do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Notice for the attention of certain persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Annex I to Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1720 and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1716 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Nicaragua 2022/C 277/04
Date: 2022-07-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Nicaragua, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








C_2022277EN.01000501.xml










19.7.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 277/5






Notice for the attention of certain persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Annex I to Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1720 and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1716 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Nicaragua
(2022/C 277/04)
The following information is brought to the attention of Mr. Francisco Javier DÍAZ MADRIZ (n 3) and Mr Lumberto Ignacio CAMPBELL HOOKER (n 19), persons appearing in Annex I to Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1720 (1) and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1716 (2) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Nicaragua.
The Council intends to maintain the restrictive measures against the above-mentioned persons with amended statements of reasons. Those persons are, hereby informed that they may submit a request to the Council to obtain the intended statement of reasons for maintaining their designation, by 26 July 2022, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




RELEX.1




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu
The persons concerned may submit at any time a request to the Council, together with any supporting documentation, that the decision to include and maintain them on the list should be reconsidered, to the address provided above. Such requests will be considered when they are received. In this respect, the attention of the persons concerned is drawn to the regular review by the Council according to Article 9 of Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1720.


(1)  OJ L 262 15.10.2019, p. 58.

(2)  OJ L 262 15.10.2019, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10802 – ARES / ONEX / FOUNDER / RYAN) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 287/01
Date: 2022-07-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, software, tax, tax system








C_2022287EN.01000101.xml










28.7.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 287/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10802 – ARES / ONEX / FOUNDER / RYAN)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 287/01)
On 19 July 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 32022M10802. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10680 – PERMIRA / SESTANT / KEDRION / BPL) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 277/07
Date: 2022-07-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, holding company, investment company, merger control, parent company, pharmaceutical industry, substance of human origin, therapeutics








C_2022277EN.01001001.xml










19.7.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 277/10






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10680 – PERMIRA / SESTANT / KEDRION / BPL)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 277/07)

1.   
On 8 July 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:






—


Permira Holdings Limited (‘Permira’, Guernsey),










—


Sestant Internazionale S.p.A. (‘Sestant’, Italy), controlled by members of the Marcucci family,










—


Kedrion S.p.A. (‘Kedrion’, Italy), ultimately controlled by Sestant,










—


Bio Products Laboratory Holdings Limited (‘BPL’, United Kingdom), controlled by Tiancheng International Investment Limited (China).




Permira and Sestant will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Kedrion and BPL.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


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






—


Permira is a European private equity firm, which makes private equity investments in companies active in a wide variety of sectors,










—


Sestant is a financial holding company overseeing the international assets of the Marcucci family,










—


Kedrion is the parent company of a global biopharmaceutical group specialising in the collection of human plasma and the development, production and sale of therapeutic plasma-derived products,










—


BPL operates plasma collection centres across the US and produces a range of plasma-derived products for the treatment of immune deficiencies, bleeding disorders and infectious diseases, as well as for critical care.






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.10680 – PERMIRA / SESTANT / KEDRION / BPL
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’).
Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2022/1295 of 19 July 2022 on the reconfirmation of the authorisation of the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI/3/2022)
Date: 2022-07-19
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: EU military mission, EU restrictive measure, Libya, Mediterranean region (EU), arms trade, firearms and munitions, illicit trade, military cooperation








L_2022196EN.01012501.xml










25.7.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 196/125








            POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION (CFSP) 2022/1295
of 19 July 2022
         
on the reconfirmation of the authorisation of the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI/3/2022)


THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 38 thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 of 31 March 2020 on a European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (1), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


On 31 March 2020, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2020/472, which established and launched a European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) for the period until 31 March 2021.












(2)


Article 8(3) of Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 provides that, notwithstanding that period, the authorisation of the operation is to be reconfirmed every four months and that the Political and Security Committee is to prolong the operation unless the deployment of maritime assets of the operation produces a pull effect on migration on the basis of substantiated evidence gathered according to the criteria set out in the Operations Plan.












(3)


On 26 March 2021, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2021/542 (2), extending the operation until 31 March 2023, subject to the same reconfirmation procedure.












(4)


The Operation Commander provided monthly pull factor reports.












(5)


The authorisation of the operation should be reconfirmed for the eighth four-month sub-period of its mandate and the operation should be prolonged accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The authorisation of EUNAVFOR MED IRINI is hereby reconfirmed and the operation is prolonged for the period from 1 August 2022 to 30 November 2022.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 19 July 2022.


For the Political and Security Committee


The Chairperson

D. PRONK
            





(1)  
            OJ L 101, 1.4.2020, p. 4.

