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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11383 – COOPER / VIATRIS (EUROPEAN OTC BUSINESS)
Date: 2024-05-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: cosmetic product, economic concentration, food supplement, merger control, pharmaceutical product








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C/2024/3216


16.5.2024






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11383 – COOPER / VIATRIS (EUROPEAN OTC BUSINESS)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/3216)


1.   

On 3 May 2024, 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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Cooper Consumer Health S.A.S. (‘Cooper’, France), controlled by CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS S.A. (‘CVC’, Luxembourg),










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The European over-the-counter business of Viatris Inc. (the ‘Target’, France and Italy).




Cooper will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the Target.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of assets.

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






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Cooper is principally active in the manufacturing and distribution of OTC, consumer health and consumer self-care products,










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The Target is the European OTC business of Viatris. The assets include a range of finished dose pharmaceuticals across, amongst others, body care, body cleansing, intimate hygiene, food supplements, homeopathics and baby hygiene. The acquired entities provide R&D, manufacturing and operational infrastructure support in connection with the assets.






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.11383 – COOPER / VIATRIS (EUROPEAN OTC BUSINESS)
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

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’).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3216/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Green Deal call projects success stories : charting the course to a toxic-free future.
Date: 2024-05-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
Subjects: EU environmental policy, environmental impact, environmental risk prevention, health risk, innovation, public awareness campaign, research project, risk management, toxic substance

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Commission 

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Case C-287/23, Entain Services (Bulgaria): Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 16 May 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad – Bulgaria) – Entain Services (Bulgaria) EOOD v Direktor na Direktsia Obzhalvane i danachno-osiguritelna praktika Sofia pri Tsentralno upravlenie na Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Questions the answer to which may be clearly deduced from the Court’s existing case-law – Freedom of establishment – Restrictions – Corporation tax – Taxation of dividends – Companies registered in Gibraltar)
Date: 2024-05-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Gibraltar, case-law (EU), corporation tax, establishment, nationality of legal persons, principle of proportionality, right of establishment, tax law








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C/2024/4704


5.8.2024






Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 16 May 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad – Bulgaria) – ‘Entain Services (Bulgaria)’ EOOD v Direktor na Direktsia ‘Obzhalvane i danachno-osiguritelna praktika’ Sofia pri Tsentralno upravlenie na Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite


(Case C-287/23,
                (1)
Entain Services (Bulgaria))

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Questions the answer to which may be clearly deduced from the Court’s existing case-law - Freedom of establishment - Restrictions - Corporation tax - Taxation of dividends - Companies registered in Gibraltar)
(C/2024/4704)
Language of the case: Bulgarian

Referring court

Varhoven administrativen sad

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant:
            ‘Entain Services (Bulgaria)’ EOOD

Defendant: Direktor na Direktsia ‘Obzhalvane i danachno-osiguritelna praktika’ Sofia pri Tsentralno upravlenie na Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite

Intervening party: Varhovna administrativna prokuratura

Operative part of the order

Article 49 TFEU must be interpreted as precluding the provisions of national law and the case-law of a Member State which provide for a tax withheld at source on dividends distributed by companies resident in the territory of that Member State to companies established in Gibraltar, whereas dividends distributed to companies resident or established in other Member States are exempted from that tax without those companies needing to satisfy any requirement, where that different tax treatment of companies established in Gibraltar is not justified by an overriding reason relating to the public interest and does not comply with the principle of proportionality.


(1)  
            OJ C 252, 17.7.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4704/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-357/24, Freistaat Bayern: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Visoki trgovački sud Republike Hrvatske (Croatia) lodged on 16 May 2024 – Freistaat Bayern v Euroherc osiguranje d.d.
Date: 2024-05-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, civil liability, claim, damages, employer, health insurance, right of action, social-security harmonisation, trauma








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C/2024/5492


23.9.2024






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Visoki trgovački sud Republike Hrvatske (Croatia) lodged on 16 May 2024 – Freistaat Bayern v Euroherc osiguranje d.d.


(Case C-357/24, Freistaat Bayern)

(C/2024/5492)
Language of the case: Croatian

Referring court

Visoki trgovački sud Republike Hrvatske

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Freistaat Bayern

Defendant: Euroherc osiguranje d.d.

Question referred

Must Article 85(1) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems (1) be interpreted as meaning that in order for an employer, as the institution obliged to pay benefits, to have a recourse claim for sickness benefits paid to an employee for an injury resulting from events that occurred in the territory of another Member State against the third party liable to provide compensation for the injury or against its civil liability insurer, it is necessary for there to exist a legal basis for claiming such compensation in the Member State where the injury occurred?


(1)  Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems (OJ 2004 L 166, p. 1).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5492/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-27/23, Hocinx: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 May 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg - Luxembourg) – FV v Caisse pour l’avenir des enfants (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 45 TFEU – Freedom of movement for workers – Equal treatment – Social advantages – Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 – Article 7(2) – Family allowance – Worker having custody of a child placed with that worker by a court order – Resident worker and non-resident worker – Difference in treatment – No justification)
Date: 2024-05-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: custody, equal treatment, family benefit, free movement of workers, frontier worker, residence








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C/2024/3885


1.7.2024






Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 May 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg - Luxembourg) – FV v Caisse pour l’avenir des enfants


(Case C-27/23,
                (1)
Hocinx
                (2)
)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 45 TFEU - Freedom of movement for workers - Equal treatment - Social advantages - Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 - Article 7(2) - Family allowance - Worker having custody of a child placed with that worker by a court order - Resident worker and non-resident worker - Difference in treatment - No justification)
(C/2024/3885)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Cour de cassation du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: FV

Defendant: Caisse pour l’avenir des enfants

Operative part of the judgment

Article 45 TFEU and Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on freedom of movement for workers within the Union
must be interpreted as
precluding legislation of a Member State under which a non-resident worker may not receive a family allowance associated with his or her employment in that Member State for a child placed with that worker by a court order and of whom he or she has custody, whereas a child placed in care by a court order and residing in that Member State is entitled to receive that allowance, which is paid to the natural or legal person who has custody of that child. The fact that the non-resident worker provides for the upkeep of the child placed with him or her can be taken into account in the context of the grant of a family allowance to such a worker in respect of a child placed in his or her household only if the applicable national legislation provides for such a condition to be attached to the grant of that allowance to a resident worker who has custody of a child placed in his or her household.


(1)  
            OJ C 155, 2.5.2023.

(2)  The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any party to the proceedings.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3885/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-111/24: Order of the General Court of 16 May 2024 – Whitehorse Liquidity Partners v EUIPO – HIG Whitehorse Management (H.I.G. WHITEHORSE)
Date: 2024-05-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, consultancy, financial services, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








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C/2024/3928


1.7.2024






Order of the General Court of 16 May 2024 – Whitehorse Liquidity Partners v EUIPO – HIG Whitehorse Management (H.I.G. WHITEHORSE)


(Case T-111/24)
                (1)

(C/2024/3928)
Language of the case: English
The President of the Seventh Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C C/2024/2773, 29.4.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3928/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)