do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10265 — Hisense Group/Sanden) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 154/10
Date: 2021-04-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: agricultural machinery, air conditioning, economic concentration, electronic component, household electrical appliance, merger control, supply, television equipment, vehicle parts








C_2021154EN.01001701.xml










30.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 154/17






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10265 — Hisense Group/Sanden)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 154/10)

1.   
On 23 April 2021, 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:






—


Hisense Home Appliances Group Co., Ltd., which is ultimately controlled by Hisense Group Holdings Co. Ltd. (‘Hisense Group’, China),










—


Sanden Holdings Corporation (‘Sanden’, Japan).




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


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Hisense Group: manufacture and supply of, inter alia, major domestic appliances, small domestic appliances, residential and commercial air conditioners and dehumidifiers and televisions,










—


for Sanden: manufacture and supply of climate control components and compressors constituting automotive air-conditioning systems; manufacture and supply of climate control systems for construction machinery and agricultural machinery.






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.10265 — Hisense Group/Sanden
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.
Notice concerning the entry into force of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part, and of the Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning security procedures for exchanging and protecting classified information
Date: 2021-04-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EAEC, United Kingdom, confidentiality, cooperation agreement (EU), cooperation policy, data protection, exchange of information, information security, trade agreement, trade agreement (EU)








L_2021149EN.01256001.xml










30.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 149/2560







Notice concerning the entry into force of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part, and of the Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning security procedures for exchanging and protecting classified information

The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part, and of the Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning security procedures for exchanging and protecting classified information (1), signed at Brussels and London on 30 December 2020, will enter into force on 1 May 2021.


(1)  See pages 10 and 2540 of this Official Journal.
Case T-231/21: Action brought on 30 April 2021 — Praesidiad/EUIPO — Zaun (Post)
Date: 2021-04-30
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: building materials, designs and models, product design








C_2021278EN.01005001.xml










12.7.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 278/50






Action brought on 30 April 2021 — Praesidiad/EUIPO — Zaun (Post)
(Case T-231/21)
(2021/C 278/70)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Praesidiad Holding (Zwevegem, Belgium) (represented by: M. Rieger-Janson and D. Op de Beeck, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Zaun Ltd (Wolverhampton, United Kingdom)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the design at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Design at issue: European Union design No 127 204-0001 (Post)

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 February 2021 in Case R 2068/2019-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


maintain the decision of the Invalidity Division of EUIPO of 19 July 2019 rejecting the application for declaration of invalidity of the contested design;










—


order EUIPO (and, if the other party to the proceedings before EUIPO intervenes, the other party as intervener) to pay the costs of the proceedings and pay those of the design holder.





Pleas in law







—


The Board misapplied the judgment of DOCERAM in its interpretation of Article 8(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 as it failed to properly identify the product;










—


The Board misapplied the judgment of DOCERAM in its interpretation of Article 8(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 as it failed to take into account evidence of objective circumstances indicative of considerations other than technical function;










—


The Board misapplied the judgment of DOCERAM in its interpretation of Article 8(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 as it failed to apply the objective circumstances test, instead indicating that subjective evidence of the design circumstances was required;










—


The Board failed to give reasons, contrary to Article 62 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002, as to why the evidence of the design holder was dismissed as irrelevant and/or unfounded;










—


The Board wrongly imposed the evidential burden of proof on the design holder, rather than the invalidity applicant.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10210 — KKR/Telefónica/InfraCo) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 192/02
Date: 2021-04-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: credit institution, economic concentration, energy industry, investment company, merger control, real estate business, telecommunications, transnational corporation








C_2021192EN.01000201.xml










19.5.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 192/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10210 — KKR/Telefónica/InfraCo)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 192/02)
On 30 April 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 32021M10210. 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.10187 — BBC/ITV/Channel 4/Freesat) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 192/03
Date: 2021-04-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: broadcasting, economic concentration, merger control, satellite communications








C_2021192EN.01000301.xml










19.5.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 192/3






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10187 — BBC/ITV/Channel 4/Freesat)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 192/03)
On 30 April 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 32021M10187. 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.10257 — Clearlake/TA Associates/Infogix) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 154/11
Date: 2021-04-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, financial services, information analysis, information technology industry, investment company, merger control, provision of services, technology








C_2021154EN.01001801.xml










30.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 154/18






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10257 — Clearlake/TA Associates/Infogix)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 154/11)

1.   
On 22 April 2021, 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:






—


Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (‘Clearlake’, USA),










—


TA Associates Management, L.P. (‘TA Associates’, USA),










—


Infogix, Inc. (‘Infogix’, USA), controlled by Thoma Bravo L.P. (‘Thoma Bravo’, USA).




