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Official Journal of the European Union

C 75/1

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 75/6

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in the merger section of the Competition 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/en/index.htm) under document number 32013M6811. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 75/7

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 75/8

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Carte de séjour temporaire comportant une mention particulière qui varie selon le motif du séjour autorisé (Temporary residence permit bearing specific wording which varies according to the reasons for the authorised stay)

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Carte de séjour portant la mention «compétences et talents» (Residence permit bearing the words ‘skills and expertise’)

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Carte de séjour portant la mention «retraité» (Residence permit bearing the word ‘retired’)

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Carte de résident (Resident card)

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Carte de résident portant la mention «résident de longue durée-CE» (Resident's card bearing the words ‘long-term EC resident’)

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Carte de résident délivrée aux ressortissants andorrans (Resident's card issued to Andorran nationals)

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Certificat de résidence d'Algérien (Residence certificate for Algerian nationals)

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Carte de séjour délivrée aux membres de famille (les membres de famille peuvent être des ressortissants de pays tiers) des citoyens de l'Union européenne, des ressortissants des États parties à l'Espace économique européen et des ressortissants suisses (Residence permit issued to family members (family members can also be third-country nationals) of citizens of the EU and nationals of the EEA/Switzerland)

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Autorisation provisoire de séjour portant la mention «volontariat associatif» (Temporary authorisation to stay bearing the words ‘voluntary community service’)

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Autorisation provisoire de séjour portant la mention «étudiant en recherche d’emploi» (Temporary authorisation to stay bearing the words ‘student looking for employment’)

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Autorisation provisoire de séjour portant la mention «parent accompagnant d’un mineur étranger malade» (Temporary authorisation to stay bearing the words ‘parent accompanying sick alien who is a minor’)

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Autorisation provisoire de séjour ne portant pas de mention spécifique (Temporary authorisation to stay bearing no specific wording)

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Liste des personnes participant à un voyage scolaire à l'intérieur de l'Union européenne (List of persons participating in a school trip within the European Union)

NB:

Since 13 May 2002, all residence permits, resident's cards and residence certificates have been in the form of a laminated plastic card following the uniform European model. Previous models valid until 12 May 2012 are still in circulation.

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Carte de séjour de résident temporaire de Monaco (Temporary resident permit — Monaco)

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Carte de séjour de résident ordinaire de Monaco (Ordinary resident permit — Monaco)

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Carte de séjour de résident privilégié de Monaco (Privileged resident permit — Monaco)

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Carte de séjour de conjoint de ressortissant monégasque (Residence permit for the spouse of a person of Monegasque nationality).

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Récépissés de renouvellement de demande de titre de séjour, accompagnés du titre de séjour périmé (Receipt for a renewed application for a resident permit, together with the expired residence permit)

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Documents issued to aliens who are minors:

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Titres de séjour spéciaux (special residence permits)

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‘CMD/A’: délivré au chef d'une mission diplomatique (‘CMD/A’: issued to heads of diplomatic missions)

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‘CMD/M’: délivré au chef de mission d'une organisation internationale (‘CMD/M’: issued to heads of mission of international organisations)

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‘CMD/D’: délivré au chef d'une délégation permanente auprès d'une organisation internationale (‘CMD/D’: issued to heads of permanent delegations to international organisations)

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‘CD/A’: délivré aux agents du corps diplomatique (‘CD/A’: issued to diplomatic officials)

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‘CD/M’: délivré aux hauts fonctionnaires d'une organisation internationale (‘CD/M’: issued to senior officials of an international organisation)

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‘CD/D’: délivré aux assimilés membres d'une délégation permanente auprès d'une organisation internationale (‘CD/D’: issued to officials comparable to officials who are members of a permanent delegation to an international organisation)

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‘CC/C’: délivré aux fonctionnaires consulaires (‘CC/C’: issued to consular officials)

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‘AT/A’: délivré au personnel administratif ou technique d'une ambassade (‘AT/A’: issued to administrative or technical staff of an embassy)

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‘AT/C’: délivré au personnel administratif ou technique d'un consulat (‘AT/C’: issued to administrative or technical staff of a consulate)

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‘AT/M’: délivré au personnel administratif ou technique d'une organisation internationale (‘AT/M’: issued to administrative or technical staff of an international organisation)

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‘AT/D’: délivré au personnel administratif ou technique d'une délégation permanente auprès d'une organisation internationale (‘AT/D’: issued to administrative or technical staff of a permanent delegation to an international organisation)

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‘SE/A’: délivré au personnel de service d'une ambassade (‘SE/A’: issued to service staff of an embassy)

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‘SE/C’: délivré au personnel de service d'un consulat (‘SE/C’: issued to service staff of a consulate)

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‘SE/M’: délivré au personnel de service d'une organisation internationale (‘SE/M’: issued to service staff of international organisations)

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‘SE/D’: délivré au personnel de service d'une délégation permanente auprès d'une organisation internationale (‘SE/D’: issued to service staff of a permanent delegation to an international organisation)

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‘PP/A’: délivré au personnel privé d'un diplomate (‘PP/A’: issued to private staff of a diplomat)

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‘PP/C’: délivré au personnel privé d'un fonctionnaire consulaire (‘PP/C’: issued to private staff of a consular official)

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‘PP/M’: délivré au personnel privé d'un membre d'une organisation internationale (‘PP/M’: issued to private staff of a member of an international organisation)

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‘PP/D’: délivré au personnel privé d'un membre d'une délégation permanente auprès d'une organisation internationale (‘PP/D’: issued to private staff of a member of a permanent delegation to an international organisation)

