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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9001 — Kuehne + Nagel/Temasek/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-07-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, economic concentration, financial services, investment company, logistics, merger control, miscellaneous industries, telecommunications








C_2018239EN.01000601.xml










9.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 239/6





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9001 — Kuehne + Nagel/Temasek/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 239/05)

1.   
On 29 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:






—


Kuehne + Nagel Management AG (Switzerland) (‘K+N’),










—


Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (Singapore) (‘Temasek’),










—


a newly created Joint Venture (Singapore) (the ‘JV’).




K+N and Temasek acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the JV.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for K+N: a globally active logistics company with main activities in sea freight, airfreight and overland forwarding as well as contract logistics,
—   for Temasek: an investment company with a broad range portfolio investments including financial services, telecommunications and media, real estate, life sciences, energy, and transportation,
—   for the JV: a newly established company which will identify and invest in young logistics technology companies that focus on developing and commercialising the application of technology to logistics and supply chain services and products.


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.9001 — Kuehne + Nagel/Temasek/JV
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.
Notice concerning the classification of pitch, coal tar, high temperature as Aquatic Acute 1 and Aquatic Chronic 1 according to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Date: 2018-07-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aquatic environment, carcinogenic substance, classification, environmental impact, environmental protection, petroleum product, toxic substance








C_2018239EN.01000301.xml










9.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 239/3





Notice concerning the classification of pitch, coal tar, high temperature as Aquatic Acute 1 and Aquatic Chronic 1 according to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(2018/C 239/03)
Further to an application lodged by Bilbaína de Alquitranes SA and others, the General Court of the European Union, by its judgment of 7 October 2015 in Case T-689/13 partially annulled Commission Regulation (EU) No 944/2013 (1) in so far as it classifies pitch, coal tar, high temperature (EC No 266-028-2) as Aquatic Acute 1 and Aquatic Chronic 1. The Commission appealed the General Court’s judgment at the Court of Justice of the European Union, which dismissed the appeal by its judgment of 22 November 2017 in Case C-691/15P. As a consequence, the partial annulment by the General Court is upheld and the substance pitch, coal tar, high temperature (EC No 266-028-2) is not any more classified as Aquatic Acute 1 and Aquatic Chronic 1. The classification of that substance as Carcinogenic 1A, Mutagenic 1B and Toxic for reproduction 1B remains unchanged.


(1)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 944/2013 of 2 October 2013 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures.
Case C-446/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 9 July 2018 — AGROBET CZ, s.r.o. v Finanční úřad pro Středočeský kraj
Date: 2018-07-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: tax relief, taxable income








C_2018328EN.01002801.xml










17.9.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 328/28






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 9 July 2018 — AGROBET CZ, s.r.o. v Finanční úřad pro Středočeský kraj
(Case C-446/18)
(2018/C 328/36)
Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Nejvyšší správní soud

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant (appellant): AGROBET CZ, s.r.o.

Defendant: Finanční úřad pro Středočeský kraj

Question referred

Is it consistent with European Union law and in particular with the principle of VAT neutrality for a Member State to adopt a measure which makes the assessment and payment of part of a VAT deduction claimed conditional on the completion of a procedure applying to all taxable transactions in a given tax period?
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8808 — T-Mobile Austria/UPC Austria) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-07-09
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: cable distribution, economic concentration, merger control, telecommunications








C_2019123EN.01000101.xml










2.4.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 123/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8808 — T-Mobile Austria/UPC Austria)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 123/01)
On 9 July 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 32018M8808. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-450/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Social de Gerona (Spain) lodged on 9 July 2018 — WA v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social
Date: 2018-07-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: adoption of a child, births, disability insurance, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, equal treatment, population policy, social security legislation, supplementary pension, survivor's benefit








C_2018399EN.01001802.xml










5.11.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 399/18






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Social de Gerona (Spain) lodged on 9 July 2018 — WA v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social
(Case C-450/18)
(2018/C 399/26)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado de lo Social de Gerona

