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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10531 – Santander/Mapfre/JV) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 134/09
Date: 2022-03-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Spain, banking, economic concentration, insurance, investment company, merger control, parent company, provision of services, real estate credit








C_2022134EN.01003101.xml










25.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 134/31






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10531 – Santander/Mapfre/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 134/09)

1.   
On 11 March 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:






—


Banco Santander, S.A. and its subsidiaries (‘Banco Santander’, Spain),










—


Mapfre, S.A (‘Mapfre’, Spain).




Banco Santander and Mapfre will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a newly created joint venture (‘JV’).
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned and the newly set-up joint venture are the following:






—


Banco Santander is the parent of the Santander Group. Its core activities are retail banking, insurance, corporate banking, investment banking, asset management and treasury across Europe, as well as in the United States, Latin America and Asia.










—


Mapfre is the parent company of the Mapfre Group, present in the insurance and reinsurance sectors in 44 countries across the world.










—


The JV is intended to be active in the Spanish market for retail banking services, particularly, in the commercialisation of reverse mortgages to individuals.






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.10531 – Santander/Mapfre/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.
Summary of European Union decisions on marketing authorisations in respect of medicinal products of 25 March 2022 (Published pursuant to Article 13 or 38 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 1.)) 2022/C 134 I/01
Date: 2022-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, drug surveillance, market approval, marketing standard, medicinal product








CI2022134EN.01000101.xml










25.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CI 134/1






Summary of European Union decisions on marketing authorisations in respect of medicinal products of 25 March 2022


(Published pursuant to Article 13 or 38 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1))

(2022/C 134 I/01)






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Issuing of a marketing authorisation (Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council): Accepted













Date of the decision


Name of the medicinal product


INN (International Non-Proprietary Name)


Holder of the marketing authorisation


Number of the entry in the Community Register


Pharmaceutical form


ATC code (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Code)


Date of notification




25.3.2022


EVUSHELD


tixagevimab / cilgavimab


AstraZeneca AB
151 85 Södertälje, Sverige


EU/1/22/1651


Solution for injection


J06BD03


25.3.2022








Anyone wishing to consult the public assessment report on the medicinal products in question and the decisions relating thereto is invited to contact:






European Medicines Agency






Domenico Scarlattilaan 6






1083 HS Amsterdam






NETHERLANDS







(1)  OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10594 – SECURITAS / STANLEY SECURITY) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 134/10
Date: 2022-03-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, provision of services, security services








C_2022134EN.01003301.xml










25.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 134/33






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10594 – SECURITAS / STANLEY SECURITY)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 134/10)

1.   
On 18 March 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:






—


Securitas AB (‘Securitas’, Sweden),










—


Electronic Security Business of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (‘Stanley Security’, USA).




Securitas will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Stanley Security.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:






—


for Securitas: security service provider offering services in over 40 countries. It is active in the provision of a wide range of security services, including manned guarding, aviation security, electronic guarding, alarm monitoring and response, corporate risk management, fire services and other services such as parking and health and safety training;










—


for Stanley Security: security service provider belonging to the Stanley Group and primarily active in the U.S. and the EEA, offering security systems for electronic guarding and related electronic security services of alarm monitoring and response world-wide, as well as packages and technology tailored to the healthcare sector in North America.






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.10594 – SECURITAS / STANLEY SECURITY
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’).
Case T-151/21: Order of the General Court of 25 March 2022 — Saure v Commission (Action for annulment — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Commission correspondence concerning the quantity and delivery timings of BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccines — Initial refusal — Act not open to challenge — Application to modify the form of order sought — Assessing the admissibility of an action at the time it was brought — Manifest inadmissibility)
Date: 2022-03-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to EU information, coronavirus disease, correspondence, delivery, epidemic, trade information, vaccine








C_2022222EN.01002801.xml










7.6.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 222/28






Order of the General Court of 25 March 2022 — Saure v Commission
(Case T-151/21) (1)

(Action for annulment - Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Commission correspondence concerning the quantity and delivery timings of BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccines - Initial refusal - Act not open to challenge - Application to modify the form of order sought - Assessing the admissibility of an action at the time it was brought - Manifest inadmissibility)
(2022/C 222/47)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Hans-Wilhem Saure (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: C. Partsch, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Spina, K. Herrmann and G. Gattinara, agents)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks to have set aside the letter of the European Commission of 27 January 2021 rejecting an initial application for access to certain documents.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as being manifestly inadmissible.










2.


M. Hans-Wilhelm Saure shall bear his own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission and those relating to the requests to modify the application and the European Commission shall bear its own costs related to the application.






