do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9171 — Covanta Holding Corporation/Green Investment Group/Brockwell Energy/Earls Gate Energy Centre) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-12-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, energy production, investment company, merger control, renewable energy, waste management








C_2018447EN.01000301.xml










12.12.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 447/3






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9171 — Covanta Holding Corporation/Green Investment Group/Brockwell Energy/Earls Gate Energy Centre)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 447/05)
On 4 December 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 32018M9171. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-762/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rayonen sad Haskovo (Bulgaria) lodged on 4 December 2018 — QH v Varhoven kasatsionen sad of the Republic of Bulgaria
Date: 2018-12-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: indemnification, labour law, paid leave, unfair dismissal








C_2019054EN.01001202.xml










11.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 54/12






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rayonen sad Haskovo (Bulgaria) lodged on 4 December 2018 — QH v Varhoven kasatsionen sad of the Republic of Bulgaria
(Case C-762/18)
(2019/C 54/16)
Language of the case: Bulgarian

Referring court

Rayonen sad Haskovo

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: QH

Defendant: Varhoven kasatsionen sad of the Republic of Bulgaria

Questions referred







1.


Must Article 7(1) of Directive 2003/88/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time be interpreted as precluding national legislation and/or case-law, according to which a worker who has been unfairly dismissed and subsequently reinstated by a court decision, is not entitled to paid annual leave for the period from the date of dismissal until the date of his reinstatement?










2.


In the event that the first question is answered in the affirmative, must Article 7(2) of Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time be interpreted as precluding national legislation and/or case-law, according to which in the event that the employment relationship is terminated once again the worker in question is not entitled to financial compensation for unused paid annual leave for the period from the date of his previous dismissal until the date of his reinstatement






(1)  OJ 2003 L 299, p. 9.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1949 of 4 December 2018 establishing a prohibition of fishing for bigeye tuna in the Atlantic Ocean by vessels flying the flag of Spain
Date: 2018-12-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, EU waters, Spain, catch by species, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, international waters, sea fish, sea fishing, ship's flag








L_2018315EN.01000101.xml










12.12.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 315/1








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2018/1949
of 4 December 2018
         
establishing a prohibition of fishing for bigeye tuna in the Atlantic Ocean by vessels flying the flag of Spain


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120 (2) lays down quotas for 2018.












(2)


According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2018.












(3)


It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2018 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.


Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.


Article 3

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 December 2018.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

João AGUIAR MACHADO
            

Director-General


Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120 of 23 January 2018 fixing for 2018 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/127 (OJ L 27, 31.1.2018, p. 1).




ANNEX






No


46/TQ120




Member State


Spain




Stock


BET/ATLANT




Species


Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)




Zone


Atlantic Ocean




Closing date


14.11.2018
Final Report of the Hearing Officer (Pursuant to Articles 16 and 17 of Decision 2011/695/EU of the President of the European Commission of 13 October 2011 on the function and terms of reference of the hearing officer in certain competition proceedings (OJ L 275, 20.10.2011, p. 29) (‘Decision 2011/695/EU’).) (M.8909 – KME/MKM) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 216/09
Date: 2018-12-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: alloy, copper, economic concentration, merger control, metallurgical industry








C_2020216EN.01001301.xml










30.6.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 216/13






Final Report of the Hearing Officer (1)

(M.8909 – KME/MKM)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 216/09)

1.   

On 4 June 2018, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration (the ‘Concentration’), according to which KME AG (‘KME’) proposed to acquire sole control of MKM Mansfelder Kupfer and Messing GmbH (‘MKM’) within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) (the ‘Merger Regulation’) by way of purchase of shares. KME and MKM are designated hereinafter as the ‘Parties’.



2.   

On 23 July 2018, the Commission adopted a decision initiating proceedings pursuant to Article 6(1)(c) of the Merger Regulation (the ‘Article 6(1)(c) Decision’). In that decision, the Commission found that the Concentration raised serious doubts as to its compatibility with the internal market and the Agreement on the European Economic Area. On 23 August 2018, the Parties submitted written comments on the Article 6(1)(c) Decision.



3.   

The results of the in-depth market investigation did not confirm the serious doubts of the previous phase and the draft decision declares the Concentration compatible with the internal market and the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The Commission did not issue a statement of objections pursuant to Article 13(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 802/2004 (3) and there was no formal oral hearing in accordance with Article 14 of that regulation.



4.   

Five interested third persons were admitted in the present proceedings.



5.   

Overall, I consider that the effective exercise of procedural rights has been respected during the present proceedings.



Brussels, 4 December 2018.

Joos STRAGIER




(1)  Pursuant to Articles 16 and 17 of Decision 2011/695/EU of the President of the European Commission of 13 October 2011 on the function and terms of reference of the hearing officer in certain competition proceedings (OJ L 275, 20.10.2011, p. 29) (‘Decision 2011/695/EU’).

(2)  Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1).

(3)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 802/2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (OJ L 133, 30.4.2004, p. 1; corrigendum OJ L 172, 6.5.2004, p. 9).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9194 — Sharp/Skytec UMC) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-12-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: air conditioning, audiovisual equipment, computer equipment, economic concentration, electronics industry, household electrical appliance, merger control, mobile phone








C_2019020EN.01000201.xml










16.1.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 20/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9194 — Sharp/Skytec UMC)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 20/03)
On 4 December 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 32018M9194. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9133 — MET Renewables/O Zone/NIS Energowind) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-12-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: catering industry, economic concentration, energy industry, holding company, hotel industry, merger control, power plant, wind energy








C_2018447EN.01000302.xml










12.12.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 447/3






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9133 — MET Renewables/O Zone/NIS Energowind)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 447/06)
On 4 December 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 32018M9133. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1953 of 4 December 2018 establishing a prohibition of fishing for plaice in areas 7h, 7j and 7k by vessels flying the flag of France
Date: 2018-12-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, EU waters, France, catch by species, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, sea fish, sea fishing, ship's flag








L_2018315EN.01001301.xml










12.12.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 315/13








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2018/1953
of 4 December 2018
         
establishing a prohibition of fishing for plaice in areas 7h, 7j and 7k by vessels flying the flag of France


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120 (2) lays down quotas for 2018.












