do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8698 — EQT/Curaeos Holding) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dental medicine, economic concentration, investment company, merger control








C_2017379EN.01001601.xml










10.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 379/16





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8698 — EQT/Curaeos Holding)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 379/09)






1.


On 30 October 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


EQT Fund Management SARL(‘EQT’, Luxembourg),










—


Curaeos Holding BV (‘Curaeos Holding’, The Netherlands)




EQT acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Curaeos Holding.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for EQT: an investment fund making investments primarily in northern and continental Europe,
—   for Curaeos Holding: an international dental services provider with dental clinics, dental labs and a dental products distribution business. It also operates a migraine clinic in Germany.










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. The following reference should always be specified:
M.8698 — EQT/Curaeos Holding
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:





Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu




Fax +32 22964301




Postal 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’).
Council Decision of 10 November 2017 renewing the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
Date: 2017-11-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Belgium, Cedefop, appointment of members, board of directors








C_2017388EN.01000301.xml










17.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 388/3





COUNCIL DECISION
of 10 November 2017
renewing the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
(2017/C 388/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/75 of 10 February 1975 establishing the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, and in particular Article 4 thereof (1),
Having regard to the nominee submitted to the Council by the Commission as regards the Employees' representatives,
Whereas:






(1)


By its Decisions of 14 July 2015 (2) and of 14 September 2015 (3), the Council appointed the members of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the period from 18 September 2015 to 17 September 2018.










(2)


A member's seat on the Governing Board of the Centre in the category of representatives of Employees' organisations has become vacant for Belgium as a result of the resignation of Mr Jan VERCAMST.










(3)


The members of the Governing Board of the aforementioned Centre should be appointed for the remainder of the current term of office, which expires on 17 September 2018,




HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The following person is hereby appointed member of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the remainder of its term of office, which runs until 17 September 2018:
REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYEES' ORGANISATIONS:






BELGIUM


Ms Katrien ALLAERT




Article 2
This Decision shall be published, for information, in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 10 November 2017.


For the Council


The President

U. PALO




(1)  OJ L 39, 13.2.1975, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 232, 16.7.2015, p. 2.

(3)  OJ C 305, 16.9.2015, p. 2.
Case T-757/17: Action brought on 10 November 2017 — Kerstens v Commission
Date: 2017-11-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, defamation, disciplinary proceedings, indemnification, principle of legal certainty, right to justice, rights of the defence








C_2018032EN.01003801.xml










29.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 32/38





Action brought on 10 November 2017 — Kerstens v Commission
(Case T-757/17)
(2018/C 032/52)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Petrus Kerstens (Overijse, Belgium) (represented by: C. Mourato, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the Commission’s decision of 27 March 2017 addressed to the applicant in so far as it orders that Case CMS 15/017 is to be recommenced ab initio;










—


annul the Commission’s decision of 7 April 2017 addressed to the applicant in so far as it orders that Case CMS 12/063 is to be recommenced ab initio;










—


award the applicant compensation amounting to EUR 40 000, by way of special non-material damages, to be paid by the European Commission;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs, in accordance with Article 134 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on four pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging that there has been a failure to comply with the annulling judgment of 14 February 2017, Kerstens v Commission (T-270/16 P, not published, EU:T:2017:74) and infringement of the principle of ne bis in idem on the part of the appointing authority, which decided to reopen the disciplinary proceedings to which the applicant had been subject.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that there has been a failure to comply with the judgment cited above and infringement of the principle of sound administration including the obligation to treat cases fairly and impartially, infringement of the principle of presumption of innocence, and a breach of the rights of the defence, in so far as the decisions to reopen those disciplinary proceedings do not guarantee impartial and fair treatment of the applicant’s case.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging that there has been a failure to comply with the judgment cited above and infringement of the principles of legal certainty and sound administration, and, in particular, of the reasonable time principle, given that, according to the applicant, new disciplinary proceedings must also take place within a reasonable time, which is not the situation in the present case.










4.


Fourth plea in law, requesting special damages following the irregularities mentioned above by way of compensation for the non-material damage which the administrative authorities have allegedly caused the applicant, since, in his view, the annulment of the contested acts is not sufficient, in itself, to compensate for that damage.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8663 — CNP Assurances/Macquarie/Predica/Pisto) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, financial services, health insurance, investment, life assurance, merger control, pension scheme, personal insurance, petroleum product, provision of services








C_2017379EN.01000502.xml










10.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 379/5





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8663 — CNP Assurances/Macquarie/Predica/Pisto)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 379/05)
On 31 October 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 French 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 32017M8663. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Reserve list — Open competition EUIPO/AST/02/17 — Assistants (AST 3) in the field of intellectual property
Date: 2017-11-10
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: assistant, competition (EU), intellectual property








CA2017379EN.01000101.xml










10.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 379/1





RESERVE LIST (1)

