do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-475/18 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 27 August 2018 — Boyer v Wallis and Futuna (Interim measures — Public contracts — Application for interim measures — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2018-08-27
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: France, award of contract, engineering structure, harbour installation, tendering, works contract








C_2018399EN.01003701.xml










5.11.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 399/37






Order of the President of the General Court of 27 August 2018 — Boyer v Wallis and Futuna
(Case T-475/18 R)
((Interim measures - Public contracts - Application for interim measures - Inadmissibility))
(2018/C 399/50)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Boyer (Papeete, France) (represented by T. Dal Farra, lawyer)

Defendant: Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (France)

Re:

Application based on Articles 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU seeking, first, suspension of the operation of the decision of the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands by which it rejected the applicant’s tender and awarded the works contract for construction of a commercial marine dock in Leava (France) to another tenderer, and, second, to suspend the signature of the relevant contract.

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim measures is dismissed.










2.


The costs are reserved.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8986 — EIH/Krone-Mur/Primavia) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-08-27
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, combined transport, economic concentration, merger control, rail transport, road transport








C_2018310EN.01000201.xml










3.9.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 310/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8986 — EIH/Krone-Mur/Primavia)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 310/03)
On 27 August 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 32018M8986. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2018-08-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2018300EN.01000401.xml










27.8.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 300/4






Euro exchange rates (1)

24 August 2018
(2018/C 300/06)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1588 




JPY


Japanese yen


128,97 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4592 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,90200 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,5843 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1398 




ISK


Iceland króna


125,00 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,6938 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,744 




HUF


Hungarian forint


324,30 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2788 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6393 




TRY


Turkish lira


7,0204 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5868 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5143 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,0965 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7384 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5863 




KRW


South Korean won


1 292,41 




ZAR


South African rand


16,5129 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,9326 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4385 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 950,93 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,7500 




PHP


Philippine peso


61,882 




RUB


Russian rouble


78,2390 




THB


Thai baht


37,887 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,7375 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,9191 




INR


Indian rupee


81,0115 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-549/18: Action brought on 27 August 2018 — European Commission v Romania
Date: 2018-08-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: economic offence, fight against crime, infringement of EU law, money laundering, national implementing measure, terrorism








C_2018381EN.01001701.xml










22.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 381/17






Action brought on 27 August 2018 — European Commission v Romania
(Case C-549/18)
(2018/C 381/18)
Language of the case: Romanian

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: T. Scharf, G. von Rintelen and L. Radu Bouyon, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Romania

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


declare that, by failing to adopt, by 26 June 2017, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2015/849/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directive 2006/70/EC, (1) or, in any event, by failing to communicate such measures to the Commission, Romania has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 67 of that directive;










—


order Romania, in accordance with Article 260(3) TFEU, to pay a penalty in the amount of EUR 21 974,40 for each day of delay in complying with its obligation to communicate the measures necessary to ensure transposition of Directive 2015/849/EU, with effect from the day on which judgment is delivered in the present case;










—


order Romania, in accordance with Article 260(3) TFEU, to pay a lump sum, based on a daily amount of EUR 6 016,80, multiplied by the number of days which have elapsed from the day following the expiry of the deadline for transposition laid down in the directive in question until the day on which Romania fulfils its obligations or, if it fails to fulfil those obligations, until the day on which the Court delivers its judgment, subject to exceeding a minimum lump sum of EUR 1 887 000;










—


order Romania to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments







1.


The Member States had an obligation, under Article 67 of Directive 2015/849/EU, to bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with that directive by 26 June 2017. Since Romania has failed to communicate transposition measures, the Commission has decided to refer the matter to the Court of Justice.










2.


In its application, the Commission claims that the Court should order Romania to pay a lump sum and periodic penalty payments pursuant to Article 260(3) TFEU.






(1)  OJ 2015 L 141, p. 73.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8854 — Norsk Hydro/Rio Tinto Assets) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-08-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aluminium, economic concentration, energy production, holding company, merger control, metallurgical industry








C_2018300EN.01000701.xml










27.8.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 300/7






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8854 — Norsk Hydro/Rio Tinto Assets)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 300/08)

1.   
On 17 August 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:






—


Norsk Hydro ASA (Norway),










—


Certain Rio Tinto Assets, including RT Iceland (Iceland), Aluchemie (the Netherlands) and Alufluor (Sweden) (‘Target’).




Norks Hydro ASA acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of parts of Rio Tinto: RT Iceland and Aluchemie. Aluchemie is currently jointly controlled by Rio Tinto and Norsk Hydro ASA.
Norks Hydro ASA acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a part of Rio Tinto: Alufluor. Alufluor is currently jointly controlled by Rio Tinto and Yara AB.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Norsk Hydro ASA: various activities throughout the aluminium value chain from bauxite, alumina and energy generation to the production of aluminium, rolled and extruded products.
—   for Target: RT Iceland is the holding company of the ISAL aluminium smelter in Iceland. ISAL produces aluminium extrusion ingots. Aluchemie and Alufluor mainly produce input materials required in the production of aluminium extrusion ingots, namely carbon anodes and aluminium fluorides.


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.8854 — Norsk Hydro/Rio Tinto Assets
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’).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8974 — Procter &amp; Gamble/Merck Consumer Healthcare Business) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-08-27
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: consumer goods, cosmetic product, economic concentration, household article, merger control, pharmaceutical product, supplier








C_2018365EN.01000101.xml










9.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 365/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8974 — Procter & Gamble/Merck Consumer Healthcare Business)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 365/01)
On 27 August 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 32018M8974. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-550/18: Action brought on 27 August 2018 — European Commission v Ireland
Date: 2018-08-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: fight against crime, money laundering, national implementing measure, sanction (EU), terrorism








C_2018436EN.01002101.xml










3.12.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 436/21






Action brought on 27 August 2018 — European Commission v Ireland
(Case C-550/18)
(2018/C 436/28)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, T. Scharf, G. von Rintelen, Agents)

Defendant: Ireland

The applicant claims that the Court should:







—


declare that, in relation to Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directive 2006/70/EC (OJ 2015, L 141, p. 73), Ireland has failed to adopt by 26 June 2017 at the latest all provisions transposing that Directive or, in any event, has failed to notify the Commission of any such measures, such that Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 67(1) of that Directive;










—


impose a penalty payment on Ireland pursuant to Article 260(3) TFEU in the amount of EUR 17 190,60, with effect from the date of the judgment of the Court, for failure to fulfil its obligation to notify measures transposing Directive (EU) 2015/849;










—


impose the payment of a lump sum on Ireland pursuant to Article 260(3) TFEU in the amount of daily amount of EUR 4 701,20 per day multiplied by the number of days of continued infringement with the minimum lump sum of EUR 1 685 000; and










—


order Ireland to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

By virtue of Article 67(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/849 Member States must bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with that Directive by 26 June 2017 and must immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission. Given the on-going lack of transposition of that Directive, the Commission decided to commence proceedings before the Court of Justice.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8912 — Carlyle/The Specialty Chemicals Business of Akzo Nobel) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-08-27
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, investment company, merger control








C_2018308EN.01000302.xml










31.8.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 308/3






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8912 — Carlyle/The Specialty Chemicals Business of Akzo Nobel)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 308/03)
On 27 August 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 32018M8912. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.