17.7.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 250/1

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8911 — Samvardhana Motherson Automotive Systems/Reydel Automotive)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 250/01)

On 11 July 2018, 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 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32018M8911. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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17.7.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 250/1

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8968 — HIG Capital/INEOS (Baleycourt business & ICT business))

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 250/02)

On 11 July 2018, 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 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32018M8968. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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17.7.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 250/2

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DECISION OF THE BUREAU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 11 June and 2 July 2018

amending the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament

(2018/C 250/03)

THE BUREAU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 223(2) thereof,

Having regard to the Statute for Members of the European Parliament (1),

Having regard to Rule 25 of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1)

In accordance with the current version of Article 12(1) of the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament (2) (‘the Implementing Measures’), it is not possible to attest Members’ attendance by electronic means. Furthermore, the central attendance register (CAR) requires substantial human resources and involves expensive manual processing that often gives rise to errors.

(2)

A voluntary test phase during which the CAR is to be supplemented by a computerised system using biometric technology, should be introduced in order to allow for the verification of the reliability and confidentiality guarantees that are required to provide reasonable assurances of Members' attendance.

(3)

A new article should be inserted in the Implementing Measures in order to provide a legal basis to enable the Parliament to ensure that, where an accredited parliamentary assistant has been recognised as the victim of harassment by a Member, the financial obligations in respect of that assistant will continue to be met from the parliamentary assistance expenses of the Member concerned even though the Member concerned shall not be entitled to the provision of services from that assistant,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Implementing Measures are amended as follows:

(1)

in Article 12, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1.   A Member’s attendance shall be attested by his or her signature in the record of attendance available in the Chamber or meeting room or by his or her signature in the central attendance register entered during its opening hours as laid down by the Bureau. An electronic attestation of a Member’s attendance may be used instead of his or her signature.’;

(2)

the following article is inserted: ‘Article 34a Financial consequences of a proven case of harassment of an accredited parliamentary assistant If, following an internal harassment procedure in which both parties have been heard, the President establishes that a Member is guilty of the psychological or sexual harassment of an accredited parliamentary assistant, all the Member’s financial obligations under that accredited assistant’s contract, in particular the assistant’s pay, shall, by way of derogation from Article 33, be deducted by Parliament from its defrayal of the parliamentary assistance expenses of that Member and the Member shall not be entitled to the provision of any further services by that assistant.’

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Decision shall apply from 1 September 2018.

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(1)  Decision 2005/684/EC, Euratom of the European Parliament of 28 September 2005 adopting the Statute for Members of the European Parliament (OJ L 262, 7.10.2005, p. 1).

(2)  Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 19 May and 9 July 2008 concerning implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament (OJ C 159, 13.7.2009, p. 1).

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17.7.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 250/4

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Notice for the attention of the person subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1000, and Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/999 concerning restrictive measures against ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them

(2018/C 250/04)

The following information is brought to the attention of Mr Rabah TAHARI, the person listed in the Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1000 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/999 (4) concerning restrictive measures against ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them.

The Council of the European Union has decided that that person who appears in the abovementioned Annexes should be included on the list of persons, groups, undertakings and entities subject to restrictive measures provided for in Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 and in Regulation (EU) 2016/1686.

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 listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for essential needs or specific payments in accordance with Article 5 of that Regulation.

The person concerned may submit a request to obtain the Council's statement of reasons for including him on the abovementioned list. Any such request should be sent to the following address:

Council of the European Union (Attn: ISIL (Da'esh) designations)

Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175

1048 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu

The person concerned may at any time submit a request to the Council, together with any supporting documentation, that the decision to include him on the list should be reconsidered, to the address provided above. In this regard, the attention of the person concerned is drawn to the regular review by the Council of the list according to Article 6(2) of Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 and Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1686. In order for requests to be considered at the next review, they should be submitted by 20 August 2018.

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, second paragraph, and Article 263, fourth and sixth paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

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(1)  OJ L 255, 21.9.2016, p. 25.

(2)  OJ L 178 I, 16.7.2018, p. 3.

(3)  OJ L 255, 21.9.2016, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 178 I, 16.7.2018, p. 1.

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17.7.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 250/5

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Notice for the attention of the data subject to whom the restrictive measures provided for in Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 imposing additional restrictive measures directed against ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda and natural and legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them

(2018/C 250/05)

The attention of the 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) 2016/1686 (2).

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) 2016/1686.

The data subject is the natural person who fulfils the 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 (3).

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.

The data subject 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 255, 21.9.2016, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 296, 21.9.2004, p. 16.

