85/611/EEC and 93/6/EEC and Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 93/22/EEC, read in conjunction with point 1 of Section A of Annex I to that directive, must be interpreted as meaning that the investment service consisting in the reception and transmission of orders in relation to one or more financial instruments does not include brokering with a view to concluding a contract covering portfolio management services.


(1)  OJ C 106, 21.3.2016.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8519 — Santander/SAM) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-06-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, financial services, insurance, merger control, retail selling








C_2017188EN.01002201.xml










14.6.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 188/22





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8519 — Santander/SAM)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 188/14)






1.


On June 6 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 Banco Santander, S.A. (‘Santander’, Spain) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of SAM Investment Holdings Limited (‘SAM’, UK), by way of purchase of shares..










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   Santander: Retail banking, treasury, and insurance services in Spain, the United Kingdom, other European countries, and the Americas.
—   SAM: a joint venture between Warburg Pincus, General Atlantic, and Santander active in the asset management in Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, Luxembourg and the Americas.










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 M.8519 — Santander/SAM, 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.
Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-06-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: chemical compound, chemical product, health control, health risk, market approval, marketing standard








C_2017188EN.01000701.xml










14.6.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 188/7





Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

(Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006
 (1)
)

(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 188/07)

Decisions granting an authorisation













Reference of the decision (2)



Date of decision


Substance name


Holder of the authorisation


Authorisation number


Authorised use


Date of expiry of review period


Reasons for the decision




C(2017) 3816


7 June 2017


Sodium dichromate
EC No 234-190-3
CAS No 7789-12-0 10588-01-9


Ercros SA, Avenida Diagonal 593-595, 08014 Barcelona, Spain


REACH/17/18/0


Use of sodium dichromate as an additive for supressing parasitic reactions and oxygen evolution, pH buffering and cathode corrosion protection in the electrolytic manufacture of sodium chlorate with or without subsequent production of chlorine dioxide or sodium chlorite


21 September 2029


In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socioeconomic benefits outweigh the risk to human health arising from the use of the substance and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies






(1)  OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(2)  The decision is available on the European Commission website at: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/chemicals/reach/about/index_en.htm
Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-06-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: chemical compound, chemical product, health control, health risk, market approval, marketing standard








C_2017188EN.01000501.xml










14.6.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 188/5





Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

(Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006
 (1)
)

(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 188/05)

Decisions granting an authorisation













Reference of the decision (2)



Date of decision


Substance name


Holder of the authorisation


Authorisation number


Authorised use


Date of expiry of review period


Reasons for the decision




C(2017) 3801


7 June 2017


Sodium dichromate
EC No 234-190-3
CAS No 7789-12-0 10588-01-9


Electroquimica De Hernani S.A., Epele 20120, Hernani, Spain


REACH/17/15/0


Use of sodium dichromate as an additive for supressing parasitic reactions and oxygen evolution, pH buffering and cathode corrosion protection in the electrolytic manufacture of sodium chlorate with or without subsequent production of chlorine dioxide or sodium chlorite


21 September 2029


In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socioeconomic benefits outweigh the risk to human health arising from the use of the substance and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies






(1)  OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(2)  The decision is available on the European Commission website at: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/chemicals/reach/about/index_en.htm
Case T-83/17: Order of the General Court of 14 June 2017 — Heineken Romania v EUIPO — Lénárd (Csíki Sör)
Date: 2017-06-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, beer, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2017256EN.01004102.xml










7.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 256/41





Order of the General Court of 14 June 2017 — Heineken Romania v EUIPO — Lénárd (Csíki Sör)
(Case T-83/17) (1)

(2017/C 256/49)
Language of the case: English
The President of the Sixth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 121, 18.4.2017.
Case T-657/16: Order of the General Court of 14 June 2017 — Márquez Alentà v EUIPO — Fiesta Hotels & Resorts (Representation of an ant) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU figurative mark representing an ant — Revocation of the contested decision — Action which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2017-06-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, advertising, business management, catering industry, education, hotel industry, office supplies, registered trade mark, sport, trade-mark law








