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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10633 – SUEZ / ACEA / JV) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 306/08
Date: 2022-08-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: drinking water, economic concentration, energy production, lighting, measuring equipment, merger control, town planning, waste management, water management








C_2022306EN.01004201.xml










11.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 306/42






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10633 – SUEZ / ACEA / JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 306/08)

1.   
On 4 August 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:






—


Suez S.A. (‘Suez’, France),










—


Acea S.p.A. (‘Acea’, Italy),










—


JV (Italy).




Suez and Acea will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of 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 the following:






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Suez is actve globally in the provision of water management services, production and distribution of potable water and wastewater recovery for public customers. Suez is also active in the collection, sorting, recycling disposal and treatment of waste, as well as in the provision urban development services,










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Acea is active in Italy in the provision of integrated water services, the distribution of electricity, public and artistic lighting, the sale of electricity and natural gas, energy production, waste disposal and energy recovery from waste.






3.   

The JV will design and subsequently commercialize an innovative metering system for water services.



4.   
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.


5.   
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.10633 – SUEZ / ACEA / 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10836 – EQUINOR / SSE / TRITON POWER) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 312/03
Date: 2022-08-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, energy distribution, energy industry, energy production, heating, merger control, power plant, renewable energy, subsidiary








C_2022312EN.01000301.xml










17.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/3






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10836 – EQUINOR / SSE / TRITON POWER)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 312/03)
On 11 August 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,










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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32022M10836. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-540/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Den Haag, zittingsplaats Middelburg (Netherlands) lodged on 11 August 2022 — SN and Others v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid
Date: 2022-08-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: employer, establishment, foreign national, freedom to provide services, migrant worker, provision of services, residence permit, work permit








C_2022463EN.01001501.xml










5.12.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 463/15






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Den Haag, zittingsplaats Middelburg (Netherlands) lodged on 11 August 2022 — SN and Others v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid
(Case C-540/22)
(2022/C 463/20)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Rechtbank Den Haag, zittingsplaats Middelburg

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: SN, AS, RA, AA, OK, SD, IS, YZ, VK, VM, SP, OZ, OK, MM, PS, OP, ST, OO, ST, OS, AB, AT, PM, IY, SO, HY, VK, VL, DT, DM, DK, OK, MK, VM, VM, AY, PD, SS, OH, AZ, RS, VD, AI, OK

Defendant: Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid

Questions referred







1.


Does the free movement of services guaranteed by Articles 56 and 57 TFEU include a right derived therefrom of residence in a Member State for third-country workers who may be employed in that Member State by a service provider established in another Member State?










2.


If not, where the duration of the provision of services exceeds three months, does Article 56 TFEU preclude an application having to be made for a residence permit for each individual worker in addition to a simple obligation to declare on the part of the service provider?










3.


If not, does Article 56 TFEU preclude






a.


a provision of national law that the period of validity of such a residence permit may not exceed two years, irrespective of the duration of the provision of services?










b.


the limitation of the period of validity of such a residence permit to the period of validity of the work and residence permit in the Member State in which the service provider is established?










c.


charging a fee per (renewal) application which is equal to the fee payable for a regular work permit for a third-country national, but five times higher than the fee payable for proof of lawful residence for a Union citizen?
Case T-495/22: Action brought on 11 August 2022 — UGA Nutraceuticals v EUIPO — BASF (OMEGOR)
Date: 2022-08-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, dietary product, food supplement, pharmaceutical product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, veterinary medicinal product








C_2022380EN.01002202.xml










3.10.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 380/22






Action brought on 11 August 2022 — UGA Nutraceuticals v EUIPO — BASF (OMEGOR)
(Case T-495/22)
(2022/C 380/27)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: UGA Nutraceuticals Srl (Gubbio, Italy) (represented by: M. Riva, J. Graffer and A. Ottolini, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: BASF AS (Oslo, Norway)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the mark OMEGOR — International registration designating the European Union No 1 409 659

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 June 2022 in Case R 1168/2021-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order the adverse parties to bear the costs of the present proceedings.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10651 – FAERCH / PACCOR) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 353/01
Date: 2022-08-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, food industry, merger control, packaging, plastic waste, plastics industry, waste recycling








