17.11.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 382/1

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Notice for the attention of the persons subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/72/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 101/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Tunisia

(2015/C 382/01)

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons listed in the Annex to Council Decision 2011/72/CFSP (1) and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 101/2011 (2) concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Tunisia.

Following a review, the Council of the European Union has concluded that the above-mentioned persons should continue to be included on the list of designated persons.

The persons concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documents, that the decision to include them on the list of designated persons should be reconsidered. Any such request should be presented before 1 December 2015 and sent to the following address:

Council of the European Union

General Secretariat

DG C 1C

Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175

1048 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

E-mail: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu

Any observations received will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council’s periodic review, pursuant to Article 5 of Decision 2011/72/CFSP and Article 12(4) of Regulation (EU) No 101/2011, of the list of designated persons.

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(1)  OJ L 28, 2.2.2011, p. 62.

(2)  OJ L 31, 5.2.2011, p. 1.

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17.11.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 382/2

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Notice for the attention of the persons subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/486/CFSP, as implemented by Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2054, and Council Regulation (EU) No 753/2011, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2043 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Afghanistan

(2015/C 382/02)

The following information is brought to the attention of the person that appears in the Annex to Council Decision 2011/486/CFSP (1), as implemented by Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2054 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 753/2011 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2043 (4) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Afghanistan.

The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1988 (2011), imposing restrictive measures with respect to individuals and entities designated, prior to the date of adoption of that Resolution, as the Taliban, and other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them, as specified in section A (‘Individuals associated with the Taliban’) and section B (‘entities and other groups and undertaking associated with the Taliban’) of the Consolidated List of the Committee established pursuant to Resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000), as well as other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with the Taliban.

On 23 September 2014 and 27 March 2015, the Committee established pursuant to paragraph 30 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1988 (2011) amended and updated the list of individuals, groups, undertakings and entities subject to restrictive measures.

The person concerned may submit at any time a request to the UN Committee established pursuant to paragraph 30 of UNSCR 1988 (2011), together with any supporting documentation, for the decisions to include them in the UN list to be reconsidered. Such request should be sent to the following address:

United Nations – Focal point for delisting

Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch

Room TB-08045D

United Nations

New York, N.Y. 10017

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tel. +1 9173679448

Fax +1 2129631300/3778

E-mail: delisting@un.org

For more information see: http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1988/index.shtml

Further to the UN decision, the Council of the European Union has determined that the person designated by the UN should be included in the lists of persons, groups, undertakings and entities which are subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2011/486/CFSP and Regulation (EU) No 753/2011. The grounds for listing of the person concerned appears in the relevant entries in the Annex to the Council Decision and in Annex I to the Council Regulation.

The attention of the person concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated in the websites in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 753/2011, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 5 of the Regulation).

The person concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the above-mentioned lists should be reconsidered, to the following address:

Council of the European Union

General Secretariat

DG C 1C

Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175

1048 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

E-mail: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu

The attention of the person concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council's decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, 2nd paragraph, and Article 263, 4th and 6th paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

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(1)  OJ L 199, 2.8.2011, p. 57.

(2)  OJ L 300, 17.11.2015, p 29.

(3)  OJ L 199, 2.8.2011, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 300, 17.11.2015, p 1.

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17.11.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 382/4

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Notice for the attention of the data subject to whom the restrictive measures provided for in Council Regulation (EU) No 753/2011 as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2043 concerning restrictive measures directed against directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan applies

(2015/C 382/03)

The attention of data subject is drawn to the following information in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1):

The legal basis for this processing operation is Council Regulation (EU) No 753/2011 (2), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2043 (3).

The controller of this processing operation is the Council of the European Union represented by the Director-General of DG C (Foreign Affairs, Enlargement, Civil Protection) of the General Secretariat of the Council and the department entrusted with the processing operation is the Unit 1C of DG C that can be contacted at:

Council of the European Union

General Secretariat

DG C 1C

Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175

1048 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu

The purpose of the processing operation is the establishment and updating of the list of persons subject to restrictive measures in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 753/2011, as implemented by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2043.

The data subjects are the natural persons who fulfil listing criteria as laid down in that Regulation.

The personal data collected includes data necessary for the correct identification of the person concerned, the Statement of Reasons and any other data related thereto.

The personal data collected may be shared as necessary with the European External Action Service and the Commission.

Without prejudice to restrictions provided for in Article 20(1)(a) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001, requests for access, as well as requests for rectification or objection will be answered in accordance with section 5 of Council Decision 2004/644/EC (4).

