do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8940 — Blackstone/Cirsa) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2018-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gaming, investment company, merger control








C_2018185EN.01000701.xml










30.5.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 185/7





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8940 — Blackstone/Cirsa)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 185/08)

1.   
On 22 May 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:






—


The Blackstone Group L.P. (‘Blackstone’, USA),










—


Cirsa Gaming Corporation, S.A. (‘Cirsa’, Spain).




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


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Blackstone: global alternative asset management,
—   for Cirsa: global gaming activities, including the operation of casino's, bingo, slot machines and sports betting services, as well as the design, manufacture and distribution of slot machines.


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.8940 — Blackstone/Cirsa
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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8914 — One Equity Partners/Walki Holding) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-05-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, plastics industry, rubber industry








C_2018193EN.01000401.xml










6.6.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 193/4





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8914 — One Equity Partners/Walki Holding)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 193/03)
On 30 May 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 32018M8914. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2018-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2018185EN.01000201.xml










30.5.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 185/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

29 May 2018
(2018/C 185/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1558 




JPY


Japanese yen


125,88 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4429 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87143 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,3173 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1517 




ISK


Iceland króna


122,94 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,5618 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,907 




HUF


Hungarian forint


320,05 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3110 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6470 




TRY


Turkish lira


5,3340 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5366 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5058 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,0681 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6711 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5565 




KRW


South Korean won


1 248,51 




ZAR


South African rand


14,6465 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,4174 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3903 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 205,24 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6060 




PHP


Philippine peso


60,836 




RUB


Russian rouble


72,3479 




THB


Thai baht


37,067 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,3415 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,8237 




INR


Indian rupee


78,4060 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8893 — Thyssen Alfa/Max Aicher Recycling/Noris Metallrecycling) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2018-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, metal waste, waste management








C_2018185EN.01000801.xml










30.5.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 185/8





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8893 — Thyssen Alfa/Max Aicher Recycling/Noris Metallrecycling)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 185/09)

1.   
On 22 May 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:






—


Thyssen Alfa Rohstoffhandel München GmbH (‘Thyssen Alfa’, Germany), belonging to the Rethmann group,










—


Max Aicher Recycling GmbH (‘Max Aicher Recycling’, Germany), belonging to the Max Aicher group,










—


Noris Metallrecycling GmbH (‘Noris Metallrecycling’, Germany), controlled by Thyssen Alfa and Scholz Recycling GmbH.




Thyssen Alfa and Max Aicher Recycling acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Noris Metallrecycling.
The concentration is accomplished by way of a purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Thyssen Alfa: active in the collection, processing and trade of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap,
—   for Max Aicher Recycling: manages five scrapyards in Bavaria and is active in the collection and trade of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap,
—   for Noris Metallrecycling: manages two sites in Fürth and Nürnberg and active in the collection and trade of non-ferrous scrap.


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.8893 — Thyssen Alfa/Max Aicher Recycling/Noris Metallrecycling.
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.
European Parliament legislative resolution of 30 May 2018 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union and Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Union (05700/1/2018 – C8-0168/2018 – 2013/0103(COD))
Date: 2018-05-30
Institutions: Committee on International Trade, European Parliament
Subjects: anti-dumping legislation, anti-subsidy proceeding, countervailing charge, import (EU), originating product, raw material, third country








C_2020076EN.01023701.xml










9.3.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 76/237






P8_TA(2018)0219
Protection against dumped and subsidised imports from countries not members of the EU ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution of 30 May 2018 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union and Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Union (05700/1/2018 – C8-0168/2018 – 2013/0103(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)
(2020/C 76/36)

The European Parliament,







—


having regard to the Council position at first reading (05700/1/2018 – C8-0168/2018)










—


having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2013)0192),










—


having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










—


having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 69f(4) of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to Rule 67a of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on International Trade (A8-0182/2018),












1.


Approves the Council position at first reading;












2.


Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;












3.


Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;












4.


Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;












5.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






(1)  OJ C 443, 22.12.2017, p. 934.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8739 — Kuraray/PTTGC/Sumitomo/JV) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2018-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, electronics, energy industry, mass media, merger control, metallurgical industry, mineral resources, natural gas, petrochemicals








C_2018185EN.01000101.xml










30.5.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 185/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8739 — Kuraray/PTTGC/Sumitomo/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 185/01)
On 23 May 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 32018M8739. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Judgment of the Court of 30 May 2018 in Case E-9/17 — Edmund Falkenhahn AG v The Financial Market Authority (Finanzmarktaufsicht) (Directive 2009/110/EC — Electronic money institutions — Redemption at par value — Safeguarding requirements)
Date: 2018-05-30
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: Liechtenstein, banking, electronic money, financial supervision, financial transaction








C_2018335EN.01002001.xml










20.9.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 335/20






JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
of 30 May 2018
in Case E-9/17
Edmund Falkenhahn AG v The Financial Market Authority (Finanzmarktaufsicht)


(Directive 2009/110/EC — Electronic money institutions — Redemption at par value — Safeguarding requirements)

(2018/C 335/12)
In Case E-9/17, Edmund Falkenhahn AG v The Financial Market Authority (Finanzmarktaufsicht) — REQUEST to the Court under Article 34 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice by the Liechtenstein Appeals Board of the Financial Market Authority (Beschwerdekommission der Finanzmarktaufsicht) concerning the interpretation of Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on the taking up, pursuit and prudential supervision of the business of electronic money institutions amending Directives 2005/60/EC and 2006/48/EC and repealing Directive 2000/46/EC, the Court, composed of Páll Hreinsson, President, Per Christiansen (Judge-Rapporteur) and Martin Ospelt (ad hoc), Judges, gave judgment on 30 May 2018, the operative part of which is as follows:






1.