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‘EM/A’: délivré aux envoyés en mission temporaire, enseignants ou militaires à statut spécial attachés auprès d'une ambassade (‘EM/A’: issued to envoys on temporary mission, teachers or military staff with special status attached to an embassy)

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‘EM/C’: délivré aux envoyés en mission temporaire, enseignants ou militaires à statut spécial attachés auprès d'un consulat (‘EM/C’: issued to envoys on temporary mission, teachers or military staff with special status attached to a consulate)

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‘EM/M’: délivré aux envoyés en mission temporaire auprès d'une organisation internationale (‘EM/M’: issued to envoys on temporary mission to an international organisation)

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‘EM/D’: délivré aux envoyés en mission temporaire dans une délégation permanente auprès d'une organisation internationale (‘EM/D’: issued to envoys on temporary mission to a permanent delegation to an international organisation)

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‘FI/M’: délivré aux fonctionnaires internationaux des organisations internationales (‘FI/M’: issued to international officials of international organisations)

NB 1:

Dependants (spouses, children under the age of 21 and dependent relatives in the ascending line) receive a special residence permit of the same category as that of the holder to whom they are related.

NB 2:

‘Attestations de Fonctions’ (Certificates of appointment, classes ‘CMR’, ‘CR’, ‘AR’, ‘SR’ and ‘FR’) issued by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs to staff of the abovementioned missions and bodies who have French nationality or who are domiciled in France, and to international officials domiciled abroad (‘EF/M’), are not considered special permits.

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 75/11

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 75/12

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Macroeconomics

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Financial economics

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 75/13

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Article 1(1) of Council Directive 94/19/EC on deposit-guarantee schemes is to be interpreted as meaning that funds which a lending credit institution delivers to a borrowing credit institution, and which must be repaid on a predetermined date, together with interest which has been specially negotiated, are to be regarded as a deposit within the meaning of that provision. This applies even though the funds are not placed in a special account in the name of the lending credit institution, the borrowing credit institution has not issued any special documents recording the receipt of the funds, has not paid premiums in respect of the funds to the Depositors’ and Investors’ Guarantee Fund, and the funds have not been entered as a deposit in the books of the borrowing credit institution.

However, such funds transferred from one credit institution to another, pursuant to a loan agreement, constitute deposits not covered by the guarantee schemes provided for in Directive 94/19/EC. Such funds are thus not eligible for repayment under that Directive. Therefore, a distinction can be made between a functional definition of eligible deposits under Directive 94/19/EC, which is based on Article 1(1) read in light of Article 2, and a technical definition, which also includes deposits not covered by the guarantee schemes provided for in Directive 94/19/EC and, thus, not eligible for repayment. It is for the national court to ascertain whether a technical or a functional definition of deposit is to be applied under national law for the purposes of the present case.

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For the purpose of determining whether a loan between two credit institutions in the EEA is a deposit within the meaning of Article 1(1) of Directive 94/19/EC, it is of no significance that the home State of the borrowing bank has availed itself of the authority established in Article 7(2) of Directive 94/19/EC to exclude deposits by financial institutions from deposit guarantee.

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Where a credit institution lending funds on the interbank market is authorised to accept deposits from the general public, it is of no significance for the qualification of an interbank loan by this institution to another credit institution as a deposit within the meaning of Article 1(1) of Directive 94/19/EC that it does not accept such deposits but finances its operations by means of contributions from its owner and through the issue of financial instruments, subsequently re-lending that money on the interbank market, unless the authorisation of the institution to take up and pursue the business of a credit institution has been withdrawn by the competent authority.

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 75/15

It does not contravene Article 16(1) EEA if an EEA State provides in legislation, or through administrative acts, that a body exercising a State monopoly on the retail of alcohol may refuse to accept for sale in its outlets alcoholic beverages containing stimulants such as caffeine.

However, such a selection rule must apply in the same manner to domestic and imported alcoholic beverages containing stimulants. If, as in the present case, there is no domestic production, and the selection rule does not aim to protect domestic production of similar products, it cannot be deemed to place operators or products from other EEA States at a disadvantage.

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 75/16

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Does the term unit-linked policies, within the meaning of Annex III A a11 and a12 of Directive 2002/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 concerning life assurance, refer exclusively to units (‘Common Funds’) within the meaning of Council Directive 85/611/EEC of 20 December 1985 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) or does Annex III A a11 and a12 also apply for example where payments from a life assurance contract are linked to a share index or other reference value?

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If Question 1 is answered by the Court to the effect that Annex III A a11 and a12 of Directive 2002/83/EC does not restrict ‘unit-linked policies’ to investment companies (‘Common Funds’) within the meaning of Directive 85/611/EEC:

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Does Article 36(1) of Directive 2002/83/EC make it mandatory for the assurance undertaking to provide the details set out in Annex III A or is it sufficient if this information is given to the policy-holder by a third party, for example by an insurance intermediary within the meaning of Directive 2002/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 December 2002 on insurance mediation?

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Does Directive 2002/83/EC require that Article 36 be implemented into national law by the Member States in such a way that policy holders acquire a civil law right against the assurance undertaking to be notified of the details pursuant to Annex III, or is it sufficient for the implementation into national law if a breach of the duties to provide information under Annex III of the Directive is only subject to sanction by a regulatory body such as by the imposition of a fine, withdrawal of license or other similar measure?

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 75/17

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On 7 March 2013, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which General Electric Company (‘GE’, USA) and Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in München (‘Munich Re’, Germany) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation indirect joint control of Iberdrola Renovables France S.A.S. (‘Iberdrola Renovables France’, France), by way of a purchase of shares.

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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC 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 the EC Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

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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. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6870 — GE/Munich Re/Iberdrola Renovables France, to the following address: