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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10414 — Apollo Management/AS Graanul) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 348/04
Date: 2021-08-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: bioenergy, biofuel, biomass, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, power plant








C_2021348EN.01000501.xml










30.8.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 348/5






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10414 — Apollo Management/AS Graanul)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 348/04)

1.   
On 23 August 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:






—


Apollo Management, L.P. (‘Apollo’, USA),










—


AS Graanul Invest (‘Graanul’ Estonia).




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


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for Apollo Managment: global asset management and portfolio investments, i.a. in education, insurance, financial services, lighting and leisure businesses,










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for Graanul: it operates biomass and biofuel production facilities, combined heat and power plants and bioenergy plants in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the USA.






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.10414 — Apollo Management/AS Graanul
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.10380 — Hg/TA/Insightsoftware) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 370/03
Date: 2021-08-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, software








C_2021370EN.01000301.xml










15.9.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 370/3






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10380 — Hg/TA/Insightsoftware)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 370/03)
On 30 August 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 32021M10380. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 27 August 2021 2021/C 348/02
Date: 2021-08-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2021348EN.01000201.xml










30.8.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 348/2






Euro exchange rates (1)

27 August 2021
(2021/C 348/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1761 




JPY


Japanese yen


129,59 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4363 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85703 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,2345 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0796 




ISK


Iceland króna


149,20 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,3575 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,563 




HUF


Hungarian forint


350,87 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,5827 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9340 




TRY


Turkish lira


9,8809 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6220 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4914 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,1619 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6927 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5888 




KRW


South Korean won


1 375,78 




ZAR


South African rand


17,5356 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,6195 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4886 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 968,95 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9279 




PHP


Philippine peso


58,754 




RUB


Russian rouble


87,0549 




THB


Thai baht


38,406 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,1692 




MXN


Mexican peso


23,9686 




INR


Indian rupee


86,7010 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-530/21: Action brought on 30 August 2021 — Pierre Lannier v EUIPO — Pierre Lang Trading (PL)
Date: 2021-08-30
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clock and watch industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2021422EN.01002901.xml










18.10.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 422/29






Action brought on 30 August 2021 — Pierre Lannier v EUIPO — Pierre Lang Trading (PL)
(Case T-530/21)
(2021/C 422/38)
Language in which the application was lodged: French

Parties


Applicant: Pierre Lannier (Ernolsheim-lès-Saverne, France) (represented by: N. Boespflug, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Pierre Lang Trading GmbH (Vienna, Austria)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for EU figurative mark PL — Application for registration No 16 176 992

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 June 2021 in Case R 1915/2020-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


declare the appeal brought against the opposition decision to be inadmissible because the statement of grounds was not submitted within the time limit;










—


annul the contested decision is so far as it states that the mark applied for is similar to the earlier mark;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs;










—


order the company Pierre Lang GmbH to pay the costs occasioned by its intervention, should it intervene.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 22(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625, and of Article 67 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










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Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Case C-542/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Senāts) (Latvia) lodged on 30 August 2021 — SIA Mikrotīkls v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests
Date: 2021-08-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, electronic device, local area network, specification of tariff heading, telecommunications equipment








C_2021462EN.01002601.xml










15.11.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 462/26






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Senāts) (Latvia) lodged on 30 August 2021 — SIA Mikrotīkls v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests
(Case C-542/21)
(2021/C 462/31)
Language of the case: Latvian

Referring court

Augstākā tiesa (Senāts)

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant at first instance and appellant: SIA Mikrotīkls

Defendant at first instance and respondent: Valsts ieņēmumu dienests

Question referred

Must the combined nomenclature in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, (1) as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 927/2012 (2) of 9 October 2012 and Commission Implementing Regulation No 1001/2013 (3) of 4 October 2013, be interpreted as meaning that subheading 8517 70 11 of the combined nomenclature can include router aerials configured for use in local area networks (LAN) and/or wide area networks (WAN)?


(1)  OJ 1987 L 256, p. 1.

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 927/2012 of 9 October 2012 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ 2012 L 304, p. 1).

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1001/2013 of 4 October 2013 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ 2013 L 290, p. 1).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10420 — Brookfield/Digital Realty/JV) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 356/01
Date: 2021-08-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: India, computer centre, economic concentration, investment, investment company, merger control, real property, trust








C_2021356EN.01000101.xml










6.9.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 356/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10420 — Brookfield/Digital Realty/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 356/01)
On 30 August 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 32021M10420. 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.10358 — Advent International/Eurazeo/Planet Group) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 348/06
Date: 2021-08-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: VAT, economic concentration, electronic money, exchange rate, financial services, investment company, merger control, payment system, provision of services, tax rebate








C_2021348EN.01000801.xml










30.8.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 348/8






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10358 — Advent International/Eurazeo/Planet Group)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 348/06)

1.   
On 24 August 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:






—


Advent International Corporation (‘Advent’, USA)










—


Eurazeo SE (‘Eurazeo’, France), and










—


Planet Payment Group (‘Planet’, Ireland), controlled by Eurazeo.




Advent and Eurazeo acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Planet.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Advent is a private equity investor and has holdings in various sectors, including industrial, retail, media, communications, information technology, internet, healthcare and pharmaceuticals,










—


Eurazeo is a listed investment company with three main activities: private equity, private debt and real assets,










—


Planet provides integrated digital payment services including acquiring, processing, digital wallets, VAT refund and currency conversion services to merchants in the retail, hospitality, food and beverage, parking and financial sectors.






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.10358 — Advent International/Eurazeo/Planet Payment Group
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’).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10405 — Alba/Swire/JV) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 348/05
Date: 2021-08-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Asia, economic concentration, merger control, plastic waste, plastics, waste disposal, waste recycling








C_2021348EN.01000601.xml










30.8.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 348/6






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10405 — Alba/Swire/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 348/05)

1.   
On 20 August 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:






—


ALBA Asia Plastics Recycling Ltd. (‘ALBA’, Hong Kong), jointly controlled by Dr. Axel Schweizer and Dr. Eric Schweizer (Germany)










—


John Swire & Sons Ltd. (‘Swire’, United Kingdom),










—


ALBA Swire Plastics Recycling Ltd. (‘JV’, Hong Kong)




ALBA and Swire 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:






—


ALBA is active in different areas of recycling, such as used glass, waste wood, e-waste, organic waste, waste paper, plastics, metals and residual waste.










—


Swire is a conglomerate that is active in various industries, including beverages and food chain, aviation, marine services, trading & industrial and property.










—


The JV will be active in sourcing, collection, recovery, recycling and reprocessing of PET and high density polyethylene (‘HDPE’) plastic waste in Asia.






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.10405 — Alba/Swire/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.