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Official Journal of the European Union

C 400/1

(1)

By its Decision of 25 September 2014 (2), the Council appointed the members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement for Workers (‘Committee’) for the period from 25 September 2014 to 24 September 2016.

(2)

The governments of Cyprus, Hungary and Portugal have submitted nominations for several posts to be filled,

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change

General Secretariat of Energy and Climate Change

General Directorate of Energy

Directorate of Petroleum Policy

119 Mesogion Ave.

10192 Athens

GREECE

i.

Financial viability of the Applicant to carry out exploration for and, as appropriate, production of hydrocarbons from the areas in question.

ii.

Proven technical ability and expertise of the Applicant.

iii.

Proven experience of the Operator to carry out exploration, development and production (exploitation) operations especially in deep and ultra-deep water areas.

iv.

The quality of the work programme and the timeframe submitted for evaluating the full potential of the area applied for.

v.

The Applicant's geological understanding of the geographical area in question, and how as a Selected Applicant proposes to perform efficient and safe exploration for hydrocarbons.

vi.

The experience of carrying out drilling works in the presence of hydrogen sulfide.

vii.

The ability to implement environmental management for compliance with regulatory requirements and achievement of the highest possible environmental performance, as well as the experience of operating in environmentally sensitive areas and in maintaining a high level of safety and environmental protection in areas where tourism is prevalent and of economic importance.

viii.

Importance will be attached to any lack of efficiency and responsibility or non-performance displayed by the applicant on obligations under licences previously granted.

ix.

Biddable items

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Date of adoption of the decision

:

9 July 2014

Case number

:

72806

Decision No

:

272/14/COL

EFTA State

:

Iceland

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

:

Icelandair ehf.

Type of measure

:

Purchase of airline tickets by the Icelandic State through various framework agreements with Icelandair

Name and address of the granting authority

:

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Date of adoption of the decision

:

16 July 2014

Case number

:

70382

Decision No

:

298/14/COL

EFTA State

:

Iceland

Title

:

Existing aid to the Icelandic Housing Financing Fund

Legal basis

:

Act No 84/2012 amending the Housing Act No 44/1998

Objective

:

n.a.

Economic sectors

:

Financial services

Other information

:

Based on measures undertaken and further commitments given by the Icelandic authorities to amend the rules governing the SGEI mission entrusted to the Icelandic Housing Financing Fund (HFF), the Authority’s concerns regarding the incompatibility of the existing aid scheme in favour of HFF were dispelled and the investigation closed.

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 400/14

1.

Concerning Article 2 of the SPC Regulation, has a product been placed on the market as a medicinal product in the EEA before it has been granted marketing authorisation in accordance with the procedure for administrative authorisation laid down in Directive 81/851/EEC (or Directive 2001/82/EC) when delivery of the product has taken place in accordance with:

2.

If question 1 is answered in the affirmative, is such a product outside the scope of the SPC Regulation and is an SPC granted on the basis of such a product therefore invalid?

3.

Concerning the interpretation of Article 2 of the SPC Regulation, should a marketing authorisation granted for a veterinary medicinal product pursuant to Article 26(3) of Directive 2001/82/EC be deemed to constitute an administrative authorisation pursuant to Directive 81/851/EEC (or Directive 2001/82/EC) within the meaning of Article 2?

4.

5.

When the medicinal product is a virus vaccine, can the scope of protection under the SPC cover not only the specific strain of the virus that is included in the medicinal product and covered by the basic patent, but also other strains of the virus that are covered by the basic patent?

In answering this question, is it of significance whether:

6.

If an SPC has been granted with a product definition that is not strictly limited to the specific strain of the virus authorised to be placed on the market as a medicinal product,

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 400/16

1.

The Kingdom of Norway has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 33 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice by failing to take, by the date of expiry of the period prescribed in the reasoned opinion sent to the Kingdom of Norway by the EFTA Surveillance Authority pursuant to Article 31(2) of that Agreement, the measures necessary to comply with the judgment of the Court of 16 July 2012 in Case E-9/11 EFTA Surveillance Authority v the Kingdom of Norway [2012] EFTA Ct. Rep. 442.

2.

The Kingdom of Norway bears the costs of these proceedings.

—

The application addresses the failure of Norway to comply, no later than 26 August 2013, with a reasoned opinion, delivered by the EFTA Surveillance Authority on 26 June 2013 regarding that state’s failure to fulfil its obligations under Article 33 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice (SCA), to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgment of the Court of 16 July 2012 in Case E-9/11 EFTA Surveillance Authority v the Kingdom of Norway [2012] EFTA Ct. Rep. 442.

—

The EFTA Surveillance Authority states that, by failing to adopt, by the date of the expiry of the period prescribed in the reasoned opinion, the necessary measures to comply with the judgment in Case E-9/11, Norway has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 33 SCA as interpreted by the Court in its judgment in Case E-18/10 [2011] EFTA Ct. Rep. 202, paragraphs 29-30.

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 400/17

1.

On 5 November 2014, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Santander Consumer Finance, S.A., (‘SCF’, Spain), a fully-owned subsidiary of Banco Santander S.A (‘Santander’, Spain) and Banque PSA Finance S.A. (‘Banque PSA’, France), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Peugeot S.A. (‘Peugeot’, France), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of several newly created companies constituting joint ventures (‘JVs’) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

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 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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7369 — Santander/PSA/JVs, to the following address:

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 400/18

1.

On 6 November 2014, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Aramco Overseas Company B.V. (‘AOC’, The Netherlands), indirectly wholly owned by Saudi Arabian Oil Company (‘Saudi Aramco’, Saudi Arabia), acquires sole control over S-Oil Corporation (‘S-Oil’, South Korea), currently jointly controlled by Saudi Aramco and Hanjin Energy Co Ltd (South Korea), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   For Saudi Aramco: active in the exploration, production and marketing of crude oil and in the production and marketing of refined products,

—   For S-Oil: production and marketing of refined products.

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 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 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.7396 — Saudi Aramco/S-Oil to the following address:

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 400/19

1.

On 6 November 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 the undertakings Anglo American plc. (‘Anglo American’, United Kingdom) and BHP Billiton (Australia and United Kingdom) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertakings Samancor Holdings Proprietary Limited (South Africa), Groote Eylandt Mining Company Pty (Australia) and Samancor AG (together ‘Samancor’) by other means. Samancor is currently solely controlled by BHP Billiton.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Anglo American: the exploration, mining, processing and supply of various natural resources such as platinum group metals, diamonds, copper, iron ore, metallurgical coal, niobium, nickel and thermal coal,

—   for BHP Billiton: global diversified resources company with operations producing iron ore, coal, aluminium, manganese and nickel, copper (mining of copper, silver, lead, zinc, molybdenum, uranium and gold), petroleum and potash,

—   for Samancor: production and supply of manganese ore and manganese alloys.

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.7399 — Anglo American/BHP Billiton/Samancor, to the following address: