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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11612 – ABN AMRO / HAL) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2024-08-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, financial institution, merger control, payment system








C_202405165EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/5165


19.8.2024






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11612 – ABN AMRO / HAL)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/5165)


1.   
On 7 August 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:






—


ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (‘ABN AMRO’, The Netherlands),










—


Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank AG (‘HAL’, Germany), ultimately controlled by Fosun International Limited (China).




ABN AMRO will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of HAL.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


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






—


ABN AMRO is an international financial institution active in retail banking (including private banking), corporate banking, investment banking and offers brokerage, clearing and custody services,










—


HAL is a private bank active in private and corporate banking, investment banking and asset management for liquid and illiquid assets, as well as asset servicing.






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 treatment for certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (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.11612 – ABN AMRO / HAL
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’).

(2)  
            OJ C 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5165/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.113524
Date: 2024-08-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Bremen, Germany, State aid, control of State aid, farming sector, fishing industry, forestry policy








C_202405147EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/5147


19.8.2024






Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
SA.113524
(C/2024/5147)








Date of adoption of the decision


17.6.2024




Aid number


SA.113524




Member State


Germany




Region


Bremen




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Bremen: Trinkwasserschutz - freiwillige Vereinbarungen




Legal basis


§ 8 des Gesetzes über die Erhebung einer Wasserentnahmegebühr (BremWEGG)




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Objective


Agriculture; Forestry; Rural areas, Aid for agri-environment-climate commitments, SMEs




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 360 000  EUR
Annual budget: 60 000  EUR




Intensity


100,0 %




Duration


Until 31.12.2029




Economic sectors


AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING




Name and address of the granting authority







Senatorin für Umwelt, Klima und Wissenschaft




Böhmerspitze 2, 28217 Bremen








Other information


 




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search?caseInstrument=SA



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5147/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.112284
Date: 2024-08-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Brandenburg, Germany, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid








C_202405150EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/5150


19.8.2024






Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
SA.112284
(C/2024/5150)








Date of adoption of the decision


14.6.2024




Aid number


SA.112284




Member State


Germany




Region


BRANDENBURG




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Brandenburg: Richtlinie des Ministeriums für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und Klimaschutz über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen für die Förderung des natürlichen Erbes und des Umweltbewusstseins im Land Brandenburg




Legal basis


Richtlinie des Ministeriums für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und Klimaschutz über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen für die Förderung des natürlichen Erbes und des Umweltbewusstseins im Land Brandenburg




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Objective


Environmental protection




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 37 000 000  EUR
Annual budget: 9 250 000  EUR




Intensity


100,0 %




Duration


Until 31.12.2027




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg (ILB)




Babelsberger Straße 21 14473 Potsdam








Other information


 




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search?caseInstrument=SA



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5150/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.114179
Date: 2024-08-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, aid to agriculture, animal production, control of State aid








C_202405149EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/5149


19.8.2024






Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
SA.114179
(C/2024/5149)








Date of adoption of the decision


14.6.2024




Aid number


SA.114179




Member State


Germany




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Rheinland-Pfalz: Förderung der Erhaltung genetischer Ressourcen in der Landwirtschaft (Erhaltung genetischer Ressourcen – EGR)




Legal basis


Verwaltungsvorschrift (MWVLW 8506) vom 7. September 2010 – MinBl. 2010, S. 165 –, geändert durch Verwaltungsvorschrift vom 16. November 2015 (MULEWF 10424) – MinBl. 2015, S. 327 – (https://www.dlr.rlp.de/EGR)




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Objective


Agri-environmental commitments, Agriculture; Forestry; Rural areas




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 390 000  EUR
Annual budget: 130 000  EUR




Intensity


100,0 %




Duration


1.1.2025 - 31.12.2027




Economic sectors


Animal production




Name and address of the granting authority







Dienstleistungszentrum Ländlicher Raum Westpfalz




Fischerstr. 12, 67655 Kaiserslautern








Other information


 




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search?caseInstrument=SA



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5149/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-560/24, Besthame: Reference for a preliminary ruling from Court of Appeal (Ireland) made on 19 August 2024 – R.S. v Minister for Justice
Date: 2024-08-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, foreign national, fraud, marriage of convenience, married person, residence permit








C_202406914EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/6914


25.11.2024






Reference for a preliminary ruling from Court of Appeal (Ireland) made on 19 August 2024 – R.S. v Minister for Justice


(Case C-560/24, Besthame
                (1)
)

(C/2024/6914)
Language of the case: English

Referring court

Court of Appeal

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: R.S.

Defendant: Minister for Justice

Question referred







1.


Does Directive 2004/38/EC (2) apply to a person who previously obtained the benefit of derived residence in a Member State by virtue of being a spouse of an EU national exercising Treaty rights in the host State but who has more recently become a citizen in the host State and is no longer the beneficiary of any derived benefit in the host State under the Directive, solely for the purpose of investigating and (if appropriate) making a determination or reaching a conclusion that he engaged in a fraud or abuse of rights and/or a marriage of convenience in the past within the meaning of Article 35 of the Directive in order to obtain a benefit under the Directive?






