do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10006 — Covestro/Koninklijke DSM (Resins & Functional Materials Business and Other Assets)) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 147/02
Date: 2021-02-05
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, paints and varnishes, plastics industry, special polymer








C_2021147EN.01000201.xml










26.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 147/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10006 — Covestro/Koninklijke DSM (Resins & Functional Materials Business and Other Assets))
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 147/02)
On 5 February 2021, 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 32021M10006. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 23/2021 of 5 February 2021 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/85]
Date: 2021-02-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, consumer information, dietary product, food safety, foodstuff, labelling, nutritional needs, product designation, revision of an agreement, therapeutics




L_202400085EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series L













2024/85


11.1.2024







            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 23/2021
of 5 February 2021
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/85]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/566 of 17 February 2020 correcting certain language versions of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/128 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific compositional and information requirements for food for special medical purposes (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding foodstuffs. Legislation regarding foodstuffs shall not apply to Liechtenstein as long as the application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is extended to Liechtenstein, as specified in the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.












(3)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is added in point 77a (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/128) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

                  ‘, as amended by:






—



32020 R 0566: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/566 of 17 February 2020 (OJ L 129, 24.4.2020, p. 3).’
                     






Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/566 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 6 February 2021, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 5 February 2021.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Clara GANSLANDT
            





(1)  
            OJ L 129, 24.4.2020, p. 3.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/85/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 37/2021 of 5 February 2021 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/11]
Date: 2021-02-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, European standard, building materials, harmonisation of standards, marketing standard, revision of an agreement, technical standard




L_202400011EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series L













2024/11


11.1.2024







            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 37/2021
of 5 February 2021
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/11]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/896 of 28 May 2019 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/450 as regards European Assessment Documents for internal partition kits for use as non-loadbearing walls, systems of mechanically fastened flexible roof waterproofing sheets, thin metal composite sheet, elastic micro hollow spheres as concrete admixture, decking fixing assemblies and self-supporting translucent roof kits with covering made of plastic sheets (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is added in point 1zzp (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/450) of Chapter XXI of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

                  ‘, as amended by:






—



32019 D 0896: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/896 of 28 May 2019 (OJ L 142, 29.5.2019, p. 69).’
                     






Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/450 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 6 February 2021, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made. (*1)



Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 5 February 2021.






For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Clara GANSLANDT
            





(1)  
            OJ L 142, 29.5.2019, p. 69.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/11/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 25/2021 of 5 February 2021 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/13]
Date: 2021-02-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, European Medicines Agency, inflation, market approval, medicinal product, revision of an agreement, veterinary medicinal product




L_202400013EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series L













2024/13


11.1.2024







            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 25/2021
of 5 February 2021
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/13]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/480 of 22 March 2019 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 297/95 as regards the adjustment of the fees of the European Medicines Agency to the inflation rate with effect from 1 April 2019 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent is added in point 15h (Council Regulation (EC) No 297/95) of Chapter XIII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:






‘-



32019 R 0480: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/480 of 22 March 2019 (OJ L 82, 25.3.2019, p. 15).’






Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) 2019/480 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 6 February 2021, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 5 February 2021.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Clara GANSLANDT
            





(1)  
            OJ L 82, 25.3.2019, p. 15.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/13/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 66/2021 of 5 February 2021 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2024/84]
Date: 2021-02-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, air transport, carrier, coronavirus disease, epidemic, ground staff, provision of services, revision of an agreement, service concession, transport licence




L_202400084EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series L













2024/84


11.1.2024







            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 66/2021
of 5 February 2021
         
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2024/84]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2114 of 16 December 2020 amending Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the temporary extension of exceptional measures to address the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic with regard to selection of groundhandling service provider (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2115 of 16 December 2020 amending Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the temporary extension of exceptional measures to address the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic with regard to operating licences (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indents are added in point 64a (Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement:






‘-



32020 R 2114: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2114 of 16 December 2020 (OJ L 426, 17.12.2020, p. 1),










-



32020 R 2115: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2115 of 16 December 2020 (OJ L 426, 17.12.2020, p. 4).’






Article 2
The texts of Delegated Regulations (EU) 2020/2114 and (EU) 2020/2115 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 6 February 2021, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 5 February 2021.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Clara GANSLANDT
            





(1)  
            OJ L 426, 17.12.2020, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 426, 17.12.2020, p. 4.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/84/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 62/2021 of 5 February 2021 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2024/70]
Date: 2021-02-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, aerodynamics, approval, commercial vehicle, motor vehicle, revision of an agreement, safety standard, technical specification, technical standard, vehicle parts, weight and size




L_202400070EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series L













2024/70


11.1.2024







            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 62/2021
of 5 February 2021
         
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2024/70]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1916 of 15 November 2019 laying down detailed provisions as regards the use of rear aerodynamic devices pursuant to Council Directive 96/53/EC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 15b (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1213) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement:






‘15c.



32019 R 1916: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1916 of 15 November 2019 laying down detailed provisions as regards the use of rear aerodynamic devices pursuant to Council Directive 96/53/EC (OJ L 297, 18.11.2019, p. 3).’






Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1916 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 6 February 2021, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 5 February 2021.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Clara GANSLANDT
            





(1)  
            OJ L 297, 18.11.2019, p. 3.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/70/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10001 — Microsoft/Zenimax) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 40/10
Date: 2021-02-05
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronic game, information technology industry, merger control, private sector








C_2021040EN.01002101.xml










5.2.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 40/21






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10001 — Microsoft/Zenimax)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 40/10)

1.   
On 29 January 2021, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


Microsoft Corporation (‘Microsoft’, USA),










—


ZeniMax Media Inc. (‘ZeniMax’, USA)




Microsoft acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of ZeniMax. The concentration is accomplished by way of a merger pursuant to which a newly created Microsoft subsidiary (‘Vault’) will be merged with and into ZeniMax.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Microsoft: a global technology company. Microsoft offers a wide range of products and services to customers through the following operating segments: (i) Productivity and Business Processes, (ii) Intelligent Cloud and (iii) More Personal Computing. This Transaction primarity concerns Microsoft’s gaming business, part of the More Personal Computing operating segment. Microsoft develops, publishes and distributes games for personal computers (‘PCs’), video game consoles and mobile devices. Microsoft also offers the Xbox gaming console.










—


for ZeniMax: a privately held company. ZeniMax develops and publishes games for PCs, consoles, and mobile devices.






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.



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.10001 — Microsoft/Zenimax
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’).
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 49/2021 of 5 February 2021 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2024/38]
Date: 2021-02-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, financial solvency, insurance company, market supervision, reinsurance, reserves, revision of an agreement, technical specification




L_202400038EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series L













2024/38


11.1.2024







            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 49/2021
of 5 February 2021
         
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2024/38]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1647 of 9 November 2020 laying down technical information for the calculation of technical provisions and basic own funds for reporting with reference dates from 30 September 2020 until 30 December 2020 in accordance with 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 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex IX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 1zm (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1145) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:






‘1zn.



32020 R 1647: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1647 of 9 November 2020 laying down technical information for the calculation of technical provisions and basic own funds for reporting with reference dates from 30 September 2020 until 30 December 2020 in accordance with 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 (OJ L 375, 10.11.2020, p. 1).’






Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1647 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 6 February 2021, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 5 February 2021.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Clara GANSLANDT
            





(1)  
            OJ L 375, 10.11.2020, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/38/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 82/2021 of 5 February 2021 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2024/64]
Date: 2021-02-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU statistics, European Economic Area, Eurostat, data collection, data transmission, revision of an agreement, tourism statistics




L_202400064EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series L













2024/64


11.1.2024







            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 82/2021
of 5 February 2021
         
amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2024/64]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1681 of 1 August 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism, as regards the transmission deadlines and adaptation of Annexes I and II (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent is added in point 7c (Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32019 R 1681: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1681 of 1 August 2019 (OJ L 258, 9.10.2019, p. 1).’






Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1681 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 6 February 2021, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 5 February 2021.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Clara GANSLANDT
            





(1)  
            OJ L 258, 9.10.2019, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/64/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)