do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9249 — Triton/Sunweb) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronic commerce, investment company, merger control, travel agency








C_2019027EN.01001401.xml










22.1.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 27/14






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9249 — Triton/Sunweb)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 27/10)

1.   
On 14 January 2019, 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:






—


Triton Managers V Limited (Jersey) and Triton Fund V GP SARL (Luxembourg), belonging to the group Triton (‘Triton’, Channel Islands),










—


the group Sunweb (‘Sunweb’), via Holiday Holding Rotterdam BV (the Netherlands).




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


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Triton: group of independent European private equity funds and companies, dedicated to investing primarily in medium-sized businesses headquartered in Northern Europe, with a focus on businesses in three core sectors: Business Services, Industrials and Consumer/Health,
—   for Sunweb: European online tour operator, providing packaged holidays to 20+ focal destinations across Europe and the Mediterranean.


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.9249 — Triton/Sunweb
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.9176 — Magna/Getrag Ford Transmissions Slovakia) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-01-22
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, light-duty vehicle, merger control, motor car, motor vehicle industry, subsidiary, vehicle parts








C_2019039EN.01001101.xml










1.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 39/11






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9176 — Magna/Getrag Ford Transmissions Slovakia)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 39/04)
On 22 January 2019, 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 32019M9176. 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.9235 — OTPP/MDP/Fleet Complete) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, mobile communication, pension scheme








C_2019027EN.01001701.xml










22.1.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 27/17






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9235 — OTPP/MDP/Fleet Complete)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 27/12)

1.   
On 11 January 2019, 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:






—


Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (‘OTPP’, Canada)










—


Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC (‘MDP’, United States of America)










—


Complete Innovations Holdings Inc. (‘Fleet Complete’, Canada)




OTPP and MDP acquire joint control, in the meaning of Article 3(1) and 3(4) of the EUMR, over Fleet Complete.
The concentration is accomplished by way of acquisition of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for OTPP: the administration of pension benefits and the investment of pension plan assets on behalf of approximately 318 000 active and retired teachers in the Canadian province of Ontario;
—   for MDP: private investment focusing on management buyouts, growth financing, financing for recapitalizations and acquisitions;
—   for Fleet Complete: providing mobile-tracking technologies which are focused on connecting fleet vehicles, mobile assets and mobile workforce-based businesses.


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.9235 — OTPP/MDP/Fleet Complete
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.
Case T-198/17: Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2019 — EKETA v Commission (Arbitration clause — Actibio contract concluded within the context of the seventh framework programme — Eligible costs — Debit note issued by the defendant for the recovery of sums advanced — Reliability of the time records — Conflict of interests)
Date: 2019-01-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU aid, biometrics, claim, expenditure, financial aid, information technology applications, reimbursement of aid, research project, scientific research








C_2019103EN.01002501.xml










18.3.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 103/25






Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2019 — EKETA v Commission
(Case T-198/17) (1)

((Arbitration clause - Actibio contract concluded within the context of the seventh framework programme - Eligible costs - Debit note issued by the defendant for the recovery of sums advanced - Reliability of the time records - Conflict of interests))
(2019/C 103/32)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: Ethniko Kentro Erevnas kai Technologikis Anaptyxis (EKETA) (Thessaloniki, Greece) (represented by: V. Christianos and S. Paliou, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Katsimerou, A. Kyratsou and O. Verheecke, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action under Article 272 TFEU seeking a declaration, first, that the request made to the applicant by the Commission in debit note no 3241615335 of 29 November 2016 to reimburse the sum of EUR 38 241 of the payment received for a study on the Actibio project is unfounded in the amount of EUR 9 353,56, and, second, that that sum corresponds to eligible costs which the applicant is not required to reimburse.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Ethniko Kentro Erevnas kai Technologikis Anaptyxis (EKETA) to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 151, 15.5.2017.
Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria
Date: 2019-01-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Syria, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, natural person








C_2019027EN.01000301.xml










22.1.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 27/3






Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria
(2019/C 27/03)
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities designated in Annex I to Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP (1), as implemented by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2019/87 (2), and in Annex II to Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/85 (4), concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons and entities that appear in the above mentioned Annexes should be included in the list of persons and entities in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP and Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012. The grounds for designation of those persons and entities appear in the relevant entries in those Annexes.
The attention of the persons and entities concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated on the websites in Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 16 of the Regulation).
The persons and entities concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation that the decision to include them on the above-mentioned list should be reconsidered, before 1 March 2019, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




RELEX.1.C




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu




Any observations received will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council’s next review, pursuant to Article 34 of Decision 2013/255/CFSP and Article 32(4) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, of the list of designated persons and entities.
The attention of the persons and entities concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council’s decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, 2nd paragraph, and Article 263, 4th and 6th paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  OJ L 147, 1.6.2013, p. 14.

(2)  OJ L 18 I, 21.1.2019, p. 13.

(3)  OJ L 16, 19.1.2012, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 18 I, 21.1.2019, p. 4.
Winding-up proceedings — Decision to start winding-up proceedings in respect of Qudos Insurance A/S (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: 2019-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, insurance company, judicial proceedings, liquidation








C_2019027EN.01001301.xml










22.1.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 27/13






Winding-up proceedings
Decision to start winding-up proceedings in respect of Qudos Insurance A/S

(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))

(2019/C 27/09)






Insurance undertaking







Qudos Insurance A/S




Købmagergade 22, 3.3




1150 Copenhagen K




DENMARK








Date, entry into force and nature of decision


20 December 2018, Bankruptcy




Competent authorities







Maritime and Commercial Court




Amaliegade 35, 2.