OPEN COMPETITION EUIPO/AST/02/17
ASSISTANTS (AST 3) IN THE FIELD OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
(2017/C 379 A/01)
 






ALBRECHT


Sylvie




AZORIN


Carlos




BARAKAUSKIENĖ


Rasa




BENOVA


Meglena




BETTZUEGE


Irena




BEVILACQUA


Doris Katharina




BROEDELET


David




BUGEJA


Alistair




CANTO SOLER


Maria de las Nieves




CASTELLO MORENO


Cesar Augusto




CHALEVA


Marina




CHERNEVA


Desislava




CRABBE


Saida Aline




CRETU


Cristina-Florinela




DAMIANIDOU


Eftychia




DOLIESLAGER


Marcel




FALZON


Julian




FAZEKAS


Krisztina Anna




GALUBICKE


Ineta




GARCIA CARBALLEIRA


Margarita Maria




GARCIA GONZALEZ


Argentina




GHEZZI


Diana Maria Augusta




GÓMEZ CARDOSA


Maria Aurora




GORNY


Arkadiusz Jacek




GOUTARD


Julie




GUASTAVINO


Nicolas




HILDER


Daniel Tobias




ILLIASOVA


Gabriela




KLECUN


Robert




KLUKON


Beatrix




KONDÁS


Marianna




KROLZIK


Kristin




LAPINSKAITE


Lina




LISKIEWICZ


Magdalena




LLORENS HILARIO


Enriqueta




MAIERON


Corina Diana




MARCO ORTUNO


Ana




MARUGAN MARIN


Irene




MATTSSON


Ulf Greger




MESSING


Dominique Maria




MIHELICOVA


Erika




MIKULOVA


Stanislava




MILIĆ


Lidija




MINKOVA-LOZEVA


Galina




MORA BAJO


Luis




NAVARRO CONTRERAS


Trinidad




NAYDENOVA


Boyana




NIKOLOVA


Lidiya




PADOAN


Fabrizio




PANAGIOTIDIS


Eleftherios




PANAGIOTOU


Maria




PAPANIKOLAOU


Vlasios




PÉREZ SANTONJA


Eva Inés




PISLARU


Roxana




PORTILLO-RAMÍREZ


María del Mar




POTOTSKY


Claire




PUBULIS


Kaspars




RACLAWSKA


Karolina




RAPAS


Camelia




SAARI


Petra




SAKALAITE — ORLOVSKIENE


Gaile




SATAITE-GONZALEZ


Birute




SEJANE


Ineta




SELVA RODES


Pedro Javier




SIMANDLOVA


Michaela




SIRVINSKIENE


Julija




SPANDAGOU


Aliki




STAN


Vintila Flavius




STEPANIAN


Mané




STOYANOVA-VALCHANOVA


Denitza




TACHTATZI


Chloi-Evangelia




TREIBER


Dorothee




TURCINAVICIUTE


Jogile




VILLANI


Pierluigi Maria




VITTRUP


Birgitte




VLAD


Laurentiu




VOGEL


Anke




VORGIC BESLAGIC


Maja




VORONECKAITĖ


Vita




VUILLERMOT


Aline Marie Yvonne




WEINER


Edina




The reserve list will be valid until 31 December 2020.


(1)  One or more successful candidates may explicitly have requested that their name not be published.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union — Cases where the Commission raises no objectionsText with EEA relevance, except for products falling under Annex I of the Treaty.
Date: 2017-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Hesse, State aid, control of State aid








C_2017380EN.01000701.xml










10.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 380/7





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance, except for products falling under Annex I of the Treaty)
(2017/C 380/02)







Date of adoption of the decision


27.07.2017




Aid number


SA.44723 (2017/N)




Member State


Germany




Region


HESSEN


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Hessen: Hessische Staatsweingüter GmbH




Legal basis


Rechtliche (vertragliche) Grundlage wird erst nach Beschluss der Kommission erstellt




Type of measure


Ad hoc aid


Hessische Staatsweingüter GmbH




Objective


Agriculture; Forestry; Rural areas




Form of aid


Other forms of equity intervention




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 18.071 (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 18.071 (in millions)




Intensity


Measure does not constitute aid




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


Growing of grapes, Manufacture of wine from grape




Name and address of the granting authority







Hessisches Ministerium der Finanzen




Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 8, 65185 Wiesbaden, Deutschland








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2017-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2017379EN.01000601.xml










10.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 379/6





Euro exchange rates (1)

9 November 2017
(2017/C 379/06)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1630 




JPY


Japanese yen


131,75 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4422 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,88633 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,7355 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1589 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,4535 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,528 




HUF


Hungarian forint


312,08 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2346 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6400 




TRY


Turkish lira


4,4962 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5144 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4779 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,0701 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6715 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5819 




KRW


South Korean won


1 299,91 




ZAR


South African rand


16,5306 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7193 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5385 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 729,57 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8790 




PHP


Philippine peso


59,597 




RUB


Russian rouble


69,0726 




THB


Thai baht


38,495 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,7762 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,2416 




