do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8823 — Neste/Demeter Animal Fats and Proteins) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-07-20
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: animal fats, animal protein, chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control, petrochemicals








C_2018425EN.01000101.xml










26.11.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 425/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8823 — Neste/Demeter Animal Fats and Proteins)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 425/01)
On 20 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 32018M8823. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Modification of a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) — EGTC Helicas
Date: 2018-07-20
Institutions: The Member States
Subjects: Bulgaria, Greece, cross-border cooperation, economic and social cohesion, local authority, regional authority, regional cooperation, regional development








C_2018255EN.01001501.xml










20.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 255/15





Modification of a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC)
EGTC Helicas
(2018/C 255/05)
I.   Name of the EGTC, address and contact point


Registered name: There is no change

Registered office: There is no change

Contact point: There is no change

Email: helicas.egtc@gmail.com

Internet address of the grouping: Under construction
II.   Changes concerning the contact point, director, registered office, internet address of the EGTC


New contact point: There is no change

New responsible (Director): Yiannis Anastasiadis

New registered office: There is no change

New internet address: Under construction
III.   New members (1)

There are not new members

Official name: 

Postal address: 

Internet address: 

Type of member: 

State: 


(1)  Please add as many as new members are.
Council Decision (EU) 2018/1107 of 20 July 2018 on the conclusion of a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Iraq, of the other part
Date: 2018-07-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Iraq, cooperation agreement (EU), cooperation policy, ratification of an agreement








L_2018203EN.01000101.xml










10.8.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 203/1








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2018/1107
of 20 July 2018
         
on the conclusion of a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Iraq, of the other part


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 91, 100, 207 and 209 in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a) thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,


Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:







(1)


The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Iraq, of the other part, (‘the Agreement’), was signed on 11 May 2012, subject to its possible conclusion at a later date.












(2)


The Agreement should be approved,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Iraq, of the other part, together with the Annexes and the declaration made unilaterally by the Union, attached to the Final Act, is hereby approved on behalf of the Union (2).


Article 2
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, give the notification, provided for in Article 116 of the Agreement, in order to express the consent of the Union to be bound by the Agreement (3).


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 20 July 2018.


For the Council


The President

G. BLÜMEL
            





(1)  Consent of 4 July 2018 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(2)  The Agreement has been published in OJ L 204 of 31 July 2012, p. 20 together with the decision on signature.

(3)  The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8925 — RWA/ZG/HGD JV) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-07-20
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: agricultural equipment, building industry, economic concentration, merger control, wholesale trade








C_2018264EN.01000201.xml










26.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 264/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8925 — RWA/ZG/HGD JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 264/03)
On 20 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 German language 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 32018M8925. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9022 — Watling Street Capital Partners/Sisaho International) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: broker, consultancy, economic concentration, insurance, investment company, merger control, provision of services








C_2018255EN.01001901.xml










20.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 255/19





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9022 — Watling Street Capital Partners/Sisaho International)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 255/08)

1.   
On 13 July 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:






—


Watling Street Capital Partners LLP (‘Watling Street’, United Kingdom),










—


Sisaho International SAS (‘Sisaho’, France).




Watling Street acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Sisaho.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of securities.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Watling Street: equity capital and fund management services,
—   for Sisaho: insurance brokerage and consulting, insurance contract management and corporate risk management services.


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.9022 — Watling Street Capital Partners/Sisaho International
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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8980 — Partners Group/Techem) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-07-20
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy consumption, investment company, merger control, provision of services








C_2018264EN.01000102.xml










26.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 264/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8980 — Partners Group/Techem)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 264/02)
On 20 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 32018M8980. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-475/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 20 July 2018 — SATI — Società Autocooperative Trasporti Italiani SpA v Azienda di Trasporti Molisana — A.T.M. SpA
Date: 2018-07-20
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: award of contract, invitation to tender, public transport, services contract








C_2018399EN.01002201.xml










5.11.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 399/22






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 20 July 2018 — SATI — Società Autocooperative Trasporti Italiani SpA v Azienda di Trasporti Molisana — A.T.M. SpA
(Case C-475/18)
(2018/C 399/30)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: SATI — Società Autocooperative Trasporti Italiani SpA

Respondent: Azienda di Trasporti Molisana — A.T.M. SpA

Question referred

Must Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 (1) of 23 October 2007 be interpreted as meaning that national legislation contains a prohibition on directly awarding local public transport services, precluding such direct award even in circumstances in which it would be permitted by EU legislation, where it establishes a general rule that the abovementioned services must be awarded by means of a public call for tenders, or is that the case only if there is a specific prohibition on directly awarding such contracts that also refers to the circumstances in which it is permitted by EU law?


(1)  Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 1191/69 and 1107/70 (OJ 2007 L 315, p. 1).
Case T-417/18 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 20 July 2018 — CdT v EUIPO (Interim measures — Law governing the institutions — Translation services required for the functioning of EUIPO — Use of external contractors — Application for interim measures — No urgency)
Date: 2018-07-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: award of contract, invitation to tender, outsourcing, provision of services, services contract, tendering, translation








C_2018381EN.01002602.xml










22.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 381/26






Order of the President of the General Court of 20 July 2018 — CdT v EUIPO
(Case T-417/18 R)
((Interim measures - Law governing the institutions - Translation services required for the functioning of EUIPO - Use of external contractors - Application for interim measures - No urgency))
(2018/C 381/31)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union (CdT) (represented by: J. Rikkert and M. M. Garnier, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: N. Bambara and D. Hanf, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application on the basis of Articles 278 and 279 TFEU, first, for the suspension of operation of EUIPO’s decisions relating to measures intended to make it possible to use service providers other than the CdT for the translation services required for its functioning and, secondly, for an order requiring EUIPO to publish in the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union a notice suspending its call for tenders concerning the provision of translation services and not to sign contracts relating to that call for tenders.

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim measures is dismissed.










2.


The costs are reserved.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2018-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2018255EN.01000801.xml










20.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 255/8





Euro exchange rates (1)

19 July 2018
(2018/C 255/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1588 




JPY


Japanese yen


130,98 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4537 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,89298 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,3565 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1622 




ISK


Iceland króna


124,40 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,5763 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,920 




HUF


Hungarian forint


325,77 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3280 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6575 




TRY


Turkish lira


5,5957 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5804 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5351 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,0963 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7229 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5909 




KRW


South Korean won


1 320,68 




ZAR


South African rand


15,6003 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8553 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3938 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 773,63 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,7231 




PHP


Philippine peso


62,180 




RUB


Russian rouble


73,5585 




THB


Thai baht


38,797 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,4874 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,1067 




INR


Indian rupee


80,0155 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-484/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France) lodged on 20 July 2018 — Société de perception et de distribution des droits des artistes-interprètes de la musique and de la danse (SPEDIDAM), PG, GF v Institut national de l’audiovisuel
Date: 2018-07-20
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: archives, artistic profession, audiovisual industry, copyright, information society, literary and artistic property








C_2018352EN.01002401.xml










1.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 352/24






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France) lodged on 20 July 2018 — Société de perception et de distribution des droits des artistes-interprètes de la musique and de la danse (SPEDIDAM), PG, GF v Institut national de l’audiovisuel
(Case C-484/18)
(2018/C 352/29)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Cour de cassation

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellants: Société de perception et de distribution des droits des artistes-interprètes de la musique and de la danse (SPEDIDAM), PG, GF

Respondent: Institut national de l’audiovisuel

Other parties: Syndicat indépendant des artistes-interprètes (SIA-UNSA), Syndicat français des artistes-interprètes (CGT)

Question referred

Must Article 2(b), Article 3(2)(a) and Article 5 of Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (1) be interpreted as not precluding national rules, such as those laid down in Article 49 II of Law No 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication, as amended by Article 44 of Law No 2006-961 of 1 August 2006, from establishing, for the benefit of the National Audiovisual Institute, the beneficiary of the exploitation rights of national broadcasting companies in the audiovisual archives, derogating provisions under which the terms on which performers’ works can be exploited and the remuneration for that exploitation are governed by agreements concluded between the performers themselves or the employee organisations representing performers and that institute, which must specify, inter alia, the scale of remuneration and the arrangements for payment of that remuneration?


(1)  OJ 2001 L 167, p. 10.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9018 — Cerberus Group/WFS Global Holding) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, ground handling, investment company, merger control, provision of services








C_2018255EN.01001801.xml










20.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 255/18





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9018 — Cerberus Group/WFS Global Holding)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 255/07)

1.   
On 13 July 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:






—


Promontoria Holding 264 BV (‘Promontoria’, the Netherlands), belonging to the Cerberus Group (United States of America),










—


WFS Global Holding S.A.S. (‘WFS’, France).




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


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Promontoria: a company which is controlled by the Cerberus Group, a private investment firm engaged in real property and personal property of all kinds,
—   for WFS: provision of ground handling services incidental to air transport (ramp, passenger and cargo handling services) and other freight-related services (namely, offline services and freight forwarding by truck). WFS provides services in North America, the Carribean, Europe, Asia and Africa.


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.9018 — Cerberus Group/WFS Global Holding
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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8837 — Blackstone/Thomson Reuters F&amp;R Business) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-07-20
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, economic concentration, financial services, investment company, merger control, provision of services








C_2019123EN.01000102.xml










2.4.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 123/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8837 — Blackstone/Thomson Reuters F&R Business)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 123/02)
On 20 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 32018M8837. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.