do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8358 — Macquarie/National Grid/Gas Distribution Business of National Grid) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-08-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gas industry, merger control








C_2017262EN.01000101.xml










10.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 262/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8358 — Macquarie/National Grid/Gas Distribution Business of National Grid)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 262/01)
On 16 March 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 32017M8358. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-489/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione (Italy) lodged on 10 August 2017 — Criminal proceedings against MAD Srl
Date: 2017-08-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: classification, dangerous substance, hazardous waste, waste management








C_2017374EN.01001801.xml










6.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 374/18





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione (Italy) lodged on 10 August 2017 — Criminal proceedings against MAD Srl
(Case C-489/17)
(2017/C 374/25)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Corte suprema di cassazione

Party to the main proceedings

MAD Srl

Questions referred







1.


Must the Annex to Decision 2014/955/EU (1) and Regulation (EU) No 1357/2014 (2) be interpreted, with reference to the classification of waste to which mirror codes have been assigned, as meaning that the producer of the waste must, when the composition of the waste is not known, carry out a prior classification of it, and, if so, within what limits?










2.


Must the examination as to hazardous substances be carried out on the basis of uniform, predetermined methods?










3.


Must the examination as to hazardous substances be based on a precise and representative verification that takes into account the composition of the waste, if this is already known or has been identified during the classification phase, or may the examination as to hazardous substances instead be carried out according to criteria of probability by taking into consideration which hazardous substances might reasonably be present in the waste?










4.


Where there is doubt, or where it is impossible to establish with certainty whether or not hazardous substances are present in the waste, must that waste nevertheless be classified and treated as hazardous waste in application of the precautionary principle?






(1)  2014/955/EU: Commission Decision of 18 December 2014 amending Decision 2000/532/EC on the list of waste pursuant to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2014 L 370, p. 44).

(2)  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 2014 L 365, p. 89).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2017-08-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2017262EN.01000201.xml










10.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 262/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

9 August 2017
(2017/C 262/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1731 




JPY


Japanese yen


128,74 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4392 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,90338 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,6210 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1293 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,3398 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


26,160 




HUF


Hungarian forint


304,60 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2670 




RON


Romanian leu


4,5691 




TRY


Turkish lira


4,1518 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4879 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4875 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,1692 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6011 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5988 




KRW


South Korean won


1 335,79 




ZAR


South African rand


15,8151 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8316 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4028 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 640,36 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,0314 




PHP


Philippine peso


59,437 




RUB


Russian rouble


70,3937 




THB


Thai baht


39,006 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,6793 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,0650 




INR


Indian rupee


74,9140 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-486/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Basilicata (Italy) lodged on 10 August 2017 — Olympus Italia Srl v Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico — Centro di Riferimento Oncologico della Basilicata di Rionero in Vulture (I.R.C.C.S. CROB)
Date: 2017-08-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: administrative transparency, equal treatment, free movement of goods, freedom to provide services, mutual recognition principle, occupational safety, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, right of establishment, tendering








C_2017374EN.01001601.xml










6.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 374/16





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Basilicata (Italy) lodged on 10 August 2017 — Olympus Italia Srl v Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico — Centro di Riferimento Oncologico della Basilicata di Rionero in Vulture (I.R.C.C.S. CROB)
(Case C-486/17)
(2017/C 374/22)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Basilicata

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Olympus Italia Srl

Defendant: Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico — Centro di Riferimento Oncologico della Basilicata di Rionero in Vulture (I.R.C.C.S. CROB)

Question referred

Do the Community principles of the protection of legitimate expectations and legal certainty, together with the principles of the free movement of goods, the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services, laid down in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), as well as the principles deriving therefrom, such as equality of treatment, non-discrimination, mutual recognition, proportionality and transparency, referred to in Directive 2014/24/EU, (1) preclude the application of national legislation, such as the Italian legislation founded on the combined provisions of Article 95(10) and Article 83(9) of Legislative Decree No 50/2016, according to which the failure to list the corporate safety and security costs separately in the financial tender in a procedure for the award of public contracts inevitably results in the exclusion of the tendering undertaking concerned without the possibility of supplementing or amending its tendering documentation, even in the case where the obligation to list those costs separately was not set out on the attached form to be completed for the submission of the tender, and even though, in substantive terms, the tender in question actually took into account the minimum costs of corporate safety and security?


