11.10.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 295/1

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.7027 — Bregal/ISG)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2013/C 295/01

On 13 September 2013, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. 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 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,

—	in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32013M7027. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.

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11.10.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 295/1

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.7012 — JBS/Seara/Zenda)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2013/C 295/02

On 20 September 2013, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. 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 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,

—	in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32013M7012. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.

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11.10.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 295/2

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 7 October 2013

adopting the Council position on draft amending budget No 7 of the European Union for the financial year 2013

2013/C 295/03

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314 thereof, in conjunction with the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (1), and in particular Article 41 thereof,

Whereas:

—	the Union's budget for the financial year 2013 was definitively adopted on 12 December 2012 (2),

—	on 25 July 2013, the Commission submitted a proposal containing draft amending budget No 7 to the general budget for the financial year 2013,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Council's position on draft amending budget No 7 of the European Union for the financial year 2013 was adopted on 7 October 2013.

The full text can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the Council's website: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/

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(1)  OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 66, 8.3.2013, p. 1, with corrigendum in OJ L 134, 18.5.2013, p. 21.

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11.10.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 295/3

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Euro exchange rates (1)

10 October 2013

2013/C 295/04

1 euro =

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,3532
JPY	Japanese yen	132,37
DKK	Danish krone	7,4594
GBP	Pound sterling	0,84810
SEK	Swedish krona	8,8217
CHF	Swiss franc	1,2311
ISK	Iceland króna
NOK	Norwegian krone	8,1900
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	25,529
HUF	Hungarian forint	295,52
LTL	Lithuanian litas	3,4528
LVL	Latvian lats	0,7027
PLN	Polish zloty	4,1958
RON	Romanian leu	4,4592
TRY	Turkish lira	2,6800
AUD	Australian dollar	1,4346
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,4053
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	10,4933
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,6395
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,6918
KRW	South Korean won	1 451,29
ZAR	South African rand	13,4895
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	8,2773
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,6085
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	15 057,06
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,3120
PHP	Philippine peso	58,429
RUB	Russian rouble	43,6864
THB	Thai baht	42,450
BRL	Brazilian real	2,9722
MXN	Mexican peso	17,7810
INR	Indian rupee	82,7890

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

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11.10.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 295/4

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Notice of the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons

2013/C 295/05

The Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic hereby gives notice that on 6 August 2013 it received an application for the designation of an exploration area for the geological prospection and confirmation of deposits of flammable natural gas (hydrocarbons) in the ‘Trnava’ area; the period requested is four years.

The proposed exploration area covers 791,3 km2 in the districts of Galanta, Hlohovec, Piešťany, Trnava, Pezinok and Senec and is delimited by lines connecting vertices (forming a closed geometrical shape with straight sides).

Number and coordinates of the vertices of the exploration area:

Points	Y	X
1.	535 913,88	1 275 425,97
2.	543 879,19	1 267 007,48
3.	560 136,84	1 273 899,13
4.	560 840,59	1 271 022,93
5.	539 436,01	1 240 922,74
6.	525 580,37	1 240 731,63
7.	518 150,87	1 245 972,29
8.	524 977,17	1 262 581,14
9.	530 537,18	1 263 562,82
10.	532 190,00	1 265 255,96
11.	532 190,00	1 266 868,47
12.	528 682,79	1 265 336,58
13.	531 888,34	1 271 726,67
14.	534 940,73	1 275 425,97

The above points are identified by means of coordinates in the system of coordinates of the Uniform Trigonometric Cadastral Network of the Slovak Republic.

Companies interested in the designation of an exploration area for flammable natural gas (hydrocarbons) may submit competing applications within 90 days from the publication of this notice. Applications received after that period will not be taken into consideration.

The Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic will take a decision on the applications no later than six months after the expiry of the period specified above and will notify all applicants of the results.

Applications must contain the basic particulars specified in Section 23(5) of Act No 569/2007 on geological works (Geology Act), as amended, as published in the Zbierka zákonov Slovenskej republiky (Collection of Laws of the Slovak Republic) on 25 October 2007, and information on the principal's technical and financial capacity. Applications which do not contain such particulars will not be evaluated.

Applications for the designation of an exploration area are to be submitted in writing, in Slovak, in a sealed envelope marked ‘Konkurenčný návrh PÚ Trnava’ to the following address:

Ministerstvo životného prostredia Slovenskej republiky

Sekcia geológie a prírodných zdrojov

Námestie Ľudovíta Štúra 1

812 35 Bratislava

SLOVENSKO/SLOVAKIA

Detailed information is available from the State Geological Administration Department (Odbor štátnej geologickej správy) of the Slovak Ministry of the Environment (tel. +421 257783111 / 108).