Clearlake and TA Associates acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Infogix.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Clearlake: private equity investment firm, with portfolio companies active in software and technology-enabled services, energy and industrials, and consumer products/services,










—


for TA Associates: private equity investment firm, with portfolio companies active in selected industries, including business services, consumer, financial services, healthcare and technologies, and










—


for Infogix: provider of data management solutions, including data governance, data quality and data analytics tools.






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.10257 – Clearlake/TA Associates/Infogix
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.10209— Ceravis/Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft/E-VITA JV) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 400/01
Date: 2021-04-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: agricultural cooperative, agricultural trade, animal feedingstuffs, economic concentration, merger control, research body, scientific research, seed, technological change








C_2021400EN.01000101.xml










4.10.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 400/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10209— Ceravis/Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft/E-VITA JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 400/01)
On 30 April 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 German language 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 32021M10209. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-239/21: Action brought on 30 April 2021 — Dana Astra v Council
Date: 2021-04-30
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Belarus, EU restrictive measure, authoritarian regime, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person








C_2021242EN.01005501.xml










21.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 242/55






Action brought on 30 April 2021 — Dana Astra v Council
(Case T-239/21)
(2021/C 242/78)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Dana Astra IOOO (Minsk, Belarus) (represented by: M. Lester, G. Forwood, and M. Vangenechten, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Court should:






—


Annul Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/353 of 25 February 2021 amending Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Belarus, and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/339 of 25 February 2021 implementing Article 8a of Regulation (EC) 765/2006 insofar as they apply to the Applicant; and










—


Order the Council to bear its own costs and to pay the costs of the Applicant.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on a single plea in law, alleging errors of assessment and failure to give reasons in finding that Dana Holdings/Dana Astra is benefiting from or supporting the Lukashenka regime.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10173 — Luminus/Essent Belgium) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 194/01
Date: 2021-04-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, economic concentration, electricity supply, energy production, gas supply, merger control, retail selling








C_2021194EN.01000101.xml










21.5.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 194/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10173 — Luminus/Essent Belgium)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 194/01)
On 30 April 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 32021M10173. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Corrigendum to Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on “Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting for the period 2021-2027 (the “Pericles IV programme”)” (COM(2018) 369 final — 2018/0194 (COD)) (OJ C 440, 6.12.2018)
Date: 2021-04-30
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: EU financing, EU programme, counterfeiting, cross-border cooperation, euro, fraud, fraud against the EU








C_2021155EN.01007901.xml










30.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 155/79






Corrigendum to Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting for the period 2021-2027 (the “Pericles IV programme”)’ (COM(2018) 369 final – 2018/0194 (CNS))
(
Official Journal of the European Union C 440 of 6 December 2018
)
(2021/C 155/13)
On the cover, in the table of contents, and on page 199, in the title:







for:



‘Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on “Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting for the period 2021-2027 (the “Pericles IV programme”)”(COM(2018) 369 final — 2018/0194 (CNS))’,











read:



‘Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on “Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting for the period 2021-2027 (the “Pericles IV programme”)” (COM(2018) 369 final — 2018/0194 (COD))’.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 29 April 2021 2021/C 154/06
Date: 2021-04-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2021154EN.01001101.xml










30.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 154/11






Euro exchange rates (1)

29 April 2021
(2021/C 154/06)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2129 




JPY


Japanese yen


132,20 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4360 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86910 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,1123 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1020 




ISK


Iceland króna


148,40 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,9145 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,817 




HUF


Hungarian forint


360,39 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,5654 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9227 




TRY


Turkish lira


9,9694 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5554 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4902 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,4156 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6703 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6076 




KRW


South Korean won


1 343,39 




ZAR


South African rand


17,2752 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8463 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5550 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 486,41 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9770 




PHP


Philippine peso


58,641 




RUB


Russian rouble


90,0538 




THB


Thai baht


37,842 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,4984 




MXN


Mexican peso


24,2355 




INR


Indian rupee


89,8545 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10224 — OTPP/Nikky Investments/Logoplaste) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 154/08
Date: 2021-04-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, packaging product, pension scheme, plastics industry








C_2021154EN.01001401.xml










30.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 154/14






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10224 — OTPP/Nikky Investments/Logoplaste)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 154/08)

1.   
On 23 April 2021, 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),










—


Nikky Investments S.A. (‘Nikky Investments’, Luxembourg), controlled by Mr. Filipe Maurício de Botton,










—


Logoplaste Parent S.à.r.l. (‘Logoplaste’, Luxembourg), controlled by The Carlyle Group.




OTPP and Nikky Investments acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Logoplaste.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase 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 active and retired teachers in the Canadian province of Ontario,










—


for Nikky Investments: operating as an investment vehicle owned by members of the founding family of the Logoplaste Group,










—


for Logoplaste: manufacturing of rigid plastic packaging solutions.






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.10224 — OTPP/Nikky Investments/Logoplaste
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.