Personal data will be retained for 5 years from the moment the data subject has been removed from the list of persons subject to the asset freeze or the validity of the measure has expired, or for the duration of court proceedings in the event they had been started.

Data subjects may have recourse to the European Data Protection Supervisor in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.

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(1)  OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 199, 2.8.2011, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 300, 17.11.2015, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 296, 21.9.2004, p. 16.

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17.11.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 382/5

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Euro exchange rates (1)

16 November 2015

(2015/C 382/04)

1 euro =

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,0723
JPY	Japanese yen	132,01
DKK	Danish krone	7,4610
GBP	Pound sterling	0,70580
SEK	Swedish krona	9,3206
CHF	Swiss franc	1,0791
ISK	Iceland króna
NOK	Norwegian krone	9,3050
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	27,031
HUF	Hungarian forint	311,90
PLN	Polish zloty	4,2408
RON	Romanian leu	4,4387
TRY	Turkish lira	3,0922
AUD	Australian dollar	1,5110
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,4293
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	8,3109
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,6554
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,5253
KRW	South Korean won	1 257,58
ZAR	South African rand	15,4300
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	6,8330
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,6075
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	14 776,33
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,7036
PHP	Philippine peso	50,644
RUB	Russian rouble	70,7850
THB	Thai baht	38,565
BRL	Brazilian real	4,1144
MXN	Mexican peso	17,9456
INR	Indian rupee	70,7613

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

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17.11.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 382/6

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Calls for proposals under the work programme for grants in the field of the trans-European telecommunication networks under the Connecting Europe Facility for period 2014-2020

(Commission Implementing Decision C(2014) 9490)

(2015/C 382/05)

The European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, is hereby launching four calls for proposals in order to award grants to projects in accordance with the priorities and objectives defined in the work programme for 2015 in the field of the trans-European telecommunication networks under the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2014-2020.

Proposals are invited for the following four calls:

CEF-TC-2015-2: eProcurement;

CEF-TC-2015-2: eHealth Generic Services;

CEF-TC-2015-2: eIdentification and eSignature (eID);

CEF-TC-2015-2: Online Dispute Resolution Generic Services (ODR).

The indicative budget available for proposals selected under these calls is EUR 16,9 million.

The deadline for the submission of proposals is 15 March 2016.

The respective calls documentation is available on the CEF Telecom website: http://ec.europa.eu/inea/connecting-europe-facility/cef-telecom/apply-funding/cef-telecom-calls-proposals-2015

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17.11.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 382/7

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7836 — Banco Santander/PAI Partners/Grupo Konectanet/Konecta Activos Inmobiliarios)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2015/C 382/06)

1.

On 5 November 2015, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which PAI Partners, SAS. (‘PAI’, France) and Banco Santander, SA (‘Banco Santander’, Spain) acquire joint control, through Brendenbury, SL (‘Brendenbury’, Spain), within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, of Grupo Konectanet, SL (‘Konectanet’, Spain) and Konecta Activos Inmobiliarios, SL (‘KAI’, Spain) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — Banco Santander is the parent company of an international group of banking and financial companies operating in Europe, the United States and Latin America. Banco Santander provides services in retail banking, asset management, corporate and investment banking, treasury and insurance. — PAI is a private equity company, focused on the acquisition of medium and large enterprises, with central offices and management centre in Europe and operating in various industrial sectors. — Brendenbury is engaged mainly in setting up and participating directly or indirectly in the management and control of other companies. — Konectanet is a company engaged in business process outsourcing, ranging from the planning and execution of front and back office tasks to the control of tasks performed by external actors forming part of the process. — KAI is a company whose main activity is the ownership and exploitation of immovable property.

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 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 to it their observations on the proposed operation. Observations must reach the Commission no later than 10 days following the date on which this notification is published. They can be sent to the Commission under reference M.7836 — Banco Santander/PAI Partners/Grupo Konectanet/Konecta Activos Inmobiliarios by fax (+32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post 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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17.11.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 382/8

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7810 — Vista/Solera)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2015/C 382/07)

1.

On 11 November 2015 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 Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC (‘Vista’, United States of America) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the undertaking Solera Holdings, Inc. (‘Solera’ United States of America) by way of a public bid.

2.	The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: —   for Vista: private equity firm, —   for Solera: provision of risk and asset management software and IT services to insurance companies and automotive industry participants.

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 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 this 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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7810 — Vista/Solera, 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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