12 56 Copenhagen K




DENMARK








Supervisory authority


None




Administrator appointed







Boris K. Frederiksen,




Vester Farimagsgade 23,




1606 Copenhagen V




Denmark








Applicable law


Denmark. Danish Bankruptcy Code §17
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2019-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2019027EN.01000701.xml










22.1.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 27/7






Euro exchange rates (1)

21 January 2019
(2019/C 27/07)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1362 




JPY


Japanese yen


124,60 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4659 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,88303 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,2515 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1343 




ISK


Iceland króna


137,80 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,7438 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,593 




HUF


Hungarian forint


317,71 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2911 




RON


Romanian leu


4,7110 




TRY


Turkish lira


6,0667 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5889 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5117 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,9134 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6895 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5457 




KRW


South Korean won


1 285,38 




ZAR


South African rand


15,7551 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7238 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4268 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 180,62 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6793 




PHP


Philippine peso


59,961 




RUB


Russian rouble


75,4270 




THB


Thai baht


36,120 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,2853 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,7800 




INR


Indian rupee


80,9335 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9180 — Volkswagen/Daimler/HeyCar) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-01-22
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronic commerce, financial services, hire purchase, merger control, motor vehicle industry, trade intermediary, used goods, vehicle parts








C_2019038EN.01000201.xml










31.1.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 38/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9180 — Volkswagen/Daimler/HeyCar)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 38/03)
On 22 January 2019, 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 32019M9180. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-166/17: Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2019 — EKETA v Commission (Arbitration clause — Sensation contract concluded within the context of the sixth framework programme — Eligible costs — Debit note issued by the defendant for the recovery of sums advanced — Reliability of the time records — Conflict of interests)
Date: 2019-01-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU aid, claim, expenditure, financial aid, information technology applications, interest, reimbursement of aid, research project, scientific research








C_2019103EN.01002402.xml










18.3.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 103/24






Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2019 — EKETA v Commission
(Case T-166/17) (1)

((Arbitration clause - Sensation contract concluded within the context of the sixth framework programme - Eligible costs - Debit note issued by the defendant for the recovery of sums advanced - Reliability of the time records - Conflict of interests))
(2019/C 103/31)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: Ethniko Kentro Erevnas kai Technologikis Anaptyxis (EKETA) (Thessaloniki, Greece) (represented by: V. Christianos and S. Paliou, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: initially, A. Katsimerou, O. Verheecke and J. Estrada de Solà, and subsequently A. Katsimerou, A. Kyratsou and O. Verheecke, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action under Article 272 TFEU seeking a declaration, first, that the request made to the applicant by the Commission in debit note no 3241615291 of 29 November 2016 to reimburse to it the sum of EUR 197 799,52 of the payment received for a study on a research project called Sensation is, in the amount of EUR 179 101,35, unfounded, and, second, that the sum in dispute corresponds to eligible costs which the applicant is not required to reimburse.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Orders the European Commission to pay to Ethniko Kentro Erevnas kai Technologikis Anaptyxis (EKETA), first, the sum of EUR 19 522,57 corresponding to eligible staff costs, plus related indirect costs and delayed interest on that sum at the rate of 3,50 % from 12 May 2017 until full payment of that sum, second, delayed interest on the sum of EUR 2 950 at the rate of 3,50 % calculated from 12 May 2017 until 28 November 2017 and, third, delayed interest on the sum of EUR 8 988,21 at the rate of 3,50 % calculated from 12 May 2017 until the payment of that sum on 2 October 2017;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders EKETA to bear its own costs and to pay nine tenths of the Commission’s costs, with the latter bearing one tenth of its costs.






(1)  OJ C 151, 15.5.2017.
Notice for the attention of a person subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/101/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 concerning restrictive measures against Zimbabwe
Date: 2019-01-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Zimbabwe, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, trade restriction








C_2019027EN.01000601.xml










22.1.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 27/6






Notice for the attention of a person subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/101/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 concerning restrictive measures against Zimbabwe
(2019/C 27/06)
The following information is brought to the attention of Ms. Grace Mugabe who appears in Annex I to Council Decision 2011/101/CFSP (1) concerning restrictive measures against Zimbabwe and in Annex III to Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 (2) concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Zimbabwe.
The Council intends to maintain the restrictive measures against the above-mentioned person with a new statement of reasons. The above-mentioned person is hereby informed that she may submit a request to the Council to obtain the intended statement of reasons for her designation, before 25 January 2019, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




RELEX.1.C




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu




The person concerned may submit at any time a request to the Council, together with any supporting documentation, that the decision to include and maintain her on the list should be reconsidered, to the address provided above. Such request will be considered when it is received. In this respect, the attention of the person concerned is drawn to the regular review by the Council of the list. In order for a request to be considered at the next review, it should be submitted by 8 February 2019.


(1)  OJ L 42, 16.2.2011, p. 6.

(2)  OJ L 55, 24.2.2004, p. 1.