15.5.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 145/1

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7211 — AXA/PSPIB/Real Estate Portfolio in Milan)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2014/C 145/01

On 6 May 2014, 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 language 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 32014M7211. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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15.5.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 145/2

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 6 May 2014

appointing one member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency

2014/C 145/02

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (1), and in particular Article 79 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)	Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 provides that the Council is to appoint as members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (‘the Management Board’) one representative from each Member State.

(2)	By its Decision of 17 May 2011 (2), the Council appointed 15 members of the Management Board.

(3)	The Government of Denmark has informed the Council of its intention to replace the Danish representative on the Management Board and has submitted a nomination for a new representative, who should be appointed for a period which runs until 31 May 2015,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Mr Henrik Søren LARSEN, of Danish nationality, born on 9 December 1961, shall be appointed member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency, replacing Mr Peter ØSTERGAARD, for the period from 6 May 2014 to 31 May 2015.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

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(1)  OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 151, 21.5.2011, p. 1.

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15.5.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 145/4

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 6 May 2014

appointing one member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency

2014/C 145/03

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (1), and in particular Article 79 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)	Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 provides that the Council is to appoint as members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (‘the Management Board’) one representative from each Member State.

(2)	By its Decision of 17 May 2011 (2), the Council appointed 15 members of the Management Board.

(3)	The Government of Malta has informed the Council of its intention to replace the Maltese representative on the Management Board and has submitted a nomination for a new representative, who should be appointed for a period which runs until 31 May 2015,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Mr Tristan Charles CAMILLERI, of Maltese nationality, born on 18 May 1980, shall be appointed member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency, replacing Mr Francis E. FARRUGIA, for the period from 6 May 2014 to 31 May 2015.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

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(1)  OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 151, 21.5.2011, p. 1.

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15.5.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 145/5

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 6 May 2014

appointing and replacing members of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training

2014/C 145/04

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/75 of 10 February 1975 establishing the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, and in particular Article 4 thereof (1),

Having regard to the nomination submitted by the Italian government,

Whereas:

(1)	By its Decision of 16 July 2012 (2), the Council appointed the members of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the period from 18 September 2012 to 17 September 2015.

(2)	A member’s seat is available for Italy on the Governing Board of the Centre in the category of Government representatives as a result of the resignation of Ms Lucia SCARPITTI.

(3)	The members of the Governing Board of the aforementioned Centre should be appointed for the remainder of the current term of office, which expires on 17 September 2015.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The following person is hereby appointed as a member of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the remainder of the term of office, which runs until 17 September 2015:

Government representatives:

ITALY

Mr Salvatore PIRRONE

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(1)  OJ L 39, 13.2.1975, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 228, 31.7.2012, p. 3.

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15.5.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 145/6

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Euro exchange rates (1)

14 May 2014

2014/C 145/05

1 euro =

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,3719
JPY	Japanese yen	139,65
DKK	Danish krone	7,4646
GBP	Pound sterling	0,81770
SEK	Swedish krona	8,9990
CHF	Swiss franc	1,2199
ISK	Iceland króna
NOK	Norwegian krone	8,1165
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	27,430
HUF	Hungarian forint	304,30
LTL	Lithuanian litas	3,4528
PLN	Polish zloty	4,1884
RON	Romanian leu	4,4385
TRY	Turkish lira	2,8519
AUD	Australian dollar	1,4597
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,4958
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	10,6346
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,5827
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,7145
KRW	South Korean won	1 409,91
ZAR	South African rand	14,1824
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	8,5453
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,5893
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	15 667,67
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,4209
PHP	Philippine peso	59,762
RUB	Russian rouble	47,6600
THB	Thai baht	44,484
BRL	Brazilian real	3,0422
MXN	Mexican peso	17,7335
INR	Indian rupee	81,5807

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

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15.5.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 145/7

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Information provided by the Commission pursuant to Article 11 of Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of Information Society services (1)

Statistics on technical regulations notified in 2013 under the 98/34/EC notification procedure

2014/C 145/06

I.   Table showing the different types of responses addressed to Member States of the European Union regarding their respective notified drafts