E-mail: Erika.benakova@enviro.gov.sk

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11.10.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 295/6

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Notice concerning the judgments by the Court of Justice of the European Union in case C-249/10P and C-247/10P in relation to Council Regulation (EC) No 1472/2006 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitely the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain footwear with uppers of leather originating in the People's Republic of China and Vietnam

2013/C 295/06

In its judgments of 2 February 2012 in case C-249/10P (1) Brosmann et al and of 15 November 2012 in case C-247/10P (2) Zhejiang Aokang Shoes Co. Ltd, the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘the Court’) partially annulled Council Regulation (EC) No 1472/2006 of 5 October 2006 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitely the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain footwear with uppers of leather originating in the People's Republic of China and Vietnam (‘the Regulation’) (3). The Regulation was annulled in so far as it relates to Brosmann Footwear (HK) Ltd, Seasonable Footwear (Zhongshan) Ltd, Lung Pao Footwear (Guangzhou) Ltd and Risen Footwear (HK) Co Ltd as well as Zhejiang Aokang Shoes Co. Ltd (‘the exporting producers concerned’).

In the respective judgments the Court stated that the Union institutions should have examined and decided upon the requests for market economy treatment (‘MET’) lodged by the exporting producers concerned.

Article 266 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union provides that the institutions must take the necessary measures to comply with the Court's judgments.

In order to comply with that obligation, the Commission decided to resume the procedure for replacing the annulled parts of the Regulation at the very point at which the illegality occurred and to examine whether market economy conditions prevailed for the exporting producers concerned for the period from 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005.

Depending on the findings of the on-going procedure, it may also be necessary to amend accordingly Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1294/2009 of 22 December 2009 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain footwear with uppers of leather originating in Vietnam and originating in the People's Republic of China, as extended to imports of certain footwear with uppers of leather consigned from the Macao SAR, whether declared as originating in the Macao SAR or not, following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (4).

1.   Identification of the interested parties

The Commission is currently analysing the findings concerning the MET assessment carried out in respect of the exporting producers concerned.

The Commission envisages disclosing the findings of its MET assessment as well as the proposed implementation of the Court's judgments to all interested parties in the original investigation if they so request.

Since the original investigation was carried out in 2005-2006 and to ensure that the Commission has the correct contact details of potential interested parties, the Commission hereby invites all the interested parties that came forward in the original investigation to indicate whether they wish to receive the above-mentioned disclosure and, if so, to provide the following information:

—	the category of the interested party in the present case (e.g. Union producer, unrelated importer, exporting producer etc.);

—	confirmation of the interest to be involved as interested party in the current implementation of the Court's judgments;

—	name, address and e-mail address of the interested party;

—	supporting documentation demonstrating that the party was an interested party in the original investigation.

2.   Time limit

The above information must be received by the Commission within 15 days of the publication of this Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.

3.   Written responses and correspondence

All relevant information is to be communicated to the Commission in writing and must indicate the name, address, e-mail address and telephone of the interested party.

Commission address for correspondence is:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Trade

Directorate H

Office: N105 08/020

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

E-mail: TRADE-AD499-Footwear-Court@ec.europa.eu

4.   Hearing Officer

Interested parties may request the intervention of the Hearing Officer for the Directorate-General for Trade. The Hearing Officer acts as an interface between the interested parties and the Commission investigation services. The Hearing Officer reviews requests for access to the file, disputes regarding the confidentiality of documents, requests for extension of time limits and requests by third parties to be heard. The Hearing Officer may organise a hearing with an individual interested party and mediate to ensure that the interested parties' rights of defence are being fully exercised.

A request for a hearing with the Hearing Officer should be made in writing and should specify the reasons for the request. For hearings on issues pertaining to the initial stage of the investigation the request must be submitted within 15 days of the date of publication of this Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union. Thereafter, a request to be heard must be submitted within specific deadlines set by the Commission in its communication with the parties.

The Hearing Officer will also provide opportunities for a hearing involving parties to take place which would allow different views to be presented and rebuttal arguments offered. For further information and contact details interested parties may consult the Hearing Officer's web pages on DG Trade's website:

http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/degucht/contact/hearing-officer/

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(1)  OJ C 80, 17.3.2012, p. 3.

(2)  OJ C 9, 12.1.2013, p. 5.

(3)  OJ L 275, 6.10.2006, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 352, 30.12.2009, p. 1.

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11.10.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 295/9

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Corrigendum to an amendment application published pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (2013/C 134/10)

( Official Journal of the European Union C 134 of 14 May 2013 )

2013/C 295/07

On pages 39 and 42:

for:

read:

on page 40, point 3.3, second paragraph,

on page 41, point 3.3, last paragraph and point 3.4(c),

on page 42, point 3.6, second paragraph, point 1 and point 3.2, first and third paragraphs,

on page 45, point 3.7, first paragraph and first indent, and second paragraph,

on page 47, point 5.2, first paragraph:

for:

‘ “Miel de Corse”/“Mele di Corsica” ’,

read:

‘ “Miel de Corse - Mele di Corsica” ’.

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