do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Notice for the attention of persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus
Date: 2018-02-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Belarus, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, trade restriction








C_2018071EN.01000201.xml










24.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 71/2





Notice for the attention of persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus
(2018/C 71/02)
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities designated in the Annex to Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/280 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 (3), concerning restrictive measures against Belarus.
The Council of the European Union, after having reviewed the list of persons and entities designated in the abovementioned Annexes, has determined that the restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2012/642/CFSP and Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 should continue to apply to those persons. The grounds for designations of those persons appear in the relevant entries in those Annexes.
The attention of the persons concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated in the websites in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 3 of the Regulation).
The persons concerned may submit a request to the Council before 31 December 2018, together with supporting documentation that the decision to include them on the abovementioned list should be reconsidered, 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




Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu




Any observations received will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council’s periodic review, pursuant to Article 8(2) of Decision 2012/642/CFSP and Article 8a(4) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006, of the list of designated persons and entities.


(1)  OJ L 285, 17.10.2012, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 54, 24.2.2018, p. 16.

(3)  OJ L 134, 20.5.2006, p. 1.
Notice for the attention of the data subjects to whom the restrictive measures provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus apply
Date: 2018-02-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Belarus, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, personal data








C_2018071EN.01000301.xml










24.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 71/3





Notice for the attention of the data subjects to whom the restrictive measures provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus apply
(2018/C 71/03)
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 765/2006 (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 765/2006.
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 134, 20.5.2006, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 296, 21.9.2004, p. 16.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8761 — ReAssure/Actaeon) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2018-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, insurance company, investment company, life assurance, merger control, pension scheme, reinsurance, retail trade, wholesale selling








C_2018071EN.01000101.xml










24.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 71/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8761 — ReAssure/Actaeon)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 71/01)
On 19 February 2018, 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 32018M8761. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2018-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2018071EN.01000401.xml










24.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 71/4





Euro exchange rates (1)

23 February 2018
(2018/C 71/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2299 




JPY


Japanese yen


131,28 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4469 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87940 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,0583 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1505 




ISK


Iceland króna


123,90 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,6770 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,337 




HUF


Hungarian forint


312,88 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1698 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6550 




TRY


Turkish lira


4,6575 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5720 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5614 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,6219 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6864 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6254 




KRW


South Korean won


1 324,37 




ZAR


South African rand


14,2239 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7914 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4365 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 820,11 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8135 




PHP


Philippine peso


63,719 




RUB


Russian rouble


69,4480 




THB


Thai baht


38,668 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,9875 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,8385 




INR


Indian rupee


79,6515 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8752 — CPPIB/BHL/BGL) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2018-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Internet site, economic concentration, holding company, insurance, investment company, merger control, miscellaneous industries








C_2018071EN.01002901.xml










24.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 71/29





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8752 — CPPIB/BHL/BGL)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 71/06)






1.


On 16 February 2018, 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:






—


CPP Investment Board (Canada),










—


BGL (Holdings) Ltd (United Kingdom), currently controlled by BHL Holdings Ltd (Guernsey).




CPP Investment Board acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of BGL (Holdings) Ltd, currently controlled by BHL Holdings Ltd.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   CPP Investment Board: a Toronto based investment management organisation investing the funds of the Canada Pension Plan Fund principally in public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure and fixed income investments,
—   BHL Holdings Ltd: a privately owned, Guernsey-managed holding company with interests in Europe, Australia, Singapore, South Africa and Turkey, active in insurance underwriting, reinsurance, price comparison websites, legal, property development and leisure sectors,
—   BGL (Holdings) Ltd: operation of price comparison websites in the UK and France, insurance distribution of third-party and own-brand life and non-life insurance products in the UK.










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 the 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. The following reference should always be specified:
M.8752 — CPPIB/BHL/BGL
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’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.