do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9271 — 3i Group/TIIC Management/Aberdeen) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-04-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, land transport, merger control, transport infrastructure








C_2019156EN.01000201.xml










7.5.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9271 — 3i Group/TIIC Management/Aberdeen)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 156/03)
On 26 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 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 32019M9271. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Notice for the attention of certain persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP and Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran
Date: 2019-04-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Iran, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, natural person








C_2019146EN.01000301.xml










26.4.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 146/3






Notice for the attention of certain persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP and Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran
(2019/C 146/04)
The following information is brought to the attention of Brigadier-General Mohammad NADERI (no. 14), Mr Davoud BABAEI (no. 23), Mr Kamran DANESHJOO (no. 27), Etemad Amin Invest Co Mobin (no. 10), Fajr Aviation Composite Industries (no. 12), Iran Communications Industries (ICI) (no. 19), Samen Industries (no. 95) and Organisation of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND) (no. 153), persons and entities appearing in Annex II, Part I, to Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP (1) and in Annex IX, Part I, to Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 (2) concerning restrictive measures against Iran.
The following information is also brought to the attention of IRGC Brigadier-General Javad DARVISH-VAND (no. 1), Mr Parviz FATAH (no. 3), IRGC Brigadier-General Seyyed Mahdi FARAHI (no. 4), IRGC Brigadier-General Ali HOSEYNITASH (no. 5), IRGC Brigadier-General Ali SHAMSHIRI (no. 12), IRGC Brigadier-General Ahmad VAHIDI (no. 13), Mr Abolghassem Mozaffari SHAMS (no. 15) and Behnam Sahriyari Trading Company (no. 11), persons and entities appearing in the Annex II, Part II, to Decision 2010/413/CFSP and in Annex IX, Part II, to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran.
The Council intends to maintain the restrictive measures against the above-mentioned persons and entities with new statements of reasons. The persons and entities concerned are hereby informed that they may submit a request to the Council to obtain the intended statements of reasons for their designation, by 3 May 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 before 17 May 2019 will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council’s periodic review.


(1)  OJ L 195, 27.7.2010, p. 39.

(2)  OJ L 88, 24.3.2012, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2019-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2019146EN.01000401.xml










26.4.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 146/4






Euro exchange rates (1)

25 April 2019
(2019/C 146/05)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1123 




JPY


Japanese yen


124,45 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4663 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86435 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,6295 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1368 




ISK


Iceland króna


136,00 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,6638 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,737 




HUF


Hungarian forint


322,41 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2950 




RON


Romanian leu


4,7586 




TRY


Turkish lira


6,6255 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5906 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5023 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,7243 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6884 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5189 




KRW


South Korean won


1 293,77 




ZAR


South African rand


16,1628 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,5047 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4185 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 831,37 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6049 




PHP


Philippine peso


58,156 




RUB


Russian rouble


72,2100 




THB


Thai baht


35,749 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,4443 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,2997 




INR


Indian rupee


78,1790 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9346 — Investcorp/Aberdeen/JV) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-04-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial services, investment company, merger control








C_2019156EN.01000101.xml










7.5.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9346 — Investcorp/Aberdeen/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 156/01)
On 26 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 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 32019M9346. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Notice concerning the entry into force of the Agreement establishing the EU-LAC International Foundation
Date: 2019-04-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Caribbean Islands, Latin America, Rio Group, agreement (EU), foundation, international organisation








L_2019112EN.01000101.xml










26.4.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 112/1







Notice concerning the entry into force of the Agreement establishing the EU-LAC International Foundation

The Agreement establishing the EU-LAC International Foundation (1), signed in Santo Domingo on 25 October 2016, shall, pursuant to its Article 25.1, enter into force as from 17 May 2019.


(1)  
            OJ L 103, 12.4.2019, p. 3.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9341 — First State Investment International/Iren Mercato/OLT Offshore LNG Toscana) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electricity supply, gas supply, investment company, merger control








C_2019146EN.01001001.xml










26.4.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 146/10






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9341 — First State Investment International/Iren Mercato/OLT Offshore LNG Toscana)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 146/08)

1.   
On 15 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:






—


First State Investments International Limited (‘FSI’, the UK), controlled by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia,










—


Iren Mercato S.p.A. (‘Iren Mercato’, Italy), belonging to the Iren group,










—


OLT Offshore LNG Toscana S.p.A. (‘OLT’, Italy), currently jointly controlled by Iren Mercato and Uniper Global Commodities SE (‘Uniper’, Germany).




FSI and Iren Mercato acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the OLT.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for FSI: manages long-term investments in core infrastructure companies across Europe on behalf of numerous clients,
—   for Iren Mercato: active in the supply of gas, electricity and heat in Italy,
—   for OLT: owns and manages the OLT LNG terminal off the coast of Italy.


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.9341 — First State Investment International/Iren Mercato/OLT Offshore LNG Toscana
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-277/19: Action brought on 26 April 2019 — BK v European Asylum Support Office
Date: 2019-04-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European civil service, retroactivity of a law








C_2019213EN.01007101.xml










24.6.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 213/71






Action brought on 26 April 2019 — BK v European Asylum Support Office
(Case T-277/19)
(2019/C 213/68)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: BK (represented by: B. Christianos, A. Skoulikis and D. Karagkounis, lawyers)

Defendant: European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


Annul the contested decision of the appointing authority, the content of which is set out in the email of 20 September 2018 from the head of the Administration Department, and the implied decision of the appointing authority rejecting the applicant’s complaint. Consequently, EASO must take the measures necessary to implement the decision of the Court, in accordance with Article 266 TFEU, with retroactive effect;










—


Order the defendant to pay all the applicant’s costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on four pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging infringement of the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging a failure to state reasons and, therefore, breach of an essential procedural requirement within the meaning of Article 263 TFEU.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging an inadequate statement of reasons for the contested decision, which contains a substantive error.










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging an error of law in that the decision did not take account of the interests of the service and the duty of the Administration to have regard for the welfare of its staff.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9272 — 3i Group/TIIC Management/Meridiam Infrastructure Finance/DirectRoute (Limerick)) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-04-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, land transport, merger control, transport infrastructure








C_2019156EN.01000102.xml










7.5.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9272 — 3i Group/TIIC Management/Meridiam Infrastructure Finance/DirectRoute (Limerick))
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 156/02)
On 26 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 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 32019M9272. 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.9310 — PFR/IFM/PSA/DCT) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-04-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, consultancy, economic concentration, financial services, harbour installation, investment company, maritime transport, merger control








C_2019156EN.01000202.xml










7.5.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9310 — PFR/IFM/PSA/DCT)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 156/04)
On 26 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 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 32019M9310. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/695 of 26 April 2019 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Gönci kajszibarack’ (PGI))
Date: 2019-04-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, Northern Hungary, designation of origin, labelling, product designation, stone fruit








L_2019118EN.01000901.xml










6.5.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 118/9








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/695
of 26 April 2019
         
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Gönci kajszibarack’ (PGI))


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (UE) No 1151/2012, the Commission has examined Hungary's application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Gönci kajszibarack’, registered under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 484/2011 (2). These amendments include changing the name ‘Gönci kajszibarack’ to ‘Gönci kajszibarack’/‘Gönci kajszi’.












(2)


Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union as required by Article 50(2)(a) of that Regulation (3).












(3)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the amendments to the specification should be approved,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name ‘Gönci kajszibarack’ (PGI) are hereby approved.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 26 April 2019.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Phil HOGAN
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 484/2011 of 18 May 2011 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Gönci kajszibarack (PGI)) (OJ L 133, 20.5.2011, p. 4).

(3)  
            OJ C 459, 20.12.2018, p. 24.
Case T-278/19: Action brought on 26 April 2019 — Aurora v CPVO — SESVanderhave (M 02205)
Date: 2019-04-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: plant breeding, plant variety right, principle of legal certainty, right to justice, sugar beet








C_2019213EN.01007102.xml










24.6.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 213/71






Action brought on 26 April 2019 — Aurora v CPVO — SESVanderhave (M 02205)
(Case T-278/19)
(2019/C 213/69)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Aurora Srl (Padova, Italy) (represented by: L.-B. Buchman, lawyer)

Defendant: Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: SESVanderhave NV (Tienen, Belgium)

Details of the proceedings before CPVO


Proprietor of the Community plant variety right at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Community plant variety right at issue: Community Plant Variety Right No. EU 15118, sugar beet variety M 02205

Procedure before CPVO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity

Contested decision: Decision of the Board of Appeal of CPVO of 27 February 2019 in Case R A010/2013-RENV

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


declare that the contested decision misapplied the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 23 November 2017 in case T-140/15;










—


alter the contested decision, reverse CPVO Decision NN010 of 23 September 2013 and validate the challenge to the validity of CPVR No. EU 15118 raised by the applicant on 28 August 2012;




and as a consequence:






—


declare that CPVR No. EU 15118 is ab initio null and void;










—


order the defendant to pay the applicant’s costs pursuant to Article 87 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, including the costs of any intervening parties.





Pleas in law







—


Violation of the principles of legal certainty and legitimate expectations;










—


Dereliction of duty and denial of justice.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9300 — Tyson Foods/European and Thai businesses of BRF) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, economic concentration, food processing, meat processing industry, merger control, pigmeat, poultrymeat, prepared foodstuff








C_2019146EN.01000901.xml










26.4.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 146/9






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9300 — Tyson Foods/European and Thai businesses of BRF)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 146/07)

1.   
On 11 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:






—


Tyson Foods, Inc. (USA),










—


European and Thai businesses of BRF S.A. (Brazil).




Tyson Foods, Inc. acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of parts of BRF S.A.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for undertaking Tyson Foods: Tyson Foods is a multinational, protein-focused food company which primarily operates in four segments: beef, pork, chicken and prepared foods,
—   for undertaking BRF: BRF is a Brazilian food company. Its European and Thai businesses are active throughout the poultry supply chain in Thailand, and import into, and further process poultry meat in, the EEA.


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.9300 — Tyson Foods/European and Thai businesses of BRF
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.