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: WA

Defendant: Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social

Question referred

Does a national legislative provision (specifically, Article 60(1) of the Ley General de Seguridad Social (General Law on Social Security)) which grants the right to receive a pension supplement –– in view of their contribution to social security in terms of demographics –– to women who have had biological or adopted children and are in receipt of a contributory retirement, widow’s or permanent incapacity pension under any scheme within the social security system, but, on the other hand, does not grant that right to men in an identical situation, infringe the principle of equal treatment which prohibits all discrimination on grounds of sex, enshrined in Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions, as amended by Directive 2002/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 (1) and recast by Directive 2006/54/EC (2) of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation?


(1)  Directive 2002/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 amending Council Directive 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions (OJ 2002 L 269, p. 15).

(2)  Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (OJ 2006 L 204, p. 23).
Case C-447/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky (Slovakia) lodged on 9 July 2018 — UB v Generálny riaditeľ Sociálnej poisťovne Bratislava
Date: 2018-07-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: additional benefit, equal treatment, nationality, pension scheme, professional sport, social security legislation








C_2018328EN.01002802.xml










17.9.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 328/28






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky (Slovakia) lodged on 9 July 2018 — UB v Generálny riaditeľ Sociálnej poisťovne Bratislava
(Case C-447/18)
(2018/C 328/37)
Language of the case: Slovak

Referring court

Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: UB

Respondent: Generálny riaditeľ Sociálnej poisťovne Bratislava

Question referred

In the circumstances of the main proceedings, is it possible to interpret Article 1(w), Article 4 and Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems, considered in conjunction with the right to social security benefits and social advantages, as enshrined in Article 34(1) and (2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as precluding the application of a provision of national legislation pursuant to which the Slovak social security body is to take into consideration an applicant’s citizenship as a fundamental condition for the purposes of determining the right of national sports representatives to a benefit in addition to the old-age pension, even if another statutory requirement, namely the fact of having represented the legal predecessors of the State, including the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, is also part of that provision of national legislation?


(1)  OJ 2004 L 166, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8905 — AXA Group/Roland) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-07-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, insurance, merger control








C_2018239EN.01000401.xml










9.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 239/4





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8905 — AXA Group/Roland)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 239/04)

1.   
On 29 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:






—


AXA Konzern AG (Germany), belonging to the AXA Group (‘AXA’)










—


Roland Rechtsschutzversicherungs AG (‘Roland’, Germany)




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


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   AXA: active in insurance and asset management worldwide,
—   Roland: mainly active in the provision of legal protection insurances, accident and breakdown insurances and assistance service 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.
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.8905 — AXA Group/Roland
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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2018-07-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2018239EN.01000201.xml










9.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 239/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

6 July 2018
(2018/C 239/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1724 




JPY


Japanese yen


129,65 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4528 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,88595 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,2910 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1634 




ISK


Iceland króna


125,20 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,4425 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,942 




HUF


Hungarian forint


324,35 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3675 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6608 




TRY


Turkish lira


5,4038 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5809 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5397 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,2013 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7186 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5948 




KRW


South Korean won


1 310,92 




ZAR


South African rand


15,9388 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7937 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4065 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 847,39 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,7424 




PHP


Philippine peso


62,519 




RUB


Russian rouble


74,0505 




THB


Thai baht


38,900 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,6279 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,4660 




INR


Indian rupee


80,7460 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-448/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht München I (Germany) lodged on 9 July 2018 — WA v Münchener Hypothekenbank eG
Date: 2018-07-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: consumer protection, distance selling, financial services, provision of services, right of establishment








C_2018408EN.01003602.xml










12.11.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 408/36






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht München I (Germany) lodged on 9 July 2018 — WA v Münchener Hypothekenbank eG
(Case C-448/18)
(2018/C 408/48)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landgericht München I

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: WA

Defendant: Münchener Hypothekenbank eG
The case was removed from the Register of the Court of Justice by order of the Court of 6 September 2018.