(1)  Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (OJ 2014 L 94, p. 65).
Case C-487/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione (Italy) lodged on 10 August 2017 — Criminal proceedings against Alfonso Verlezza and Others
Date: 2017-08-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: classification, dangerous substance, hazardous waste, waste management








C_2017374EN.01001602.xml










6.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 374/16





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione (Italy) lodged on 10 August 2017 — Criminal proceedings against Alfonso Verlezza and Others
(Case C-487/17)
(2017/C 374/23)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Corte suprema di cassazione

Parties to the main proceedings

Alfonso Verlezza, Riccardo Traversa, Irene Cocco, Francesco Rando, Carmelina Scaglione, Francesco Rizzi, Antonio Giuliano, Enrico Giuliano, Refecta Srl, E. Giovi Srl, Vetreco Srl, SE.IN Srl

Questions referred







1.


Must the Annex to Decision 2014/955/EU (1) and Regulation (EU) No 1357/2014 (2) be interpreted, with reference to the classification of waste to which mirror codes have been assigned, as meaning that the producer of the waste must, when the composition of the waste is not known, carry out a prior classification of it, and, if so, within what limits?










2.


Must the examination as to hazardous substances be carried out on the basis of uniform, predetermined methods?










3.


Must the examination as to hazardous substances be based on a precise and representative verification that takes into account the composition of the waste, if this is already known or has been identified during the classification phase, or may the examination as to hazardous substances instead be carried out according to criteria of probability by taking into consideration which hazardous substances might reasonably be present in the waste?










4.


Where there is doubt, or where it is impossible to establish with certainty whether or not hazardous substances are present in the waste, must that waste nevertheless be classified and treated as hazardous waste in application of the precautionary principle?






(1)  2014/955/EU: Commission Decision of 18 December 2014 amending Decision 2000/532/EC on the list of waste pursuant to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2014 L 370, p. 44).

(2)  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 2014 L 365, p. 89).
Case C-484/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands) lodged on 10 August 2017 — K v Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie
Date: 2017-08-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: family, family migration, foreign national, integration of migrants, residence permit








C_2017374EN.01001502.xml










6.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 374/15





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands) lodged on 10 August 2017 — K v Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie
(Case C-484/17)
(2017/C 374/21)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Raad van State

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: K

Respondent: Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie

Question referred

Should Article 15(1) and (4) of Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification (OJ 2003 L 251[, p. 12]) be interpreted as precluding national legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, under which an application for an autonomous residence permit on the part of a foreign national who has resided lawfully for more than five years on the territory of a Member State for family-reunification purposes may be rejected because of non-compliance with conditions relating to integration laid down in national law?
Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2017/1458 of 10 August 2017 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya
Date: 2017-08-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Libya, economic sanctions, international sanctions, trade restriction, vessel








L_2017208EN.01003601.xml










11.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 208/36








            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2017/1458
of 10 August 2017
         
implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 of 31 July 2015 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya, and repealing Decision 2011/137/CFSP (1), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,


Having regard to the proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:







(1)


On 31 July 2015, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333.












(2)


On 2 August 2017, the United Nations Security Council Committee established pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 (2011) approved the addition of one vessel to the list of vessels subject to restrictive measures.












(3)


Annex V to Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annex V to Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 10 August 2017.


For the Council


The President

M. MAASIKAS
            





(1)  
            OJ L 206, 1.8.2015, p. 34.




