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Official Journal of the European Union

C 110/1

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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 32010M5763. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 110/2

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In its Decision of 16 February 2010 (2), the Council appointed the members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work for the period from 1 March 2010 until 28 February 2013, except for certain members and alternate members, including the Italian members and alternate members for the government, trade union and employers’ organisation categories.

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The Italian Government has proposed candidates for the vacant seats,

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 110/3

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 110/4

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The European Commission, Directorate-General for Environment, Protection of Water Environment Unit, is launching a Call for Proposals with the aim of identifying three to five projects eligible for financial support, promoting action on desertification and droughts in pilot river basins, and contributing to the exchange of best practices at the local level on four issues, such as conservation of rainwater and surface water, alternative forms of irrigation, water saving/water efficiency measures and crops consuming less water. The pilot projects are demonstration projects aimed at testing specially designed technologies, techniques or practices. They will have to demonstrate the potential of water saving for improving human and environmental conditions in different regions of the European Union, using low-cost approaches.

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The eligibility criteria, the priority regions, the economic sectors concerned, the duration and the financing conditions are set out in the relevant Grant Application Guide, which also contains detailed instructions on where and when to submit a proposal. The guide, as well as the relevant grant application forms can be downloaded from the Europa website at:

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/funding/grants_en.htm

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Proposals must be sent to the Commission to the address indicated in the Grant Application Guide by 30 June 2010. Proposals must be submitted by post or private courier no later than 30 June 2010 (evidence shall be constituted by the date of dispatch, the postmark or the date of the deposit slip). They may also be delivered by hand to the specific address indicated in the Guide no later than 30 June 2010 at 17:00 (evidence shall be the acknowledgement of receipt dated and signed by the responsible official).

Proposals submitted by fax, electronic mail, incomplete applications, applications sent in several parts or after the deadline for the submission will not be accepted.

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The procedure for the award of grants is scheduled as follows:

Beneficiaries will be selected on the basis of the criteria set out in the guide and within the limits of the available budget.

In the event of approval by the Commission, a grant agreement (made out in Euro) will be concluded between the Commission and the party submitting the proposal.

The procedure is strictly confidential.

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 110/5

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EPSO/AD/178/10 — Librarianship/Information Science

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EPSO/AD/179/10 — Audiovisual

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EPSO/AD/180/10 — Information systems security (INFOSEC)

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EPSO/AD/181/10 — Competition law

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EPSO/AD/182/10 — Industrial economics

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 110/6

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On 20 April 2010 the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Agip Austria GmbH (‘Agip Austria’, Austria) wholly controlled by Eni S.p.A. (‘ENI’, Italy) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Mobil Oil Austria GmbH (‘Mobil Oil Austria’, Austria), fully owned by ExxonMobil Central Europe Holding GmbH (‘EMCEH’, Germany), by way of purchase of shares.

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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC 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. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5796 — Eni/Mobil Oil Austria, to the following address:

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 110/7

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On 21 April 2010, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Barclays Bank PLC (‘Barclays’, UK) and Hilton Hotels Corporation (‘Hilton’, UK), which is controlled by the Blackstone Group (‘Blackstone’, USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control over a portfolio of 8 European hotels (the Portfolio Hotels), currently jointly controlled by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund VI International-T, L.P. (‘MSRF’, USA) and Hilton, by way of a mixture of share and assets purchase.

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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

3.

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.5874 — Barclays/Blackstone/Portfolio Hotels, to the following address: