do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/875 of 15 June 2018 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq
Date: 2018-06-15
Institutions: European Commission, Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
Subjects: Iraq, central bank, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, trade restriction








L_2018154EN.01000101.xml










18.6.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 154/1








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/875
of 15 June 2018
         
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 of 7 July 2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2465/96 (1), and in particular Article 11(b) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 lists public bodies, corporations and agencies and natural and legal persons, bodies and entities of the previous government of Iraq covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources that were located outside Iraq on the date of 22 May 2003 under that Regulation.












(2)


On 7 June 2018, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to remove one entry from the list of persons or entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply.












(3)


Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 June 2018.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,


Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments






(1)  
            OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 6.




ANNEX
In Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003, the following entry is deleted:







‘1.


Central Bank of Iraq, Rashid Street, Baghdad, Iraq. Other information: former Governor was Dr Issam El Moulla HWEISH; offices in Mosul and Basra.’
Case C-392/17: Order of the President of the Court of 15 June 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Oradea — Romania) — Sindicatul Energia Oradea v SC Termoelectrica SA
Date: 2018-06-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: additional benefit, pension scheme, working conditions








C_2018341EN.01001102.xml










24.9.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 341/11






Order of the President of the Court of 15 June 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Oradea — Romania) — Sindicatul Energia Oradea v SC Termoelectrica SA
(Case C-392/17) (1)

(2018/C 341/16)
Language of the case: Romanian
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 293, 4.9.2017.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8660 — Fortum/Uniper) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-06-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, energy production, merger control








C_2018260EN.01000201.xml










24.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 260/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8660 — Fortum/Uniper)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 260/02)
On 15 June 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 32018M8660. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8869 — Ryanair/LaudaMotion) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-06-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, low cost airline, merger control








C_2018208EN.01000601.xml










15.6.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 208/6





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8869 — Ryanair/LaudaMotion)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 208/05)

1.   
On 7 June 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:






—


Ryanair Holdings plc (‘Ryanair’, Ireland),










—


LaudaMotion GmbH (‘LaudaMotion’, Austria).




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


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Ryanair: low-cost point-to-point airline operating throughout Europe,
—   for LaudaMotion: Austrian Air Operator Certificate holder owned by the private foundation of Niki Lauda, which has acquired assets of the former airline NIKI, and has recently started a range of scheduled services primarily from Germany, Austria and Switzerland to Mediterranean and Canary Island leisure destinations.


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.8869 — Ryanair/LaudaMotion
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’).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8926 — Total/Direct Energie) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-06-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, electricity supply, energy industry, energy production, energy supply, gas industry, gas supply, merger control, renewable energy








C_2018208EN.01001201.xml










15.6.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 208/12





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8926 — Total/Direct Energie)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 208/10)

1.   
On 7 June 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:






—


Total S.A. (‘Total’, France),










—


Direct Energie SA (‘Direct Energie’, France).




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


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   Total: international integrated energy producer and provider, active in all segments of the oil and gas industry, as well as in the renewable energy and power generation sectors,
—   Direct Energie: electric utility company operating in France and Belgium and mainly active in the production, trading and supply of electricity as well as the trading and supply of gas.


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.8926 — Total/Direct Energie
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:





E-mail: 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.