ANNEX

1.   
The vessel listed below shall be added to the list of vessels subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex V to Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333:
B.   Entities

1.   Name: Lynn S


Additional information

IMO: 8706349; Listed pursuant to paragraphs 10(a) and 10 (b) of Resolution 2146 (2014), as extended and modified by paragraph 2 of Resolution 2362 (2017) (prohibition to load, transport or discharge; prohibition to enter ports). Pursuant to paragraph 11 of Resolution 2146, this designation is valid from 2 August to 2 November 2017, unless terminated earlier by the Committee pursuant to paragraph 12 of Resolution 2146. Flag State: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. As of 26 July 2017, the vessel was located in international waters approximately 50 nautical miles southeast of Cyprus.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8520 — Cinven/CPPIB/GTA) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-08-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment, investment company, merger control, provision of services, travel agency








C_2017262EN.01000401.xml










10.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 262/4





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8520 — Cinven/CPPIB/GTA)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 262/04)






1.


On 4 August 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Cinven Capital Management (V) General Partner Limited (‘Cinven’, United Kingdom) and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (‘CPPIB’, Canada) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control over GTA Travel Holding Ltd, Kuoni Holdings and their subsidiaries (together ‘GTA’), by way of purchase of shares. Cinven and CPPIB jointly control Hotelbeds Group (Spain).










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Cinven: private equity firm engaged in the provision of investment management and investment advisory services to a number of investment funds,
—   for CPPIB: investment management organisation created by an Act of Parliament to invest the funds of the Canada Pension Plan,
—   for GTA: intermediation of travel services, in particular business-to-business intermediation of hotel accommodation.










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.8520 — Cinven/CPPIB/GTA, 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’).
Case C-488/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione (Italy) lodged on 10 August 2017 — Criminal proceedings against Carmelina Scaglione
Date: 2017-08-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: classification, dangerous substance, hazardous waste, waste management








C_2017374EN.01001701.xml










6.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 374/17





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione (Italy) lodged on 10 August 2017 — Criminal proceedings against Carmelina Scaglione
(Case C-488/17)
(2017/C 374/24)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Corte suprema di cassazione

Party to the main proceedings

Carmelina Scaglione

Questions referred







1.


Must the Annex to Decision 2014/955/EU (1) and Regulation (EU) No 1357/2014 (2) be interpreted, with reference to the classification of waste to which mirror codes have been assigned, as meaning that the producer of the waste must, when the composition of the waste is not known, carry out a prior classification of it, and, if so, within what limits?










2.


Must the examination as to hazardous substances be carried out on the basis of uniform, predetermined methods?










3.


Must the examination as to hazardous substances be based on a precise and representative verification that takes into account the composition of the waste, if this is already known or has been identified during the classification phase, or may the examination as to hazardous substances instead be carried out according to criteria of probability by taking into consideration which hazardous substances might reasonably be present in the waste?










4.


Where there is doubt, or where it is impossible to establish with certainty whether or not hazardous substances are present in the waste, must that waste nevertheless be classified and treated as hazardous waste in application of the precautionary principle?






(1)  2014/955/EU: Commission Decision of 18 December 2014 amending Decision 2000/532/EC on the list of waste pursuant to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2014 L 370, p. 44).

(2)  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 2014 L 365, p. 89).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8595 — GE/Macquarie/METT) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-08-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, investment company, merger control, wind energy








C_2017262EN.01000301.xml










10.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 262/3





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8595 — GE/Macquarie/METT)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 262/03)






1.


On 3 August 2017 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings General Electric Company (‘GE’, United States) and Macquarie Group Limited (‘Macquarie’, Australia) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control over Markbygden ETT AB (‘METT’, Sweden) by way of a purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for GE: global, diversified manufacturing, technology and services company. Among others it invests in the energy sector and supplies products and services to wind, hydro and solar generation customers.
—   for Macquarie: global investment, banking and financial services provider.
—   for METT: owns the Swedish onshore wind park Markbygden ETT with a capacity of 650 MW, expected to be fully operational in December 2019.










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.8595 — GE/Macquarie/METT, 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.