C_2022353EN.01000101.xml










15.9.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 353/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10651 – FAERCH / PACCOR)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 353/01)
On 11 August 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 32022M10651. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 10 August 2022 2022/C 306/04
Date: 2022-08-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2022306EN.01002101.xml










11.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 306/21






Euro exchange rates (1)

10 August 2022
(2022/C 306/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0252 




JPY


Japanese yen


138,16 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4397 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84608 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,3773 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9713 




ISK


Iceland króna


139,70 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,9118 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,397 




HUF


Hungarian forint


397,65 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,7063 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9138 




TRY


Turkish lira


18,4099 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4682 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3207 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,0460 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6211 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4107 




KRW


South Korean won


1 344,16 




ZAR


South African rand


16,8788 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


6,9222 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5158 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 218,87 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,5693 




PHP


Philippine peso


57,061 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


36,420 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,2510 




MXN


Mexican peso


20,7130 




INR


Indian rupee


81,4680 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-496/22: Action brought on 11 August 2022 — UGA Nutraceuticals v EUIPO — BASF (OMEGOR VITALITY)
Date: 2022-08-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, dietary product, egg, fishery product, food supplement, meat, milk product, pharmaceutical product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2022380EN.01002301.xml










3.10.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 380/23






Action brought on 11 August 2022 — UGA Nutraceuticals v EUIPO — BASF (OMEGOR VITALITY)
(Case T-496/22)
(2022/C 380/28)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: UGA Nutraceuticals Srl (Gubbio, Italy) (represented by: M. Riva, J. Graffer and A. Ottolini, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: BASF AS (Oslo, Norway)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark OMEGOR VITALITY — Application for registration No 18 082 021

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 June 2022 in Case R 1200/2021-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order the adverse parties to bear the costs of the present proceedings.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Dangerous substances - List of authorisation decisions taken by the EEA EFTA States in accordance with Article 44(5) of Regulation (EU) 528/2012 in the second half of 2021 2022/C 306/06 Subcommittee I on the free movement of goods (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2022-08-11
Institutions: Standing Committee of the EFTA States
Subjects: EFTA countries, European Economic Area, biocide, chemical product, dangerous substance, free movement of goods, insecticide, market approval, marketing standard, pesticide








C_2022306EN.01003701.xml










11.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 306/37






Dangerous substances - List of authorisation decisions taken by the EEA EFTA States in accordance with Article 44(5) of Regulation (EU) 528/2012 in the second half of 2021
(2022/C 306/06)
Subcommittee I on the free movement of goods
(Text with EEA relevance)
With reference to EEA Joint Committee Decision No 225/2013 of 13 December 2013, the EEA Joint Committee is invited to note the following lists concerning authorisation decisions adopted on the basis of Article 44(5) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 for the period 1 July – 31 December 2021, at their meeting on 18 March 2022.




ANNEX
List of authorisation decisions
The following authorisation decisions in accordance with Article 44(5) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012) have been taken in the EEA EFTA States during the period 1 July – 31 December 2021:








Biocidal Product Name


Union authorisation decisions under Article 44(5) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012


Country


Date of decision




Lyso IPA Surface Disinfection


32021R0978


Iceland


30.9.2021




Lyso IPA Surface Disinfection


32021R0978


Liechtenstein


11.10.2021




Lyso IPA Surface Disinfection


32021R0978


Norway


11.10.2021




Pesguard® Gel


32021R1044


Iceland


20.12.2021
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10818 – TOTALENERGIES / GIP / CLEARWAY ENERGY GROUP / SUNPOWER GROUP) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 325/01
Date: 2022-08-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy grid, energy production, gas industry, investment, investment company, merger control, oil industry, provision of services, renewable energy, solar energy








C_2022325EN.01000101.xml










29.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 325/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10818 – TOTALENERGIES / GIP / CLEARWAY ENERGY GROUP / SUNPOWER GROUP)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 325/01)
On 11 August 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 32022M10818. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.