Member States	Number of Notifications	Observations (2)			Detailed Opinions (3)		Proposals for Community legislation
		MS	COM	EFTA (4) TR (5)	MS	COM	9.3 (6)	9.4 (7)
Belgium	27	9	7	0	3	4	0	2
Bulgaria	16	4	1	0	0	3	0	0
Czech Rep.	30	9	6	0	1	2	0	0
Denmark	34	6	8	0	1	7	0	0
Germany	61	5	5	0	2	12	1	0
Estonia	12	2	5	0	1	1	0	0
Ireland	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	12	1	8	0	1	4	0	0
Spain	47	9	12	0	1	4	0	0
France	49	3	6	0	8	1	0	0
Croatia	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Italy	34	4	14	0	3	5	1	1
Cyprus	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Latvia	5	2	1	0	7	2	0	0
Lithuania	17	8	6	0	8	5	0	0
Luxembourg	16	3	7	0	0	6	0	0
Hungary	38	14	10	0	9	8	0	0
Malta	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	41	2	3	0	0	3	0	0
Austria	63	8	5	0	0	1	0	0
Poland	27	4	6	0	1	0	0	0
Portugal	5	0	2	0	1	1	0	0
Romania	12	0	3	0	0	4	0	0
Slovenia	9	2	4	0	2	1	0	0
Slovakia	33	17	15	0	7	8	0	0
Finland	29	1	6	0	0	2	0	0
Sweden	33	3	5	0	1	1	0	0
United Kingdom	42	6	6	0	0	2	0	0
EU Total	705	123	156	0	59	87	2	3

II.   Table showing the breakdown by sector of drafts notified by Member States of the European Union

Sector	BE	BG	CZ	CY	DK	DE	EE	IE	GR	ES	FR	HR	IT	LV	LT	LU	HU	MT	NL	AT	PL	PT	RO	SI	SK	FI	SE	UK	Total
Building and construction	5	5	1	1	8	12	2	3	1	8	8	0	5	0	5	0	2	0	14	41	3	0	6	0	7	3	3	15	158
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	8	5	5	1	5	5	1	0	1	7	18	0	12	3	7	0	9	0	9	0	5	1	0	1	15	6	4	6	134
Chemical products	4	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	29
Pharmaceutical products	0	1	7	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	2	28
Domestic and leisure equipment	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	29
Mechanical	3	2	4	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	2	2	2	0	3	1	37
Energy, minerals, wood	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	3	1	0	6	0	1	4	35
Environment, packaging	2	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	12	8	0	6	1	1	0	1	1	0	5	1	7	56
Health, medical equipment	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Transport	1	0	1	0	6	6	0	1	2	2	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	6	0	42
Telecommunications	2	0	0	0	0	25	2	0	0	16	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	8	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	3	70
Miscellaneous products	0	1	8	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	40
Information society services	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	6	0	4	0	0	1	4	1	1	0	7	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	37
Total per Member State	27	16	30	2	34	61	12	8	12	47	49	1	34	5	17	16	38	2	41	63	27	5	12	9	33	29	33	42	705

III.   Table showing remarks relating to drafts notified by Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway (8) and Switzerland (9)

Country	Notifications	EC Observations (10)
Iceland	3	1
Liechtenstein	0	0
Switzerland	7	2
Norway	13	6
Total	23	9

IV.   Table showing the breakdown by sector of drafts notified by Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Sector	Iceland	Liechtenstein	Norway	Switzerland	Total
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	1		3	1	5
Metrology	1				1
Building and construction	1		2	1	4
Transport			3		3
Telecommunications				3	3
Miscellaneous products			1		1
Environment and packaging			1		1
98/48/EC services			2		2
Domestic and leisure equipment			1		1
Energy, minerals, wood				2	2
Total per country	3	0	13	7	23

V.   Table showing drafts notified by Turkey and the observations relating thereto

Turkey	Notifications	EC Observations
Total	6	2

VI.   Table showing the breakdown by sector of drafts notified by Turkey

Sector	Turkey
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	3
Energy, minerals, wood	2
Miscellaneous products	1
Total	6

VII.   Statistics on infringement proceedings in progress in 2013 and launched on the basis of Article 226 of the EC Treaty against national technical regulations adopted in breach of the provisions of Directive 98/34/EC

Country	Number
Spain	1
Poland	1
EU Total	2

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(1)  Directive 98/34/EC of 22 June 1998 (OJ L 204 of 21 July 1998) codifies Directive 83/189/EEC, as amended principally by Directives 88/182/EEC and 94/10/EC. Directive 98/34/EC was amended by Directive 98/48/EC of 20 July 1998 (OJ L 217 of 5 August 1998), which extended its scope to Information Society services.

(2)  Article 8.2 of the Directive.

(3)  Article 9.2 of the Directive (‘detailed opinion... to the effect that the measure envisaged may create obstacles to the free movement of goods or the free movement of services or to the freedom of establishment of service operators within the internal market’.)

(4)  Under the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the EFTA countries which are contracting parties to this Agreement shall apply Directive 98/34/EC, adapted as necessary in accordance with Annex II, Chapter XIX, point 1, and may thus put forward observations concerning drafts notified by European Union Member States. Switzerland may also put forward such observations, on the basis of an informal agreement on the exchange of information in the field of technical regulations.

(5)  The 98/34/EC procedure was extended to Turkey under the Association Agreement concluded with that country (the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and Turkey (OJ 1964, p. 3687) and Decisions No 1/95 and No 2/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council).

(6)  Article 9.3 of the Directive requiring Member States to postpone adoption of the notified draft (with the exception of draft regulations relating to services) for 12 months from its reception by the Commission if the latter announces its intention to propose or adopt a directive, regulation or decision on this subject.