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

(2)  Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States amending Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 and repealing Directives 64/221/EEC, 68/360/EEC, 72/194/EEC, 73/148/EEC, 75/34/EEC, 75/35/EEC, 90/364/EEC, 90/365/EEC and 93/96/EEC, OJ 2004, L 158, p.77.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6914/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 16 August 2024
Date: 2024-08-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202404809EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/4809


19.8.2024






Euro exchange rates (1)


            16 August 2024
         
(C/2024/4809)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0994 




JPY


Japanese yen


162,72 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4616 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85128 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,5435 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9540 




ISK


Iceland króna


152,90 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,8185 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,239 




HUF


Hungarian forint


395,73 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2703 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9758 




TRY


Turkish lira


37,0448 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6577 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5095 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,5705 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8240 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4497 




KRW


South Korean won


1 490,58 




ZAR


South African rand


19,6993 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8758 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 259,48 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8720 




PHP


Philippine peso


62,843 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


38,408 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,0112 




MXN


Mexican peso


20,5459 




INR


Indian rupee


92,2775 






(1)  
            Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4809/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Borgarting Court of Appeal dated 19 August 2024 in the case of The Norwegian State v Greenpeace Nordic, Nature and Youth Norway (Case E-18/24)
Date: 2024-08-19
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, environmental impact, extraction of oil, gas industry, greenhouse gas, industrial project, project evaluation, reduction of gas emissions, retroactivity of a law








C_202500222EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/222


9.1.2025






Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Borgarting Court of Appeal dated 19 August 2024 in the case of The Norwegian State v Greenpeace Nordic, Nature and Youth Norway
(Case E-18/24)
(C/2025/222)

A request has been made to the EFTA Court dated 19 August 2024 from Borgarting Court of Appeal (Borgarting lagmannsrett), which was received at the Court Registry on 2 September 2024, for an Advisory Opinion in the case of The Norwegian State v Greenpeace Nordic, Nature and Youth Norway, on the following questions:






1.


Where a project is listed in Directive 2011/92/EU Annex I point 14, are the greenhouse gas emissions that will be released from the extracted petroleum and natural gas, environmental ‘effects’ of the project under Article 3(1)?










2.


If Question 1 is answered in the affirmative, is a national court required under Article 3 EEA, to the extent possible under national law, to eliminate the unlawful consequences of a development consent granted without a prior EIA of said effects?










3.


If Question 2 is answered in the affirmative and national law allows for the annulation and/or suspension of the unlawful consent, can a national court retroactively dispense with the obligation to assess these effects under Article 3(1) if it is shown that the failure has not influenced the outcome of the decision-making process?






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/222/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-431/24: Action brought on 19 August 2024 – Certinvest v EUIPO – Regal Ventures (Premium Quality REGAL Bakery)
Date: 2024-08-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, advertising, business management, confectionery, confectionery product, foodstuff, prepared foodstuff, registered trade mark, retail trade, trade-mark law








C_202405656EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/5656


30.9.2024






Action brought on 19 August 2024 – Certinvest v EUIPO – Regal Ventures (Premium Quality REGAL Bakery)


(Case T-431/24)

(C/2024/5656)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Certinvest SRL (Păntăşeşti, Romania) (represented by: I. Speciac, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Regal Ventures Ltd (Bradford, United Kingdom)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark Premium Quality REGAL Bakery – Application for registration No 18 418 022
         

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 June 2024 in Joined Cases R 1804/2023-2 and R 1832/2023-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision, thereby obliging EUIPO to register the trade mark at issue for all requested goods and services.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5656/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11638 – TPG / AAREON)
Date: 2024-08-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, real property, software








C_202405283EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/5283


26.8.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11638 – TPG / AAREON)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/5283)

On 19 August 2024, 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 (https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search). 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 32024M11638. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5283/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Notice of a request concerning the applicability of Article 34 of Directive 2014/25/EU – Request made by a Member State
Date: 2024-08-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, award of contract, electrical energy, energy production, wholesale selling








C_202405169EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/5169


19.8.2024






Notice of a request concerning the applicability of Article 34 of Directive 2014/25/EU
Request made by a Member State
(C/2024/5169)

On 24 July 2024 the Commission received a request pursuant to Article 35 of Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (1). The request has been submitted by the Belgian authorities on behalf of Luminus, Norther and Ørsted. The first working day following receipt of the request is 25 July 2024.
This request concerns activities relating to the production and wholesale of electricity in Belgium.
Article 34 of Directive 2014/25/EU provides that ‘contracts intended to enable an activity mentioned in Articles 8 to 14 to be carried out shall not be subject to this Directive if the Member State or the contracting entities having introduced the request pursuant to Article 35 can demonstrate that, in the Member State in which it is performed, the activity is directly exposed to competition on markets to which access is not restricted; nor shall design contests that are organised for the pursuit of such an activity in that geographic area be subject to this Directive’. The assessment of direct exposure to competition that can be carried out in the context of Directive 2014/25/EU is without prejudice to the full-fledged application of competition law.
The Commission is allowed a period of 105 (2) working days to take a decision on this request, commencing on the working day referred to above. The period therefore expires on 20 December 2024.
According to Article 35(5) of Directive 2014/25/EU, further requests concerning the same activities in Belgium submitted before the expiry of the period opened in respect of this request shall not be considered as new procedures and shall be treated in the context of this request.


(1)  Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement procedures by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 243).

(2)  Pursuant to paragraph 1a of Annex IV to Directive 2014/25/EU in combination with the second subparagraph of said paragraph 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5169/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)