C_2017269EN.01002301.xml










14.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 269/23





Order of the General Court of 14 June 2017 — Márquez Alentà v EUIPO — Fiesta Hotels & Resorts (Representation of an ant)
(Case T-657/16) (1)

((EU trade mark - Application for an EU figurative mark representing an ant - Revocation of the contested decision - Action which has become devoid of purpose - No need to adjudicate))
(2017/C 269/33)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Marc Márquez Alentà (Cervera, Spain) (represented by: J. Carbonell Callicó, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Zaera Cuadrado, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Fiesta Hotels & Resorts, SL (Ibiza, Spain)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 30 June 2016 (Case R 1242/2015-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Fiesta Hotels & Resorts and Mr Márquez Alentà.

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the action.










2.


The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall bear its own costs and shall pay the costs incurred by Mr Marc Márquez Alentà.






(1)  OJ C 410, 7.11.2016.
Case C-38/16: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) — United Kingdom) — Compass Contract Services Limited v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Repayment of overpaid VAT — Right to deduct VAT — Procedures — Principles of equal treatment and fiscal neutrality — Principle of effectiveness — National legislation introducing a limitation period)
Date: 2017-06-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, equal treatment, tax rebate, tax relief








C_2017277EN.01001301.xml










21.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 277/13





Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) — United Kingdom) — Compass Contract Services Limited v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
(Case C-38/16) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Value added tax (VAT) - Repayment of overpaid VAT - Right to deduct VAT - Procedures - Principles of equal treatment and fiscal neutrality - Principle of effectiveness - National legislation introducing a limitation period))
(2017/C 277/17)
Language of the case: English

Referring court

First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber)

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Compass Contract Services Limited

Defendant: Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs

Operative part of the judgment

The principles of fiscal neutrality, equal treatment and effectiveness do not preclude national legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which, in the context of the reduction of the limitation period, on the one hand, for claims for overpaid value added tax and, on the other hand, for claims for deduction of input value added tax, provides different transitional periods, with the result that claims relating to two accounting periods of three months are subject to different limitation periods depending on whether they concern the repayment of overpaid value added tax or the deduction of input value added tax.


(1)  OJ C 106, 21.3.2016.
Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-06-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: chemical compound, chemical product, health control, health risk, market approval, marketing standard








C_2017188EN.01000601.xml










14.6.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 188/6





Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

(Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006
 (1)
)

(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 188/06)

Decisions granting an authorisation













Reference of the decision (2)



Date of decision


Substance name


Holder of the authorisation


Authorisation number


Authorised use


Date of expiry of review period


Reasons for the decision




C(2017) 3806


7 June 2017


Sodium dichromate
EC No 234-190-3
CAS No 7789-12-0 10588-01-9


Caffaro Brescia S.r.l., via del Brennero 48, 56100 Pisa, Italy


REACH/17/19/0


Use of sodium dichromate as an additive for supressing parasitic reactions and oxygen evolution, pH buffering and cathode corrosion protection in the electrolytic manufacture of sodium chlorate with or without subsequent production of chlorine dioxide or sodium chlorite


21 September 2029


In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socioeconomic benefits outweigh the risk to human health arising from the use of the substance and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies






(1)  OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(2)  The decision is available on the European Commission website at: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/chemicals/reach/about/index_en.htm
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2017-06-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission
Subjects: China, aluminium, anti-dumping duty, import (EU), originating product, thin sheet








C_2017188EN.01002101.xml










14.6.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 188/21





Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
(2017/C 188/13)
1.   As provided for in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union (1), the Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.
2.   Procedure

Union producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury. Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of the exporting country and Union producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify, rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.
3.   Time limit

Union producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Unit H-1), CHAR 4/39, 1049 Brussels, Belgium (2) at any time from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date mentioned in the table below.
4.   This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union.









Product


Country(ies) of origin or exportation


Measures


Reference


Date of expiry (3)





Aluminium foil in small rolls


The People’s Republic of China


Anti-dumping duty


Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 217/2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain aluminium foils in rolls originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ L 69, 13.3.2013, p. 11).


14.3.2018






(1)  OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21.

(2)  TRADE-Defence-Complaints@ec.europa.eu

(3)  The measure expires at midnight of the day mentioned in this column.