(7)  Article 9.4 of the Directive requiring Member States to postpone adoption of the notified draft for 12 months from its reception by the Commission if the latter announces its finding that the draft concerns a matter which is covered by a proposal for a directive, regulation or decision presented to the Council.

(8)  The Agreement on the European Economic Area (see note 4) lays down the obligation for EFTA countries party to this Agreement to notify draft technical regulations to the Commission.

(9)  On the basis of the informal agreement on the exchange of information in the field of technical regulations (see note 4), Switzerland also submits its draft technical regulations to the Commission.

(10)  The only type of reaction provided for under the Agreement on the European Economic Area (see notes 4 and 7) is the possibility that the EU put forward observations (Article 8.2 of Directive 98/34/EC as included in Annex II, Chapter XIX, point 1 of this Agreement). The same type of response may be issued with regard to notifications from Switzerland on the basis of the informal agreement between the EU and this country (see notes 4 and 8).

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15.5.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 145/12

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Special Report No 4/2014

‘Integration of EU water policy objectives with the CAP: a partial success’

2014/C 145/07

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 4/2014 ‘Integration of EU water policy objectives with the CAP: a partial success’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu

A hard copy version of the report may be obtained free of charge on request to the Court of Auditors:

European Court of Auditors

Unit ‘Audit: Production of Reports’

12, rue Alcide De Gasperi

1615 Luxembourg

LUXEMBOURG

Tel. +352 4398-1

E-mail: eca-info@eca.europa.eu

or by filling in an electronic order form on EU-Bookshop.

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15.5.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 145/13

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NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITIONS

2014/C 145/08

The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is organising the following open competitions:

EPSO/AD/279/14 — DANISH-LANGUAGE (DA) LAWYER-LINGUISTS (AD 7)

EPSO/AD/280/14 — FINNISH-LANGUAGE (FI) LAWYER-LINGUISTS (AD 7)

EPSO/AD/281/14 — SLOVAK-LANGUAGE (SK) LAWYER-LINGUISTS (AD 7)

EPSO/AD/282/14 — SLOVENIAN-LANGUAGE (SL) LAWYER-LINGUISTS (AD 7)

EPSO/AD/283/14 — SWEDISH-LANGUAGE (SV) LAWYER-LINGUISTS (AD 7)

The competition notice is published in 24 languages in Official Journal C 145 A of 15 May 2014.

Further information can be found on the EPSO website: http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/eu-careers.info/

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15.5.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 145/14

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7228 — Centrica/Bord Gáis Energy)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2014/C 145/09

1.

On 5 May 2014 the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Centrica plc. (Centrica) of UK will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Bord Gáis Energy Limited (BGE) of Ireland, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bord Gáis Éireann of Ireland, by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: —   for Centrica: is an integrated energy business that produces, sources and supplies gas and electricity for residential and business customers in the UK and North America. —   for BGE: is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bord Gáis Éireann, active in the purchase and supply of gas and electricity for residential and business customers in the Republic of Ireland.

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.

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 M.7228 — Centrica/Bord Gáis Energy, to the following address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

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15.5.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 145/15

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7212 — HML/MMC/MMC Superalloy Corporation)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2014/C 145/10

1.

On 6 May 2014, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Hitachi Metals Ltd (‘HML’, Japan) and Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (‘MMC’, Japan) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of MMC Superalloy Corporation (‘MMC Superalloy’, Japan) by way of purchase of shares. MMC Superalloy is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of MMC.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: —   for HML: manufacturer and supplier of high-functional materials for use in automobile-related products (including engines and exhaust systems), electronics and infrastructure-related products, —   for MMC: publicly listed company operating across eight different businesses (cement, metals, advanced materials and tools, aluminium, electronic materials and components, energy, precious metals, and recycling), —   for MMC Superalloy: manufacturer of specialist super alloys of non-ferrous metals used in a range of sectors, including aerospace.

3.

On preliminary examination, the European 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 procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4.

The European Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the European Commission. Observations must reach the European Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the European Commission by fax (+ 32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7212 — HML/MMC/MMC Superalloy Corporation to the following address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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15.5.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 145/16

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Corrigendum to Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 of 6 August 2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General block exemption Regulation)

( Official Journal of the European Union C 117 of 16 April 2014 )

2014/C 145/11

Page 94, aid number: SA.38162 (2014/X):

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read:

Page 96, aid number: SA.38166 (2014/X):

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Page 97, aid number: SA.38172 (2014/X):

for:

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Page 100, aid number: SA.38173 (2014/X):

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15.5.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 145/18

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Corrigendum to Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General block exemption Regulation)

( Official Journal of the European Union C 83 of 21 March 2014 )

2014/C 145/12

On page 19, aid number: SA.38022 (2013/X):

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read:

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