(2)


According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2018.












(3)


It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2018 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.


Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.


Article 3

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels 4 December 2018.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

João AGUIAR MACHADO
            

Director-General


Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120 of 23 January 2018 fixing for 2018 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/127 (OJ L 27, 31.1.2018, p. 1).




ANNEX






No


41/TQ120




Member State


France




Stock


PLE/7HJK.




Species


Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)




Zone


7h, 7j and 7k




Closing date


25.10.2018
Decision No 1/2018 of the Stabilisation and Association Council of 4 December 2018 concerning the transition to the second stage of the Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, pursuant to Article 5(3) of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement [2019/83]
Date: 2018-12-04
Institutions: EU–North Macedonia Stabilisation and Association Council
Subjects: North Macedonia, stabilisation and association agreement




L_2019018EN.01005101.xml










21.1.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 18/51








            DECISION No 1/2018 OF THE STABILISATION AND ASSOCIATION COUNCIL
         
of 4 December 2018
         
concerning the transition to the second stage of the Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, pursuant to Article 5(3) of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement [2019/83]


THE STABILISATION AND ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part (1) (the ‘Agreement’), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Article 5(1) of the Agreement provides for a transitional period of a maximum of 10 years divided into two successive stages.












(2)


The first stage began on 1 April 2004, which was the date of entry into force of the Agreement.












(3)


Article 5(3) of the Agreement further provides that the Stabilisation and Association Council is to evaluate the progress made and to decide about the passage into the second phase and its duration, as well as on any possible changes to be brought about as regards the content of the provisions governing the second stage.












(4)


The Parties are determined to comply with the obligations related to the transition to the second stage of the Association.












(5)


The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has taken the measures necessary to ensure compliance with all of the obligations resulting from the transition to the second stage,





Has ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The transition to the second stage of the Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, pursuant to Article 5(3) of the Agreement, hereby takes effect.


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




Done at Brussels, 4 December 2018.


For the Stabilisation and Association Council


The President






(1)  
            OJ L 84, 20.3.2004, p. 13.
Winding-up proceedings — Decision to start winding-up proceedings in respect of A+ Insurance Services Limited (Publication made in accordance with Article 280 of 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 (Solvency II))
Date: 2018-12-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, insurance company, judicial proceedings, liquidation








C_2018437EN.01003101.xml










4.12.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 437/31






Winding-up proceedings
Decision to start winding-up proceedings in respect of A+ Insurance Services Limited

(Publication made in accordance with Article 280 of 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 (Solvency II))

(2018/C 437/07)






Insurance undertaking


A+ Insurance Services Limited
Current Registered office: 40a Station Road, Upminster, Essex RM14 2TR, United Kingdom (Former Registered office: Unit 16 Sovereign Park, Cleveland Way, Hemel Hempstead Industrial Estate, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 7DA, United Kingdom)
Trading address: Unit 16 Sovereign Park, Cleveland Way, Hemel Hempstead Industrial Estate, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 7DA, United Kingdom
Trading name: A+ Insurance Services Ltd and A+
Company Registered No: 02657979 (England)
Financial Conduct Authority Reference No: 308675




Date, entry into force and nature of decision


18 October 2018 – Creditors Voluntary Liquidation




Competent authorities


Not applicable




Supervisory authority


Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), 12 Endeavor Square, London E20 1JN, United Kingdom




Administrator appointed







Michael James Wellard (Insolvency Practitioner Number 9670) and Darren Edwards (Insolvency Practitioner Number 10350), both of Aspect Plus Limited, 40a Station Road, Upminster, Essex RM14 2TR, United Kingdom, appointed as Joint Liquidators on 18 October 2018




Information and enquiries contact details:




Tel. +44 1708300170




Fax +44 1708202472




Email: terry@aspectplus.co.uk








Applicable law


Regulation 11 of the Insurers (Reorganisation and Winding up) Regulations 2004; Insolvency Act 1986; Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
Case C-378/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 4 December 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court — Ireland) — Minister for Justice and Equality, Commissioner of An Garda Síochána v Workplace Relations Commission (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Equal treatment in employment — Directive 2000/78/EC — Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age — Recruitment of police officers — National body established by law in order to ensure enforcement of EU law in a particular area — Power to disapply national legislation that conflicts with EU law — Primacy of EU law)
Date: 2018-12-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: age discrimination, equal treatment, police, primacy of EU law, recruitment








C_2019044EN.01000301.xml










4.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 44/3






Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 4 December 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court — Ireland) — Minister for Justice and Equality, Commissioner of An Garda Síochána v Workplace Relations Commission
(Case C-378/17) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Equal treatment in employment - Directive 2000/78/EC - Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age - Recruitment of police officers - National body established by law in order to ensure enforcement of EU law in a particular area - Power to disapply national legislation that conflicts with EU law - Primacy of EU law))
(2019/C 44/03)
Language of the case: English

Referring court

Supreme Court

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Minister for Justice and Equality, Commissioner of An Garda Síochána

Respondent: Workplace Relations Commission

Operative part of the judgment

EU law, in particular the principle of primacy of EU law, must be interpreted as precluding national legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, under which a national body established by law in order to ensure enforcement of EU law in a particular area lacks jurisdiction to decide to disapply a rule of national law that is contrary to EU law.


(1)  OJ C 283, 28.8.2018.