do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Call for proposals — Ideas that change the world: the EIBI’s 2019 Social Innovation Tournament
Date: 2019-02-01
Institutions: European Investment Bank
Subjects: European social policy, environmental impact, innovation, invitation to tender, social impact, sustainable development








C_2019039EN.01002001.xml










1.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 39/20






Call for proposals
Ideas that change the world: the EIBI’s 2019 Social Innovation Tournament
(2019/C 39/13)
EIB Institute organises its eighth Social Innovation Tournament
The SIT promotes innovative ideas and rewards initiatives that create social and environmental impact, covering projects in a wide range of fields – from education, healthcare and job creation, to new technologies, systems and processes. All projects compete for two prizes in a General Category, and projects addressing this year’s topic of sustainable consumption and sustainable production (including circular economy) will also compete for two prizes in the Special Category. Winning projects in both categories will be awarded a 1st or 2nd Prize of EUR 50 000 or EUR 20 000 respectively.
Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/EibInstitute
For further information on this tournament and how to submit an innovative proposal, go to: http://institute.eib.org/programmes/social/social-innovation-tournament/
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union — Cases where the Commission raises no objectionsText with EEA relevance, except for products falling under Annex I of the Treaty.
Date: 2019-02-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bavaria, Germany, State aid, control of State aid








C_2019040EN.01000601.xml










1.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 40/6






Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance, except for products falling under Annex I of the Treaty)
(2019/C 40/02)







Date of adoption of the decision


16.11.2018




Aid number


SA.51683 (2018/N)




Member State


Germany




Region


BAYERN


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Bayern: Förderung von Maßnahmen zur Erhaltung gefährdeter einheimischer landwirtschaftlicher Nutztierrassen 2019




Legal basis


Bayern: Förderung gefährdeter einheimischer Nutztierrassen 2019




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Aid for agri-environment-climate commitments




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 2.4 (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 0.8 (in millions)




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


until 31.12.2021




Economic sectors


Animal production




Name and address of the granting authority







Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft, Kompetenzzentrum Förderprogramme




Heinrich-Rockstroh-Str. 10, 95615 Marktredwitz








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.
Case C-81/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Cluj (Romania) lodged on 1 February 2019 — NG, OH v SC Banca Transilvania SA
Date: 2019-02-01
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: consumer credit, consumer protection, floating rate, foreign currency, redemption, unfair terms of contract








C_2019187EN.01003002.xml










3.6.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 187/30






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Cluj (Romania) lodged on 1 February 2019 — NG, OH v SC Banca Transilvania SA
(Case C-81/19)
(2019/C 187/35)
Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Curtea de Apel Cluj

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: NG, OH

Defendant: SC Banca Transilvania SA

Questions referred







1.


Must Article 1 [paragraph 2] of Directive 93/13/EEC (1) be interpreted as not precluding any analysis, with regard to unfairness, of a contractual term that reproduces a supplementary rule from which the parties could have derogated, but did not in fact do so as there was no negotiation in that regard, as in the present case analysed here with regard to the clause requiring repayment of the loan in the same foreign currency as that in which it was granted?










2.


In a context where, when being granted a loan in a foreign currency, the consumer was not given calculations/estimates relating to the economic impact that any exchange rate fluctuation would have as regards the overall payment obligations arising under the agreement, can it reasonably be maintained that such a term, under which the exchange risk is borne entirely by the consumer (in accordance with the nominalist principle) is clear and intelligible and that the seller or supplier/bank has complied in good faith with the obligation to provide information to the other party to the agreement, in circumstances in which the maximum degree of indebtedness of consumers established by the Banca Națională a României (National Bank of Romania) has been calculated by reference to the exchange rate prevailing on the date when the loan was granted?










3.


Do Directive 93/13/EEC and the case-law based on it and the principle of effectiveness preclude a contract from continuing unchanged after a term relating to the party that bears the exchange rate risk has been declared unfair? What change would make it possible to disapply the unfair term and comply with the principle of effectiveness?






