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Case T-745/16: Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2018 — BPCE v ECB (Economic and monetary policy — Prudential supervision of credit institutions — Article 4(1)(d) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 — Calculation of the leverage ratio — The ECB’s refusal to authorise the applicant to exclude from the calculation of the leverage ratio the exposures fulfilling certain conditions — Article 429(14) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 — Discretion of the ECB — Errors of law — Manifest error of assessment)
Date: 2018-07-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: banking supervision, competence of the institution, credit institution, discretionary power, economic policy, financial supervision, monetary policy, powers of the institutions (EU)








C_2018328EN.01004301.xml










17.9.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 328/43






Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2018 — BPCE v ECB
(Case T-745/16) (1)

((Economic and monetary policy - Prudential supervision of credit institutions - Article 4(1)(d) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 - Calculation of the leverage ratio - The ECB’s refusal to authorise the applicant to exclude from the calculation of the leverage ratio the exposures fulfilling certain conditions - Article 429(14) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 - Discretion of the ECB - Errors of law - Manifest error of assessment))
(2018/C 328/58)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: BPCE (Paris, France) (represented by: initially A. Gosset Grainville, C. Renner and P. Kupka, then A. Gosset-Grainville, P. Kupka and M. Trabucchi and finally A. Gosset-Grainville and M. Trabucchi, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank (ECB) (represented by: K. Lackhoff, R. Bax and G. Bassani, acting as Agents, and by H.-G. Kamann and F. Louis, lawyers)

Interveners in support of the defendants: Republic of Finland (represented by: S. Hartikainen, acting as Agent)

Re:

Action based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking annulment of Decision ECB/SSM/2016 9695005MSX1OYEMGDF46/195 of the ECB, of 24 August 2016, pursuant to Article 4(1)(d), of Article 10 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013 conferring specific tasks on the European Central Bank concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions (OJ 2013 L 287, p. 63), and of Article 429(14) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ 2013 L 176, p. 1, and corrigenda OJ 2013 L 208, p. 68 and OJ 2013 L 321, p. 6).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Decision ECB/SSM/2016 9695005MSX1OYEMGDF46/195 of the European Central Bank of 24 August 2016;










2.


Orders the ECB to pay the costs;










3.


Orders the Republic of Finland to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 6, 9.1.2017.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8979 — PAI Partners/M Group Services) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-07-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, economic concentration, merger control, private equity, provision of services, rail network, road network, telecommunications, urban infrastructure








C_2018288EN.01000201.xml










16.8.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 288/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8979 — PAI Partners/M Group Services)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 288/03)
On 13 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 32018M8979. 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.8666 — Uralchem/Uralkali) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, fertiliser industry, merger control, potash








C_2018245EN.01000701.xml










13.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 245/7





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8666 — Uralchem/Uralkali)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 245/06)

1.   
On 6 July 2018, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


Joint Stock Company United Chemical Company Uralchem (‘Uralchem’) (Russia),










—


Public Joint Stock Company Uralkali (‘Uralkali’) (Russia).




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


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for undertaking Uralchem: production and distribution of mineral fertilizers.
—   for undertaking Uralkali: production and distribution of potash as well as related/derivative potassium salts.


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.8666 — Uralchem/Uralkali
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 +32 229-64301




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.
Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2018/1014 of 13 July 2018 appointing a member, proposed by the Republic of Austria, of the European Economic and Social Committee
Date: 2018-07-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Austria, European Economic and Social Committee, appointment of members








L_2018181EN.01008401.xml










18.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 181/84








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU, Euratom) 2018/1014
of 13 July 2018
         
appointing a member, proposed by the Republic of Austria, of the European Economic and Social Committee


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 302 thereof,


Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,


Having regard to the proposal of the Austrian Government,


Having regard to the opinion of the European Commission,

Whereas:







(1)


On 18 September 2015 and 1 October 2015, the Council adopted Decisions (EU, Euratom) 2015/1600 (1) and (EU, Euratom) 2015/1790 (2) appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2015 to 20 September 2020.












(2)


A member's seat on the European Economic and Social Committee has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Thomas DELAPINA,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Ms Judith VORBACH, EU-Referentin der Arbeiterkammer Oberösterreich, is hereby appointed as a member of the European Economic and Social Committee for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 20 September 2020.


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




Done at Brussels, 13 July 2018.


For the Council


The President

H. LÖGER
            





(1)  Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/1600 of 18 September 2015 appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2015 to 20 September 2020 (OJ L 248, 24.9.2015, p. 53).

(2)  Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/1790 of 1 October 2015 appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2015 to 20 September 2020 (OJ L 260, 7.10.2015, p. 23).