COMMISSION OPINION

of 16 August 2018

relating to the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the Sellafield Encapsulated Product Stores Waste Transfer Route located in the United Kingdom

(Only the English version is authentic)

(2018/C 308/01)

The assessment below is carried out under the provisions of the Euratom Treaty, without prejudice to any additional assessments to be carried out under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the obligations stemming from it and from secondary legislation (1).

On 15 March 2018 the European Commission received from the Government of the United Kingdom, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty, General Data relating to the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste (2) arising from the Sellafield Encapsulated Product Stores Waste Transfer Route.

On the basis of these data and following consultation with the Group of Experts, the Commission has drawn up the following opinion:

1.	The distance from the site to the nearest border of another Member State, in this case Ireland is 180 km.

2.

Under normal operating conditions, the discharge of gaseous radioactive effluents is not liable to cause an exposure of the population of another Member State that would be significant from the point of view of health, in respect of the dose limits laid down in the Basic Safety Standards Directive (3). Under normal operating conditions, the facility will not discharge liquid radioactive effluents.

3.	Secondary solid radioactive waste will be transferred to on-site treatment, conditioning and interim storage facilities. Conditioned low-level radioactive waste will however be shipped to the nearby licensed disposal facility located at Drigg.

4.

In the event of unplanned releases of radioactive effluents, which may follow the accident of the type and magnitude considered in the General Data, the doses likely to be received by the population of another Member State would not be significant from the point of view of health, in respect of the reference levels laid down in the Basic Safety Standards Directive.

In conclusion, the Commission is of the opinion that the implementation of the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste in whatever form, arising from the Sellafield Encapsulated Product Stores Waste Transfer Route, located in the United Kingdom, both in normal operation and in the event of the accident of the type and magnitude considered in the General Data, is not liable to result in a radioactive contamination, significant from the point of view of health, of the water, soil or airspace of another Member State, in respect of the provisions laid down in the Basic Safety Standards Directive.

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(1)  For instance, under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, environmental aspects should be further assessed. Indicatively, the Commission would like to draw attention to the provisions of Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU; to Directive 2001/42/EC on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment, as well as to Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and to Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy.

(2)  The disposal of radioactive waste in the meaning of point 1 of Commission Recommendation 2010/635/Euratom of 11 October 2010 on the application of Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty (OJ L 279, 23.10.2010, p. 36).

(3)  Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom (OJ L 13, 17.1.2014, p. 1).

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9058 — Sonae/Sonae Sierra)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 308/02)

On 23 August 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 32018M9058. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8912 — Carlyle/The Specialty Chemicals Business of Akzo Nobel)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 308/03)

On 27 August 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 32018M8912. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

Euro exchange rates (1)

30 August 2018

(2018/C 308/04)

1 euro =

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,1692
JPY	Japanese yen	130,32
DKK	Danish krone	7,4568
GBP	Pound sterling	0,89758
SEK	Swedish krona	10,6440
CHF	Swiss franc	1,1339
ISK	Iceland króna	125,10
NOK	Norwegian krone	9,7200
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	25,749
HUF	Hungarian forint	326,32
PLN	Polish zloty	4,2882
RON	Romanian leu	4,6437
TRY	Turkish lira	7,8560
AUD	Australian dollar	1,6015
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,5117
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	9,1773
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,7534
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,5968
KRW	South Korean won	1 297,53
ZAR	South African rand	17,0100
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	7,9887
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,4405
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	17 175,55
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,8048
PHP	Philippine peso	62,532
RUB	Russian rouble	79,2207
THB	Thai baht	38,239
BRL	Brazilian real	4,8221
MXN	Mexican peso	22,2356
INR	Indian rupee	82,7150

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

NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITIONS

(2018/C 308/05)

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

EPSO/AD/362/18 — ADMINISTRATORS (AD 6) and

EPSO/AST/145/18 — ASSISTANTS (AST 3)

IN THE FIELD OF ARCHIVISTICS/RECORDS MANAGEMENT.

The competition notice is published in 24 languages in Official Journal of the European Union C 308 A of 13 September 2018.

Further information can be found on the EPSO website: https://epso.europa.eu/

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9024 — Abry Partners/Link)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 308/06)

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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.

Corrigendum to Passenger Name Records (PNR)

List of Member States who have decided the application of the PNR Directive to intra-EU flights

As referred to in Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2016/681 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime

(If a Member State decides to apply this Directive to intra-EU flights, it shall notify the Commission in writing. A Member State may give or revoke such a notification at any time. The Commission shall publish that notification and any revocation of it in the Official Journal of the European Union)

( Official Journal of the European Union C 196 of 8 June 2018 )

(2018/C 308/07)

On page 29:

The following Member State that has notified the Commission of the application of the PNR Directive in intra-EU flights is added:

—	Luxembourg