(1)  OJ C 189, 17.5.2021.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10632 – WATERLAND / DUVENBECK) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 159/03
Date: 2022-03-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: carriage for hire or reward, carrier, digitisation, economic concentration, investment company, leisure, logistics, luxury products industry, merger control, outsourcing








C_2022159EN.01000301.xml










12.4.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 159/3






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10632 – WATERLAND / DUVENBECK)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 159/03)
On 25 March 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:






—


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,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32022M10632. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-691/21: Order of the General Court of 25 March 2022 — Alcogroup and Alcodis v Commission (Action for annulment — Competition — Settlement procedure — Letter from the European Commission inviting an undertaking to express its interest in engaging in a settlement procedure — Act not open to challenge — Preparatory act — Intermediary act — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2022-03-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: benchmarking, cartel, competition policy, ethanol, operation of the Institutions, rights of the defence








C_2022222EN.01003001.xml










7.6.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 222/30






Order of the General Court of 25 March 2022 — Alcogroup and Alcodis v Commission
(Case T-691/21) (1)

(Action for annulment - Competition - Settlement procedure - Letter from the European Commission inviting an undertaking to express its interest in engaging in a settlement procedure - Act not open to challenge - Preparatory act - Intermediary act - Inadmissibility)
(2022/C 222/50)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: Alcogroup (Brussels, Belgium) and Alcodis (Brussels) (represented by: P. de Bandt, C. Binet and M. Nuytten, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Berghe, T. Baumé and F. Jimeno Fernández, agents)

Re:

By their action based on Article 263 TFEU, lodged at the Registry of the General Court on 27 October 2021, the applicants seek to have set aside the letter of the European Commission of 17 September 2021, by which the Commission invited the applicants to inform it, within two weeks, of their interest in engaging in a settlement procedure within the meaning of Article 10a of Commission Regulation (EC) No 773/2004 of 7 April 2004 relating to the conduct of proceedings by the Commission pursuant to Articles [101 and 102 TFEU] (OJ 2004 L 123, p. 18), as amended, regarding a potential infringement of Article 101 TFEU that they may have committed with other undertakings.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as inadmissible.










2.


The applicant shall pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 513, 20.12.2021.
Notice from the Croatian Energy Regulatory Agency on the public call for tenders for selection of gas supplier of last resort, to be published pursuant to Articles 61 and 62 of the Gas Market Act (‘Official Gazette’, No. 18/18 and 23/20). 2022/C 134/06
Date: 2022-03-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission
Subjects: Croatia, energy law, gas supply, invitation to tender, public procurement, services of general interest, tendering








C_2022134EN.01002701.xml










25.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 134/27






Notice from the Croatian Energy Regulatory Agency on the public call for tenders for selection of gas supplier of last resort, to be published pursuant to Articles 61 and 62 of the Gas Market Act (‘Official Gazette’, No. 18/18 and 23/20).
(2022/C 134/06)
Public call for tenders for selection of gas supplier of last resort shall be published on 18 February 2022.
The accompanying documentation for the public call for tenders for selection of gas supplier of last resort shall be published on the official website of the Croatian Energy Regulatory Agency (www.hera.hr).




President of the Board of Commissioners



DanijelŽAMBOKI, M.Sc.
Notification by Italy of the application of Article 19 (2) of Regulation 1008/2008 concerning traffic distribution rules between the airports of Milan Malpensa and Milan Linate. (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 134/07
Date: 2022-03-25
Institutions: Italy
Subjects: Italy, Lombardy, airline, airport, transport regulations








C_2022134EN.01002801.xml










25.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 134/28






Notification by Italy of the application of Article 19 (2) of Regulation 1008/2008 concerning traffic distribution rules between the airports of Milan Malpensa and Milan Linate.
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 134/07)
Pursuant to Article 19 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council of 24 September 2008 on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community (1), on 22 February 2022 the Commission received notification from Italy of a draft Decree amending the existing traffic distribution rule (2) for the airports of Milan Malpensa and Milan Linate. The proposed rule, when adopted and entered into force, will distribute traffic between the above mentioned airports on the following basis:






‘1.



Air carriers may operate point-to-point scheduled routes, using narrow-body aircraft, between Milan Linate airport and other airports in the European Union, or airports belonging to a State which has entered into a vertical-type agreement with the European Union regulating its air services and which are also located within a radius of 1 500 km — measured according to the great circle route method — from Milan Linate airport, within the limits of the defined operating capacity of Milan Linate airport. Only the following air carriers may operate such routes:







(a)



carriers defined as Community air carriers under Article 2(10) and (11) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008, of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 and meeting the requirements laid down by the competent aviation authorities, in accordance with that Regulation;











(b)



carriers designated by a country to operate air services based on a vertical-type agreement entered into by that country with the European Union, provided that the route concerns an airport within a radius of 1 500 km — measured according to the great circle route method — from Milan Linate airport.















2.



To guarantee compliance with the provisions of paragraph 1, the distribution and sale of tickets and the carriage of passengers on point-to-point routes flying from or to Milan Linate airport shall be permitted only in respect of airports located within the geographical boundaries defined by paragraph 1.’




The Commission invites interested parties to submit their comments within 20 days of publication of this communication, to:
Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (Unit E1 aviation policy) European Commission
MOVE-TRAFFIC-DISTRIBUTION-RULES@ec.europa.eu


(1)  OJ L 293, 31.10.2008, p. 3.

(2)  Decree No 15 of the Minister for Transport and Navigation of 3 March 2000