(1)  Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts (OJ 1993 L 95, p. 29, Special edition Chapter 15 Vol. 2 p. 273)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9265 — Schwarz Gruppe/Nord-Westdeutsche Papierrohstoff/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-02-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: domestic waste, economic concentration, electronic commerce, merger control, recycled product, waste disposal, waste recycling








C_2019039EN.01002101.xml










1.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 39/21






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9265 — Schwarz Gruppe/Nord-Westdeutsche Papierrohstoff/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 39/14)

1.   
On 25 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:






—


GreenCycle Holding GmbH & Co. KG (‘GreenCycle’, Germany), belonging to the Schwarz group,










—


Nord-Westdeutsche Papierrohstoff GmbH & Co. KG (‘NWD’, Germany), belonging to the WEIG group,










—


a newly created joint venture (‘the JV’, Germany).




GreenCycle and NWD acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the JV.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for GreenCycle: is active in the collection, trade and supply of recyclable materials and belongs to the Schwarz group, which is predominantly active in the food retail sector worldwide through its Lidl and Kaufland divisions,
—   for NWD: is active in the collection and recycling of waste paper and belongs to the international WEIG group, producing different types of cardboards,
—   for the JV: will operate an online trading platform for recyclable and waste materials.


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.9265 — Schwarz Gruppe/Nord-Westdeutsche Papierrohstoff/JV
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.
Commission information notice pursuant to Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community — Invitation to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-02-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, Southern Finland, Western Finland, air transport, inland transport, invitation to tender, services of general interest, transport regulations








C_2019039EN.01001501.xml










1.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 39/15






Commission information notice pursuant to Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community
Invitation to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 39/09)






Member State


Finland




Route concerned


Pori-Helsinki




Period of validity of the contract


1 August 2019-23 December 2022




Deadline for submission of tenders


61 days after the day of publication of the present invitation




Address where the text of the invitation to tender and any relevant information and/or documentation related to public tender and the public service obligation can be obtained free of charge


Further information:





City of Pori




Hankintapalvelut




PL 121




FI-28101 Pori




SUOMI/FINLAND




Tel. +358 447019228




Fax +358 26349417




Email: tarjous@pori.fi




Internet:




https://www.pori.fi/tyo-ja-yrittaminen/hankinnat/avoimet-tarjouspyynnot
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2019-02-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2019039EN.01001301.xml










1.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 39/13






Euro exchange rates (1)

31 January 2019
(2019/C 39/07)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1488 




JPY


Japanese yen


124,81 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4657 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87578 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,3730 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1409 




ISK


Iceland króna


137,20 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,6623 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,760 




HUF


Hungarian forint


315,88 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2736 




RON


Romanian leu


4,7271 




TRY


Turkish lira


5,9689 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5787 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5109 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,0137 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6607 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5459 




KRW


South Korean won


1 277,58 




ZAR


South African rand


15,2420 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7010 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4238 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 980,38 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6988 




PHP


Philippine peso


59,843 




RUB


Russian rouble


75,1113 




THB


Thai baht


35,883 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,2041 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,8999 




INR


Indian rupee


81,6860 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9245 — BAC/Marriott/Airhotel BVBA) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-02-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: airport, economic concentration, hotel industry, merger control








C_2019039EN.01002301.xml










1.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 39/23






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9245 — BAC/Marriott/Airhotel BVBA)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 39/15)

1.   
On 25 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:






—


Brussels Airport Company NV (‘BAC’, Belgium), jointly controlled by the Ontario’s Teachers Pension Plan (Canada), the Macquarie Group (Australia) and La Société Fédérale de Participations et d’Investissement/De Federale Participatie- en Investeringsmaatschappij (‘SFPI/FPIM’, Belgium),










—


Marriott International, Inc. (‘Marriott’, United States of America),










—


Airhotel Belgium BVBA (‘Airhotel’, Belgium), which owns the hotel Sheraton Brussels Airport.




BAC and Marriott acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the hotel Sheraton Brussels Airport.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares and a pre-existing hotel management agreement.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for BAC: the owner and operator of Brussels Airport, an international airport located in Zaventem, Belgium,
—   for Marriott: a diversified hospitality company, which acts as a manager and franchisor of hotels and timeshare properties,
—   for Airhotel: the owner of the Sheraton Brussels Airport, a hotel located on the Brussels Airport site.


