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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9304 — Tenaris/Severstal/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-04-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, iron and steel industry, merger control, tube








C_2019142EN.01002601.xml










23.4.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 142/26






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9304 — Tenaris/Severstal/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 142/07)

1.   
On 10 April 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:






—


Tenaris S.A. (Luxembourg),










—


PAO Severstal (Russian Federation),










—


Joint Venture Company (Singapore).




Tenaris S.A and PAO Severstal acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Joint Venture Company.
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 undertaking Tenaris S.A: manufacture and supply of seamless and welded tubular products and related services for the oil and gas industry,
—   for undertaking PAO Severstal: mining and the manufacture and supply of steel products,
—   for undertaking Joint Venture Company: building and operating a plant in the Russian Federation for the manufacture and supply of certain types of tubular products for the oil and gas industry in the Russian Federation and in the Commonwealth of Independent States.


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.9304 — Tenaris/Severstal/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.
Case C-330/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 23 April 2019 — Staatssecretaris van Financiën, other party: Exter BV
Date: 2019-04-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: customs debt, free circulation, goods and services, import (EU), inward processing, tariff preference








C_2019238EN.01000901.xml










15.7.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 238/9






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 23 April 2019 — Staatssecretaris van Financiën, other party: Exter BV
(Case C-330/19)
(2019/C 238/12)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Hoge Raad der Nederlanden

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Staatssecretaris van Financiën

Other party: Exter BV

Question referred

Does Article 121(1) of the Community Customs Code (1) mean that a preferential tariff measure for the application of which the import goods were eligible at the time of their placement under the inward processing procedure using the suspension system may also be taken into account when determining the amount of the customs debt incurred when the goods were released for free circulation, whether or not in the unaltered state, if that tariff measure was suspended on the date of acceptance of the declaration for release for free circulation?


(1)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (OJ 1992, L 302, p. 1).
Case C-332/19 P: Appeal brought on 23 April 2019 by Hércules Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 12 February 2019 in Case T-134/17, Hércules Club de Fútbol v Commission
Date: 2019-04-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Community of Valencia, State aid, access to EU information, administrative procedure, control of State aid, disclosure of information, professional sport, provision of documents, reimbursement of aid, sports body








C_2019432EN.01001402.xml










23.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 432/14






Appeal brought on 23 April 2019 by Hércules Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 12 February 2019 in Case T-134/17, Hércules Club de Fútbol v Commission
(Case C-332/19 P)
(2019/C 432/17)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Appellant: Hércules Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (represented by: Y. Martínez Mata and S. Rating, abogados)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission
By order of 6 November 2019, the Court of Justice (Tenth Chamber) dismissed the appeal and ordered Hércules Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. to bear its own costs.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2019-04-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2019142EN.01002301.xml










23.4.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 142/23






Euro exchange rates (1)

18 April 2019
(2019/C 142/05)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1250 




JPY


Japanese yen


125,86 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4663 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86470 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,4760 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1383 




ISK


Iceland króna


135,60 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,5978 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,682 




HUF


Hungarian forint


320,09 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2786 




RON


Romanian leu


4,7618 




TRY


Turkish lira


6,5486 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5719 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5065 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,8265 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6819 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5251 




KRW


South Korean won


1 278,95 




ZAR


South African rand


15,8482 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,5445 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4350 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 797,81 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6609 




PHP


Philippine peso


58,147 




RUB


Russian rouble


71,9719 




THB


Thai baht


35,792 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,4206 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,2303 




INR


Indian rupee


78,0680 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-270/19: Action brought on 23 April 2019 — Amazon Technologies v EUIPO (ring)
Date: 2019-04-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, electronic device, household electrical appliance, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, video surveillance








C_2019213EN.01006601.xml










24.6.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 213/66






Action brought on 23 April 2019 — Amazon Technologies v EUIPO (ring)
(Case T-270/19)
(2019/C 213/64)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, Washington, United States) (represented by: A. Klett and C. Mikyska, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark ‘ring’ — Application for registration No 1 401 009

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 February 2019 in Case R 2211/2018-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order the respondant to pay the costs of the proceedings before the General Court and of the proceedings before the EUIPO Board of Appeal including the necessary expenses of Applicant in both proceedings.





Pleas in law







—


Having refused protection for the mark in question, the Board of Appeal has infringed Articles 7(1)(b) and (c) (2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9311 – BERRY / RPC)
Date: 2019-04-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, non-woven fabric, packaging, plastics industry








C_202301605EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1605


20.12.2023






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9311 – BERRY / RPC)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/1605)

On 23 April 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 policy’ website of the Commission (https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search). 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 32019M9311. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1605/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-331/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 23 April 2019 — Staatssecretaris van Financiën v X
Date: 2019-04-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, food substitute, food supplement, foodstuff








C_2019255EN.01001901.xml










29.7.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 255/19






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 23 April 2019 — Staatssecretaris van Financiën v X
(Case C-331/19)
(2019/C 255/27)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Hoge Raad der Nederlanden

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Staatssecretaris van Financiën

Other party: X

Questions referred







1.


Must the term ‘foodstuffs for human consumption’ used in point 1 of Annex III to the 2006 VAT Directive (1) be interpreted as covering, in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 (2) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, any substance or product, whether processed, partially processed or unprocessed, intended to be, or reasonably expected to be ingested by humans?
If this question is answered in the negative, how must that term then be defined?










2.


If edible or potable products cannot be regarded as foodstuffs for human consumption, on the basis of which criteria must it then be assessed whether such products can be regarded as products normally used to supplement foodstuffs or as a substitute for foodstuffs?






(1)  Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1).

(2)  Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ 2002 L 31, p. 1).
Case C-329/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Milano (Italy) lodged on 23 April 2019 — Condominio di Milano v Eurothermo SpA
Date: 2019-04-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: consumer protection, legal status, unfair terms of contract








C_2019288EN.01001601.xml










26.8.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 288/16






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Milano (Italy) lodged on 23 April 2019 — Condominio di Milano v Eurothermo SpA
(Case C-329/19)
(2019/C 288/21)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale di Milano

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Condominio di Milano

Defendant: Eurothermo SpA

Question referred

Does the concept of consumer, as adopted by Directive 93/13/EEC, (1) preclude classification as a consumer of an entity (such as the entity comprising owners of apartments in a building (condominio) in Italian law), which does not come within the concept of ‘natural person’ or ‘legal person’, in cases where that entity concludes a contract for purposes which are outside its trade, business or profession and where it is in a position of weakness vis-à-vis the seller or supplier, as regards both its bargaining power and its level of knowledge?


(1)  Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts (OJ 1993 L 95, p. 29).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2019-04-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2019142EN.01002201.xml










23.4.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 142/22






Euro exchange rates (1)

17 April 2019
(2019/C 142/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1301 




JPY


Japanese yen


126,51 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4652 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86593 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,4408 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1400 




ISK


Iceland króna


135,60 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,5778 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,657 




HUF


Hungarian forint


319,69 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2731 




RON


Romanian leu


4,7625 




TRY


Turkish lira


6,4967 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5712 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5070 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,8656 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6784 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5286 




KRW


South Korean won


1 280,65 




ZAR


South African rand


15,7872 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,5594 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4375 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 917,46 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6724 




PHP


Philippine peso


58,381 




RUB


Russian rouble


72,1887 




THB


Thai baht


35,926 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,4046 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,2813 




INR


Indian rupee


78,4570 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.