It is incompatible with Article 11(1) and (2) of Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on the taking up, pursuit and prudential supervision of the business of electronic money institutions amending Directives 2005/60/EC and 2006/48/EC and repealing Directive 2000/46/EC if electronic money has a value different from par value on the receipt of funds at any time, including during the period between issuance and redemption.










2.


The first and second subparagraphs of Article 7(2) of Directive 2009/110/EC, read in conjunction with Table 1 of point 14 of Annex I to Directive 2006/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on the capital adequacy of investment firms and credit institutions, define exhaustively what assets constitute secure, low-risk assets for the purposes of Article 7(1) of Directive 2009/110/EC.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8674 — BASF/Solvay’s Polyamide Business) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2018-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, economic concentration, merger control, plastics industry








C_2018185EN.01000401.xml










30.5.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 185/4





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8674 — BASF/Solvay’s Polyamide Business)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 185/05)

1.   
On 22 May 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:






—


BASF SE (‘BASF’, Germany),










—


Solvay’s worldwide polyamide activities (‘the Business’ Belgium).




BASF acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the Business.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares. BASF and Solvay entered into a share purchase agreement on 22 December 2017.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for BASF: chemicals, performance products, functional materials & solutions, agricultural solutions and oil & gas. BASF is active in the Polyamide value chain, in particular in the production of HMD, Adipic Acid, AH-Salt, Polyamide Base Polymer (PA 6.6) and Polyamide Engineering Plastic (PA 6.6 EP),
—   for the Business: polyamides and intermediates (also referred as ‘P&I’), engineering plasticss. The Business is also active in the Polyamide value chain, in particular in the production of ADN, HMD, Adipic Acid, AH-Salt, Polyamide Base Polymer (PA 6.6) and Polyamide Engineering Plastic (PA 6.6 EP).


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.8674 — BASF/Solvay
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’).
Call for applications 2018 — Third programme of the Union’s action in the field of health (2014-2020) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2018-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, action programme, disease prevention, invitation to tender, public health








C_2018185EN.01000301.xml










30.5.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 185/3





Call for applications 2018
Third programme of the Union’s action in the field of health (2014-2020)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 185/04)
A call for applications ‘Health — 2018’ is launched today within the framework of the third programme of the Union's action in the field of health (2014-2020) (1).
This call for applications consists of:






—


a call for proposals for the award of a financial contribution to specific actions in the form of project grants.




Deadline for online submissions of the proposals is 13 September 2018.
All the information, including the Commission Decision of 13 December 2017 on the adoption of the work programme for 2018 for implementation of the third Programme of the Union's action in the field of health (2014-2020), and on the selection, award and other criteria for financial contributions to the actions of this programme, are available on the website of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (Chafea) at the following address:
http://ec.europa.eu/chafea/


(1)  Regulation (EU) No 282/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 on the establishment of a third Programme for the Union’s action in the field of health (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1350/2007/EC (OJ L 86, 21.3.2014, p. 1).
Judgment of the Court of 30 May 2018 in Case E-6/17 — Fjarskipti hf. V Síminn hf. (Article 54 EEA — Abuse of a dominant position — Margin squeeze — Right to claim damages — Applicability of provisions of the EEA Agreement in domestic proceedings — Significance of a final ruling of a competition authority)
Date: 2018-05-30
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: Iceland, control of restrictive practices, damages, dominant position, mobile communication, postal and telecommunications services, right of action, telephone charges, trading margin, wholesale trade








C_2018335EN.01001901.xml










20.9.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 335/19






JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
of 30 May 2018
in Case E-6/17
Fjarskipti hf. V Síminn hf.

(Article 54 EEA — Abuse of a dominant position — Margin squeeze — Right to claim damages — Applicability of provisions of the EEA Agreement in domestic proceedings — Significance of a final ruling of a competition authority)

(2018/C 335/11)
In Case E-6/17, Fjarskipti hf. v Síminn hf. — REQUEST to the Court under Article 34 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice by the District Court of Reykjavík (Héraðsdómur Reykjavíkur) concerning the interpretation of Article 54 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the Court, composed of Páll Hreinsson, President, Per Christiansen (Judge-Rapporteur), and Martin Ospelt (ad hoc), Judges, gave judgment on 30 May 2018, the operative part of which is as follows:






1.


A natural or legal person must be able to rely on Article 54 EEA, as it is, or has been made, part of domestic law, in order to claim compensation before a national court for a violation of the prohibitions laid down in that provision.










2.


It is not a prerequisite for a court’s assessment of a damages claim for violation of competition rules that a national competition authority has handed down a final ruling finding a violation of Article 54 EEA. Where a national competition authority has given such a ruling, EEA law does not require that the ruling is binding on the national courts in a follow-on action. In the absence of EEA law governing the procedure and remedies for violations of competition law, it falls under the procedural autonomy of each EEA State to lay down the detailed rules on the degree of significance to be attached to a final ruling, subject to the principles of equivalence and effectiveness.










3.


The fact that a dominant undertaking is obliged to purchase termination services from other operators at a rate higher than its own, does not preclude a finding that the dominant undertaking’s own pricing practice in the form of a margin squeeze constitutes an abuse of a dominant position within the meaning of Article 54 EEA.










4.


It is sufficient for the finding of an unlawful margin squeeze in violation of Article 54 EEA that the undertaking in question is in a dominant position on the relevant wholesale market. It is not required that the undertaking holds a dominant position also on the relevant retail market.