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.9245 — BAC/Marriott/Airhotel BVBA
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.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2196 of 24 November 2017 establishing a network code on electricity emergency and restoration (OJ L 312, 28.11.2017)
Date: 2019-02-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: electrical energy, electricity supply, energy distribution, energy grid, energy law, energy supply, security of supply, technical specification, technical standard




L_2019031EN.01010801.xml










1.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 31/108







Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2196 of 24 November 2017 establishing a network code on electricity emergency and restoration

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 312 of 28 November 2017
)


On page 76, Article 36(8):
for:


‘8.   By 18 June 2019, each TSO shall submit to ENTSO for Electricity the data required to prepare and submit the report in accordance with paragraph 7.’,


read:


‘8.   By 18 June 2020, each TSO shall submit to ENTSO for Electricity the data required to prepare and submit the report in accordance with paragraph 7.’.
Corrigendum to Council Directive (EU) 2018/822 of 25 May 2018 amending Directive 2011/16/EU as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation in relation to reportable cross-border arrangements (OJ L 139, 5.6.2018)
Date: 2019-02-01
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European tax cooperation, administrative cooperation, administrative formalities, cross-border cooperation, exchange of information, fraud, single market, tax avoidance, tax evasion




L_2019031EN.01010802.xml










1.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 31/108







Corrigendum to Council Directive (EU) 2018/822 of 25 May 2018 amending Directive 2011/16/EU as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation in relation to reportable cross-border arrangements

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 139 of 5 June 2018
)


On page 8, Article 1(2) (concerning new Article 8ab(12)):
for:


‘12.   Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to require intermediaries and relevant taxpayers to file information on reportable cross-border arrangements the first step of which was implemented between the date of entry into force and the date of application of this Directive. Intermediaries and relevant taxpayers, as appropriate, shall file information on those reportable cross-border arrangements by 31 August 2020.’,


read:


‘12.   Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to require intermediaries and relevant taxpayers to file information on reportable cross-border arrangements the first step of which was implemented between 25 June 2018 and 30 June 2020. Intermediaries and relevant taxpayers, as appropriate, shall file information on those reportable cross-border arrangements by 31 August 2020.’.
Commission information notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community — Establishment of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-02-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, Southern Finland, Western Finland, air transport, inland transport, services of general interest, transport regulations








C_2019039EN.01001401.xml










1.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 39/14






Commission information notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community
Establishment of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 39/08)






Member State


Finland




Route concerned


Helsinki-Pori




Date of entry into force of public service obligations


1 August 2019




Address where the text and any other information or documentation related to the public service obligations can be obtained free of charge


Further information:





City of Pori




Hankintapalvelut




PL 121




FI-28101 Pori




SUOMI/FINLAND




Tel. +358 447019228




Fax +358 26349417




Email: tarjous@pori.fi




Internet:




https://www.pori.fi/tyo-ja-yrittaminen/hankinnat/avoimet-tarjouspyynnot
Commission notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community — Changes to public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-02-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Corsica, France, Ile-de-France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, air transport, inland transport, services of general interest, transport regulations








C_2019039EN.01001601.xml










1.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 39/16






Commission notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community
Changes to public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 39/10)






Member State


France




Routes concerned


Ajaccio-Paris Orly
Ajaccio-Marseille
Ajaccio-Nice
Bastia-Paris Orly
Bastia-Marseille
Bastia-Nice
Calvi-Paris Orly
Figari-Paris Orly
Calvi-Marseille
Calvi-Nice
Figari-Marseille
Figari-Nice




Original date of entry into force of the public service obligations


January 1986




Date of entry into force of the changes


25 March 2020




Address where the text and any relevant information and/or documentation relating to the public service obligation can be obtained


Deliberations of 20 December 2018 and 31 January 2019 of the Corsican Assembly approving the new public service obligations imposed on scheduled air services between Paris (Orly), Marseille and Nice, on the one hand, and Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi and Figari, on the other, and adopting the public service delegation principle for the operation of public air services in Corsica





http://otc.corsica/projet-osp-2020-2023-3/




Office des transports de la Corse




M. le Directeur




19 avenue Georges Pompidou




Quartier Saint Joseph




BP 501




20189 Ajaccio Cedex 2




FRANCE




Tel. +33 495237130




Fax +33 495201631




Email: jf.santoni@otc-corse.fr
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9244 — OMERS/Altice/SFR FTTH) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-02-01
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: advertising, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, pension scheme, telecommunications








C_2019063EN.01000102.xml










18.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 63/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9244 — OMERS/Altice/SFR FTTH)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 63/02)
On 1 February 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 32019M9244. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.