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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10614 – PAI PARTNERS / UVESCO) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 89/05
Date: 2022-02-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Spain, consumer goods, economic concentration, food industry, health care, investment company, merger control, provision of services, retail trade








C_2022089EN.01001701.xml










25.2.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 89/17






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10614 – PAI PARTNERS / UVESCO)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 89/05)

1.   
On 18 February 2022, 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:






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PAI Partners SAS (‘PAI Partners’, France),










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Uvesco S.A. (‘Uvesco’, Spain).




PAI Partners will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Uvesco.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned:






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PAI Partners is a private equity fund active in business services; food & consumer (including Refresco, Anguilas Aguinaga, Froneri, Tropicana, Naked, and Pumica); general industrials, and healthcare,










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Uvesco is a Spanish retailer, active in the sale of daily consumer goods in supermarkets






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 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.10614 – PAI PARTNERS / UVESCO
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.10608 – CMA CGM / CLS BUSINESS) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 102/02
Date: 2022-02-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Europe, North America, carriage for hire or reward, economic concentration, harbour installation, logistics, maritime transport, merger control, provision of services, subsidiary








C_2022102EN.01000201.xml










2.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 102/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10608 – CMA CGM / CLS BUSINESS)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 102/02)
On 25 February 2022, 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:






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in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ 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,










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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32022M10608. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-135/22 P: Appeal brought on 25 February 2022 by Patrick Breyer against the judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) delivered on 15 December 2021 in Case T-158/19, Breyer v European Research Executive Agency
Date: 2022-02-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Framework Programme for Research and Development, access to EU information, artificial intelligence, border control, migration control, new technology, research and development, research project








C_2022171EN.01002001.xml










25.4.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 171/20






Appeal brought on 25 February 2022 by Patrick Breyer against the judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) delivered on 15 December 2021 in Case T-158/19, Breyer v European Research Executive Agency
(Case C-135/22 P)
(2022/C 171/26)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: Patrick Breyer (represented by: J. Breyer, Rechtsanwalt)

Other party to the proceedings: European Research Executive Agency

Form of order sought

The appellant claims that the Court should:






1.


set aside the judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2021 in Case T-158/19, Breyer v REA, and annul the decision of the European Research Executive Agency (REA) of 17 January 2019 (ARES [2019] 266593) in its entirety; and










2.


order the respondent to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Grounds of appeal and main arguments

In summary, the appellant claims, on the basis of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, (1) to have a right to full access to documents concerning the implementation of the Horizon 2020 research project ‘iBorderCtrl: Intelligent Portable Border Control System’. The public interest in disclosure with regard to the publicly funded development of AI systems which are intended to be used by authorities responsible for border control as polygraphs or to asses a risk posed by persons seeking to enter the country, outweighs private commercial interests.
Due to the ethical, social and human rights implications of the high-risk technology in question, the public interest in access to information arises already at the beginning of the research phase and cannot legitimately be deferred to the phase after completion of the research project.
The system for the dissemination of results provided for in Regulation No 1290/2013 (2) and the grant agreement is not capable of satisfying academic interest, media interest and the interest of the public in general in the project.


(1)  Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ 2001 L 145, p. 43).

(2)  Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 laying down the rules for participation and dissemination in ‘Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)’ and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1906/2006 (OJ 2013 L 347, p. 81).