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17.7.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 250/6

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Euro exchange rates (1)

16 July 2018

(2018/C 250/06)

1 euro =

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,1720
JPY	Japanese yen	131,65
DKK	Danish krone	7,4549
GBP	Pound sterling	0,88270
SEK	Swedish krona	10,3333
CHF	Swiss franc	1,1696
ISK	Iceland króna	125,20
NOK	Norwegian krone	9,4790
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	25,883
HUF	Hungarian forint	322,14
PLN	Polish zloty	4,3013
RON	Romanian leu	4,6558
TRY	Turkish lira	5,6893
AUD	Australian dollar	1,5773
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,5399
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	9,1989
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,7262
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,5954
KRW	South Korean won	1 320,93
ZAR	South African rand	15,4493
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	7,8273
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,3945
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	16 847,50
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,7382
PHP	Philippine peso	62,691
RUB	Russian rouble	72,9220
THB	Thai baht	38,981
BRL	Brazilian real	4,5090
MXN	Mexican peso	22,0340
INR	Indian rupee	80,3515

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

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17.7.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 250/7

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Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for 28 Member States applicable as from 1 August 2018

(Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1))

(2018/C 250/07)

Base rates calculated in accordance with the communication from the Commission on the revision of the method for setting the reference and discount rates (OJ C 14, 19.1.2008, p. 6). Depending on the use of the reference rate, the appropriate margins have still to be added as defined in this communication. For the discount rate this means that a margin of 100 basis points has to be added. The Commission Regulation (EC) No 271/2008 of 30 January 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 foresees that, unless otherwise provided for in a specific decision, the recovery rate will also be calculated by adding 100 basis points to the base rate.

Modified rates are indicated in bold.

Previous table published in OJ C 203, 13.6.2018, p. 15.

From	To	AT	BE	BG	CY	CZ	DE	DK	EE	EL	ES	FI	FR	HR	HU	IE	IT	LT	LU	LV	MT	NL	PL	PT	RO	SE	SI	SK	UK
1.8.2018	…	-0,18	-0,18	0,54	-0,18	1,12	-0,18	0,04	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	0,30	0,21	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	1,85	-0,18	2,68	-0,33	-0,18	-0,18	0,86
1.7.2018	31.7.2018	-0,18	-0,18	0,54	-0,18	1,12	-0,18	0,04	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	0,30	0,13	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	1,85	-0,18	2,68	-0,33	-0,18	-0,18	0,86
1.6.2018	30.6.2018	-0,18	-0,18	0,65	-0,18	1,12	-0,18	0,04	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	0,30	0,09	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	1,85	-0,18	2,21	-0,33	-0,18	-0,18	0,86
1.5.2018	31.5.2018	-0,18	-0,18	0,65	-0,18	0,95	-0,18	0,03	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	0,40	0,09	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	1,85	-0,18	2,21	-0,33	-0,18	-0,18	0,86
1.4.2018	30.4.2018	-0,18	-0,18	0,65	-0,18	0,95	-0,18	0,03	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	0,40	0,09	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	1,85	-0,18	2,21	-0,42	-0,18	-0,18	0,73
1.3.2018	31.3.2018	-0,18	-0,18	0,65	-0,18	0,95	-0,18	0,02	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	0,54	0,09	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	1,85	-0,18	2,21	-0,42	-0,18	-0,18	0,73
1.2.2018	28.2.2018	-0,18	-0,18	0,65	-0,18	0,75	-0,18	0,02	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	0,54	0,09	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	1,85	-0,18	2,21	-0,42	-0,18	-0,18	0,73
1.1.2018	31.1.2018	-0,18	-0,18	0,65	-0,18	0,75	-0,18	0,02	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	0,54	0,13	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	-0,18	1,85	-0,18	1,89	-0,42	-0,18	-0,18	0,73

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17.7.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 250/8

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Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures

(2018/C 250/08)

1.   As provided for in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union (1), the Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.

2.   Procedure

Union producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury. Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of the exporting country and Union producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify, rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.

3.   Time limit

Union producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Unit H-1), CHAR 4/39, 1049 Brussels, Belgium (2) at any time from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date mentioned in the table below.

4.   This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036.

Product	Country(ies) of origin or exportation	Measures	Reference	Date of expiry (3)
Biodiesel	Argentina Indonesia	Anti-dumping duty	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1194/2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of biodiesel originating in Argentina and Indonesia (OJ L 315, 26.11.2013, p. 2)	27.11.2018

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(1)  OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21.

(2)  TRADE-Defence-Complaints@ec.europa.eu

(3)  The measure expires at midnight of the day mentioned in this column.

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