(2)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/542 of 26 March 2021 amending Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 on the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (OJ L 108, 29.3.2021, p. 57).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10575 – BOUYGUES / EQUANS) (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 4/08
Date: 2022-07-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: air conditioning, building industry, economic concentration, electrical engineering, holding company, information technology, mass media, merger control, provision of services, rail transport, telecommunications








C_2023004EN.01000801.xml










6.1.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 4/8






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10575 – BOUYGUES / EQUANS)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 4/08)
On 19 July 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) in conjunction with Article 6(2) 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 32022M10575. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-452/22: Action brought on 19 July 2022 — Hofmeir Magnetics v EUIPO — Healthfactories (Hofmag)
Date: 2022-07-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, electro-magnetic equipment, ionising radiation, medical device, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2022340EN.01005401.xml










5.9.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 340/54






Action brought on 19 July 2022 — Hofmeir Magnetics v EUIPO — Healthfactories (Hofmag)
(Case T-452/22)
(2022/C 340/73)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Hofmeir Magnetics Ltd (Witney, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Baur, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Healthfactories GmbH (Saaldorf-Surheim, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark Hofmag — Application for registration No 18 107 493

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 May 2022 in Case R 1367/2021-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to bear the costs, including those incurred in the appeal proceeding.





Pleas in law







—


Incorrect restriction of the claimant’s unregistered mark HOFMAG in terms of a designation which does not satisfy the criterion ‘of more than mere local significance’ within the meaning of Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Failure to take into account the sign ‘Hofmag’ as a commercial designation (as a relevant sign in terms of Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in relation to Germany/Austria.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10829 – KKR / HITACHI TRANSPORT SYSTEM) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 305/02
Date: 2022-07-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Japan, capital market, carrier, economic concentration, insurance, investment company, logistics, merger control, provision of services, sponsorship








C_2022305EN.01000301.xml










10.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 305/3







Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10829 – KKR / HITACHI TRANSPORT SYSTEM)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 305/02)

On 19 July 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 32022M10829. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-439/21: Order of the General Court of 19 July 2022 — Anglofranchise v EUIPO — Bugrey (BOY LONDON) (European Union trade mark — Cancellation proceedings — Withdrawal of the application for a declaration of invalidity — No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2022-07-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, electronic commerce, footwear industry, jewellery and goldsmith's articles, leather, precious metal, registered trade mark, retail trade, trade-mark law








C_2022359EN.01007302.xml










19.9.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 359/73






Order of the General Court of 19 July 2022 — Anglofranchise v EUIPO — Bugrey (BOY LONDON)
(Case T-439/21) (1)

(European Union trade mark - Cancellation proceedings - Withdrawal of the application for a declaration of invalidity - No need to adjudicate)
(2022/C 359/91)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Anglofranchise Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: P. Roncaglia, F. Rossi, N. Parrotta and R. Perotti, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi and J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Yuliya Bugrey (Milan, Italy) (represented by: D. Russo, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the EUIPO of 23 April 2021 (Case R 459/2020-5), relating to cancellation proceedings between Yuliya Bugrey and Anglofranchise.

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the action.










2.


Anglofranchise Ltd and Yuliya Bugrey shall bear their own costs and each pay half of the costs incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).






(1)  OJ C 357, 6.9.2021.
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EU) 2022/576 of 8 April 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine (Official Journal of the European Union L 111 of 8 April 2022)
Date: 2022-07-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Russia, Ukraine, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, natural person, territorial dispute, territorial law, trade restriction








L_2022190EN.01019101.xml










19.7.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 190/191







Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EU) 2022/576 of 8 April 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 111 of 8 April 2022
)


On page 62 of Annex VI (new Annex XXIII), under the column CN code:
for:


                  ‘
                  8482 40
                  ’,

read:


                  ‘
                  8482 20 00
                  ’;

on page 66 of Annex VI (new Annex XXIV), the heading:
for:


                        ‘ANNEX XXIV
LIST OF GOODS AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3ea(4)(a)’,

read:


                        ‘ANNEX XXIV
LIST OF GOODS AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3ea(5)(a)’.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 18 July 2022 2022/C 277/05
Date: 2022-07-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2022277EN.01000601.xml










19.7.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 277/6






Euro exchange rates (1)

18 July 2022
(2022/C 277/05)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0131 




JPY


Japanese yen


140,16 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4435 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84708 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,5265 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9911 




ISK


Iceland króna


138,90 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,2553 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,508 




HUF


Hungarian forint


402,05 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,7760 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9389 




TRY


Turkish lira


17,7225 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4839 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3151 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


7,9528 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6432 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4153 




KRW


South Korean won


1 333,33 




ZAR


South African rand


17,3830 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


6,8266 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5130 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 157,63 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,5113 




PHP


Philippine peso


57,056 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


37,130 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,4505 




MXN


Mexican peso


20,7095 




INR


Indian rupee


81,0340 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-446/22: Action brought on 19 July 2022 — Corver v EUIPO (CHR ME)
Date: 2022-07-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, automatic vending machine, glass, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2022326EN.01003002.xml










29.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 326/30






Action brought on 19 July 2022 — Corver v EUIPO (CHR ME)
(Case T-446/22)
(2022/C 326/42)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Serge-Paul Corver (Lanaken, Belgium) (represented by: C. König, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark CHR ME — Application No 18 016 792

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 28 March 2022 in Case R 2082/2021-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision in so far as it dismissed the appeal;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10798 – NBIM / OXFORD PROPERTIES / SONY CENTER) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 287/02
Date: 2022-07-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Berlin, Germany, economic concentration, investment, investment company, merger control, property development, property leasing, real property








C_2022287EN.01000201.xml










28.7.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 287/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10798 – NBIM / OXFORD PROPERTIES / SONY CENTER)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 287/02)
On 19 July 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 32022M10798. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.