do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 219/2018 of 26 October 2018 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2021/502]
Date: 2018-10-26
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, air safety, air traffic control, airline, civil aviation, common transport policy, revision of an agreement, third country, trade licence, transport company




L_2021105EN.01001701.xml










25.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 105/17








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 219/2018
of 26 October 2018
         
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2021/502]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/871 of 14 June 2018 amending Regulation (EC) No 474/2006 as regards the list of air carriers which are banned from operating or are subject to operational restrictions within the Union (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent is added in point 66zab (Commission Regulation (EC) No 474/2006) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32018 R 0871: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/871 of 14 June 2018 (OJ L 152, 15.6.2018, p. 5).’






Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/871 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 27 October 2018, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 26 October 2018.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Oda Helen SLETNES
            





(1)  
            OJ L 152, 15.6.2018, p. 5.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8492 — Quaker/Global Houghton) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control, special chemicals








C_2018388EN.01000901.xml










26.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 388/9






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8492 — Quaker/Global Houghton)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 388/10)

1.   
On 19 October 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:






—


Quaker Chemical Corporation (‘Quaker’, US),










—


Global Houghton Ltd (‘Houghton’, US), controlled by Gulf Houghton.




Quaker acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of Houghton.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
The same concentration was already notified to the Commission on 2 February 2018, but the notification was subsequently withdrawn on 16 March 2018.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   Quaker: active in the development and marketing of custom-formulated chemical specialty products. Quaker is a global provider of process fluids, chemical specialty products and technical expertise to a wide range of industries,
—   Houghton: active in the development, production and management of specialty chemicals, oils and lubricants. Houghton sells its products to a wide variety of industries.


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.8492 — Quaker/Global Houghton
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’).
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 211/2018 of 26 October 2018 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2021/494]
Date: 2018-10-26
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, approval, combustion gases, engine, environmental standard, motor vehicle, motor vehicle pollution, revision of an agreement, technical specification, technical standard




L_2021105EN.01000601.xml










25.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 105/6








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 211/2018
of 26 October 2018
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2021/494]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/236 of 20 December 2017 correcting the Estonian language version of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/654 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to technical and general requirements relating to emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is added in point 1f (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/654) of Chapter XXIV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:






 



                        ‘, as amended by:






—



32018 R 0236: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/236 of 20 December 2017 (OJ L 50, 22.2.2018, p. 1).’
                              










Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/236 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 27 October 2018, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 61/2018 of 23 March 2018 (2), whichever is the later.


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 26 October 2018.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Oda Helen SLETNES
            





(1)  
            OJ L 50, 22.2.2018, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

(2)  
            OJ L 26, 30.1.2020, p. 48.
Case C-289/18: Order of the President of the Court of 26 October 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Handelsgericht Wien — Austria) — KAMU Passenger & IT Services GmbH v Türk Hava Yollari A.O. — T.H.Y. Turkish Airlines
Date: 2018-10-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: air transport, carriage of passengers, consumer protection, destination of transport, indemnification, ticket, traveller








C_2019054EN.01001804.xml










11.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 54/18






Order of the President of the Court of 26 October 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Handelsgericht Wien — Austria) — KAMU Passenger & IT Services GmbH v Türk Hava Yollari A.O. — T.H.Y. Turkish Airlines
(Case C-289/18) (1)

(2019/C 54/30)
Language of the case: German
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 285, 13.8.2018.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9105 — Rhône Capital/Maxam) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-10-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: arms industry, economic concentration, explosive, investment company, merger control








C_2018400EN.01000101.xml










6.11.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 400/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9105 — Rhône Capital/Maxam)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 400/01)
On 26 October 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 32018M9105. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 213/2018 of 26 October 2018 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2021/496]
Date: 2018-10-26
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, financial solvency, information, insurance company, market supervision, reinsurance, reserves, revision of an agreement




L_2021105EN.01000801.xml










25.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 105/8








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 213/2018
of 26 October 2018
         
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2021/496]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/730 of 4 May 2018 laying down technical information for the calculation of technical provisions and basic own funds for reporting with reference dates from 31 March 2018 until 29 June 2018 in accordance with Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex IX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 1y (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/165) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:






‘1z.



32018 R 0730: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/730 of 4 May 2018 laying down technical information for the calculation of technical provisions and basic own funds for reporting with reference dates from 31 March 2018 until 29 June 2018 in accordance with Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (OJ L 123, 18.5.2018, p. 6).’






Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/730 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 27 October 2018, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 26 October 2018.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Oda Helen SLETNES
            





(1)  
            OJ L 123, 18.5.2018, p. 6.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Corrigendum to Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2018/1290 of 24 September 2018 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya (OJ L 240, 25.9.2018)
Date: 2018-10-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Libya, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, trade restriction








L_2018268EN.01009202.xml










26.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 268/92







Corrigendum to Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2018/1290 of 24 September 2018 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 240 of 25 September 2018
)


On page 65, Annex, point (4):
for:







‘24.


Name: 1: MUS'AB 2: MUSTAFA 3: ABU AL QUASSIM 4: OMAR’,





read:







‘24.


Name: 1: MUS'AB 2: MUSTAFA 3: ABU AL QASSIM 4: OMAR’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8988 — Energizer/Spectrum Brands (Battery and Portable Lighting Business)) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical engineering, merger control, sale








C_2018388EN.01001201.xml










26.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 388/12






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8988 — Energizer/Spectrum Brands (Battery and Portable Lighting Business))
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 388/12)

1.   
On 19 October 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:






—


Energizer Holdings, Inc. (USA),










—


Global Battery and Portable Lighting Business of Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc (USA).




Energizer Holdings, Inc. (‘Energizer’) will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the Global Battery and Portable Lighting Business of Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (‘Spectrum Brands' Battery and Portable Lighting Business’).
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares and assets.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Energizer is a global company, headquartered in the USA, whose main business is the manufacture and marketing of consumer batteries. Energizer's batteries are sold around the world, including in the EEA, under the Energizer and Eveready brands. Energizer is also active in the sale of portable chargers for rechargeable batteries and portable lighting products,










—


Spectrum Brands' Battery and Portable Lighting Business comprises Spectrum's worldwide business in consumer batteries, portable lighting products and portable chargers for rechargeable batteries sold under the brands of Spectrum and its affiliates (including Varta and Rayovac).






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.8988 — Energizer/Spectrum Brands (Battery and Portable Lighting Business)
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’).
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 216/2018 of 26 October 2018 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2021/499]
Date: 2018-10-26
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, European standard, harmonisation of standards, inland waterway fleet, inland waterway shipping, maritime safety, revision of an agreement, ship's passport, standard, technical specification




L_2021105EN.01001401.xml










25.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 105/14








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 216/2018
of 26 October 2018
         
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2021/499]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2018/970 of 18 April 2018 amending Annexes II, III and V to Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is added in point 47b (Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement:






 



                        ‘, as amended by:






—



32018 L 0970: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2018/970 of 18 April 2018 (OJ L 174, 10.7.2018, p. 15).’
                              










Article 2
The text of Delegated Directive (EU) 2018/970 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 27 October 2018, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 26 October 2018.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Oda Helen SLETNES
            





(1)  
            OJ L 174, 10.7.2018, p. 15.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9161 — Brookfield/M Finance Capital/ECLA Paris Massy-Palaiseau Companies) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, economic concentration, hotel industry, investment company, merger control, real estate business, renewable energy, student residence








C_2018388EN.01001501.xml










26.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 388/15






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9161 — Brookfield/M Finance Capital/ECLA Paris Massy-Palaiseau Companies)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 388/14)

1.   
On 19 October 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:






—


Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (‘Brookfield’, Canada)










—


M Finance Capital SAS (France)










—


ECLA Paris Massy-Palaiseau Companies (France).




Brookfield acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of M Finance Capital SAS and ECLA Paris Massy-Palaiseau Companies.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Brookfield: global asset manager with a focus on property, renewable power, infrastructure and private equity,
—   for M Finance Capital SAS: active in real estate development, student residences management and apartment-hotels management in France and Belgium,
—   for ECLA Paris Massy-Palaiseau Companies: owner of one residency located in France and subcontracting the operation of that property.


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.9161 — Brookfield/M Finance Capital/ECLA Paris Massy-Palaiseau Companies
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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8989 — Sony/EMI Music Publishing) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-10-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: audiovisual production, economic concentration, electronic equipment, electronic game, film production, financial services, merger control








C_2019123EN.01000302.xml










2.4.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 123/3






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8989 — Sony/EMI Music Publishing)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 123/06)
On 26 October 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 32018M8989. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.