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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11892 - GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES / NOVARES GROUP) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2025-02-24
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, motor vehicle industry, plastics, vehicle parts








C_202501363EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1363


24.2.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11892 - GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES / NOVARES GROUP)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/1363)


1.   
On 12 February 2025, 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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Mr Patrick James (United States), who controls First Brands Group LLC (‘FBG’, United States) and Global Technologies SARL (‘Global Technologies’, Luxembourg)










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Novares Group SAS (‘Novares’, France)




Mr Patrick James, through Global Technologies, will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Novares.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


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






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Mr Patrick James controls FBG, which is involved in the development, marketing and sale of solutions in the automotive sector, including braking systems, filtration products, wiper blades, water and fuel pumps, and spark plugs.










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Novares is a global supplier of plastics solutions that designs and manufactures parts and systems for the automotive industry.






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.11892 - GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES / NOVARES GROUP
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/2025/1363/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-177/25, Dyrektor Izby Administracji Skarbowej w Gdańsku: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny (Poland) lodged on 24 February 2025 – C. v Dyrektor Izby Administracji Skarbowej w Gdańsku
Date: 2025-02-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU customs procedure, customs debt, customs formalities, customs profession, equal treatment, tariff quota








C_202502563EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2563


12.5.2025






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny (Poland) lodged on 24 February 2025 – C. v Dyrektor Izby Administracji Skarbowej w Gdańsku


(Case T-177/25, Dyrektor Izby Administracji Skarbowej w Gdańsku)

(C/2025/2563)
Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: C. sp. z o.o. sp.k.

Respondent: Dyrektor Izby Administracji Skarbowej w Gdańsku

Questions referred







1.


Must Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union be interpreted as meaning that giving priority in the use of a tariff quota to entities making a customs declaration with the intention of later amending it under Article 173(3) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (1) over those making a correct customs declaration at the earliest possible date breaches the principles of equality, justice and solidarity?










2.


Must Article 173(3) of the Union Customs Code be interpreted as allowing a customs declaration to be amended in order to ‘comply with the obligations relating to the placing of the goods under the customs procedure concerned’ by supplementing it (for instance, with a tariff quota number) and by replacing the erga omnes rate with a preferential duty rate in the customs declaration?










3.


Must Article 22(3), read in conjunction with Article 173(3) of the Union Customs Code, be interpreted as meaning that the date on which a request to apply a tariff quota is submitted for an entity that makes an incomplete customs declaration is the date on which it was originally submitted or rather the date on which the administrative decision by which the customs authority permits the customs declaration to be amended becomes final, assuming that the maximum time limit for taking that decision is 120 days?










4.


Must Article 120(1) of the Union Customs Code be interpreted as meaning that special circumstances where ‘no deception or obvious negligence may be attributed to the debtor’ in connection with a customs debt being incurred also obtain if that debt is incurred despite the submission, at the earliest possible date, of a correct customs declaration with the preferential duty rate resulting from a tariff quota?






(1)  
            OJ 2013 L 269, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2563/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)