INR


Indian rupee


75,5600 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-668/15: Judgment of the General Court of 10 November 2017 — Jema Energy v Joint Undertaking Fusion for Energy (Public supply contracts — Call for tenders — Supply of the Acceleration Grid Power Supply Conversion System — Rejection of a submitted tender — Transparency — Legal certainty — Equal treatment — Proportionality)
Date: 2017-11-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Joint Undertaking, award of contract, equal treatment, invitation to tender, nuclear fusion, nuclear research, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, restriction on competition








C_2018005EN.01003101.xml










8.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/31





Judgment of the General Court of 10 November 2017 — Jema Energy v Joint Undertaking Fusion for Energy
(Case T-668/15) (1)

((Public supply contracts - Call for tenders - Supply of the Acceleration Grid Power Supply Conversion System - Rejection of a submitted tender - Transparency - Legal certainty - Equal treatment - Proportionality))
(2018/C 005/40)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Jema Energy, SA (Lasarte-Oria, Spain) (represented by: N. Rey Rey, lawyer)

Defendant: European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy (represented by: R. Hanak, G. Poszler and S. Bernal Blanco, acting as Agents, and by P. Wytinck and B. Hoorelbeke, lawyers)

Re:

Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking, inter alia, annulment of the decision of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy of 21 September 2015, taken in the context of the tendering procedure F4E-OPE-278, rejecting the applicant’s tender for Lot No 1 concerning the Acceleration Grid Power Supply Conversion System (AGPS-CS).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Jema Energy, SA to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 27, 25.1.2016.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8542 — The Carlyle Group/CVC/China Investment Corporation/ENGIE E&amp;P International) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gas industry, investment company, merger control, oil industry








C_2017379EN.01000501.xml










10.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 379/5





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8542 — The Carlyle Group/CVC/China Investment Corporation/ENGIE E&P International)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 379/04)
On 27 October 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 32017M8542. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Corrigendum to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1018 of 29 June 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying information to be notified by investment firms, market operators and credit institutions (OJ L 155, 17.6.2017)
Date: 2017-11-10
Institutions: Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Subjects: credit institution, exchange of information, financial instrument, financial legislation, investment company, management audit, provision of services, right of establishment, technical standard, trade information








L_2017292EN.01011901.xml










10.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 292/119







Corrigendum to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1018 of 29 June 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying information to be notified by investment firms, market operators and credit institutions

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 155 of 17 June 2017
)


On page 3, Article 5(b):
for:







‘(b)


a short description of the appropriate arrangements to be in place and the date from which these arrangements will be provided in the host Member State;’,





read:







‘(b)


a short description of the arrangements and the date from which those arrangements will be provided in the host Member State;’.
Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2017/2106 of 10 November 2017 extending the mandate of the Head of Mission of the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) (EUAM Ukraine/2/2017)
Date: 2017-11-10
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: EU police mission, Ukraine, public safety








L_2017303EN.01001001.xml










18.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 303/10








            POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION (CFSP) 2017/2106
of 10 November 2017
         
extending the mandate of the Head of Mission of the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) (EUAM Ukraine/2/2017)


THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular the third paragraph of Article 38 thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision 2014/486/CFSP of 22 July 2014 on the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) (1), and in particular Article 7(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Decision 2014/486/CFSP, the Political and Security Committee (PSC) is authorised, in accordance with Article 38 of the Treaty, to take the relevant decisions for the purpose of exercising the political control and strategic direction of EUAM Ukraine, including the decision to appoint a Head of Mission.












(2)


On 7 January 2016, the PSC adopted Decision (CFSP) 2016/49 (2), appointing Mr Kęstutis LANČINSKAS as Head of Mission of EUAM Ukraine from 1 February 2016 to 31 January 2017.












(3)


On 10 January 2017, the PSC adopted Decision (CFSP) 2017/113 (3), extending the mandate of Mr Kęstutis LANČINSKAS as Head of Mission of EUAM Ukraine from 1 February 2017 to 30 November 2017.












(4)


The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy has proposed the extension of the mandate of Mr Kęstutis LANČINSKAS as Head of Mission of EUAM Ukraine from 1 December 2017 to 30 November 2018,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The mandate of Mr Kęstutis LANČINSKAS as Head of Mission of EUAM Ukraine is hereby extended until 30 November 2018.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 10 November 2017.


For the Political and Security Committee


The Chairperson

W. STEVENS
            





(1)  
            OJ L 217, 23.7.2014, p. 42.

(2)  Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2016/49 of 7 January 2016 on the appointment of the Head of Mission of the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) (EUAM UKRAINE/1/2016) (OJ L 12, 19.1.2016, p. 47).

(3)  Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2017/113 of 10 January 2017 extending the mandate of the Head of Mission of the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) (EUAM UKRAINE/1/2017) (OJ L 18, 24.1.2017, p. 48).