Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10719 – PGGM / DIF / FUDURA)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 363/01)

On 3 August 2022, 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 policy’ 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 32022M10719. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10868 – DIGITALBRIDGE / BROOKFIELD / DTAG / JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 363/02)

On 15 September 2022, 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 policy’ 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 32022M10868. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10846 – CVC FUNDS / VISMA CUSTOM SOLUTIONS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 363/03)

On 16 September 2022, 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 policy’ 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 32022M10846. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10811 – INPEX / SC / SEML)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 363/04)

On 27 July 2022, 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 policy’ 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 32022M10811. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

Euro exchange rates (1)

21 September 2022

(2022/C 363/05)

1 euro =

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	0,9906
JPY	Japanese yen	142,66
DKK	Danish krone	7,4364
GBP	Pound sterling	0,87335
SEK	Swedish krona	10,9214
CHF	Swiss franc	0,9549
ISK	Iceland króna	140,30
NOK	Norwegian krone	10,2858
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	24,637
HUF	Hungarian forint	405,10
PLN	Polish zloty	4,7505
RON	Romanian leu	4,9443
TRY	Turkish lira	18,1490
AUD	Australian dollar	1,4851
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,3262
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	7,7761
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,6844
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,4006
KRW	South Korean won	1 381,38
ZAR	South African rand	17,4879
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	6,9821
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,5205
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	14 866,28
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,5097
PHP	Philippine peso	57,285
RUB	Russian rouble
THB	Thai baht	36,786
BRL	Brazilian real	5,0924
MXN	Mexican peso	19,7847
INR	Indian rupee	79,1555

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

State aid – Decision to raise no objections

(2022/C 363/06)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision	13 June 2022
Case No	88798
Decision No	144/22/COL
EFTA State	Iceland
Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)	Covid-19 Aid to Icelandic Aviation Academies
Legal basis	The legal basis of the scheme is a Memorandum to the Government from the Prime Minister, the Minister of Education and Children, the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs and the Minister of Infrastructure.
Type of measure	Grant scheme
Objective	The objective of the measure is to ensure access to liquidity for Aviation Academies.
Form of aid	Direct grants
Budget	ISK 240 million (approximately EUR 1,7 million)
Duration	March 2020 – June 2022
Economic sectors	Aviation Academies (NACE 85.41)
Name and address of the granting authority	Ministry of Education and Children Sölvhólsgata 4 101 Reykjavík ICELAND

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/

State aid – Decision to raise no objections

(2022/C 363/07)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision	20 June 2022
Case No	88849
Decision No	151/22/COL
EFTA State	Norway
Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)	Temporary Crisis Framework: aid scheme for undertakings that suffer loss of revenue
Legal basis	The Parliamentary decision authorizing the scheme and its budget as set out in Innst. 270 S (2021-2022), Prop. 78 S (2021-2022), Innst. 450S (2021-2022), and the regulations from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries to Innovation Norway.
Type of measure	Scheme
Objective	(1) To support Norwegian undertakings that achieved a significant part of their turnover from customers based in Russia, Belarus and/or Ukraine before the military aggression against Ukraine by Russia took place and the sanctions were imposed by Norway, the EU, and its international partners, and that suffer a loss of revenue from such customers, in order to secure jobs and allow those undertakings to adapt their businesses to other customers.
Form of aid	Direct grants
Budget	NOK 55 million
Intensity	The grants can cover up to between 80-100 % of the defined eligible costs.
Duration	21 June 2022 until 31 December 2022
Economic sectors	All sectors
Name and address of the granting authority	Postal address: Innovation Norway Post box 448, Sentrum, N- 0104 Oslo NORWAY

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:

http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/

NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITION

(2022/C 363/08)

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

EPSO/AST/154/22 – Assistants (AST 3) in in the following fields:

1.	Financial management

2.	Accounting and treasury

3.	Public procurement

4.	Graphic design and visual content production

5.	Social and digital media

6.

Webmaster

The competition notice is published in 24 languages in Official Journal of the European Union C 363 A of 22 September 2022.

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

Notice of initiation of a partial interim review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron (also known as spheroidal graphite cast iron) originating in India

(2022/C 363/09)

The European Commission (‘the Commission’) has received a request for a partial interim review pursuant to Article 11(3) 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 basic Regulation’).

1.   Request for review

The request was lodged on 7 July 2022 by Electrosteel Castings Ltd (‘the applicant’).

The review is limited in scope to the examination of dumping as far as the applicant is concerned.

2.   Product under review

The product subject to this review is tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron (also known as spheroidal graphite cast iron) (‘ductile pipes’), with the exclusion of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron without internal and external coating (‘bare pipes’) (‘the product under review’). The product concerned by this review is the product under review originating in India, currently falling under CN codes ex 7303 00 10 and ex 7303 00 90 (TARIC codes 7303001010, 7303009010). The CN and TARIC codes are given for information only without prejudice to a subsequent change in the tariff classification.

3.   Existing measures

By Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/388 (2) (‘the original investigation’), the Commission imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron (also known as spheroidal graphite cast iron), originating in India. In the original investigation, a dumping margin of 4,1 % was established for the applicant.

By Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/387 (3), the Commission also imposed a definitive countervailing duty on the same product. In line with the basic Regulation, in order to avoid double counting, the Commission took account of the fact that three of the subsidy schemes found in the investigation leading to countervailing duty were export subsidies and reduced the level of the definitive anti-dumping duties collected for the applicant to 0 %.

In 2018, following a request by the Union industry, the Commission initiated a partial interim review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to the imports of the product concerned, which was terminated without amending the measures in force by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1145 (4).

The measures currently in force are a definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/926 (5).

The product concerned is also subject to a definitive countervailing duty imposed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2022/927 (6).

4.   Grounds for the review

The request is based on sufficient evidence provided by the applicant that, as far as dumping of the applicant is concerned, the circumstances on the basis of which the existing measures were imposed have changed and that these changes are of a lasting nature.

In October 2020, the Board of Directors of the applicant and of its related company Srikalahasthi Pipes Limited decided that the two companies would merge. The merger formalities were completed on 31 December 2021 and on 1 January 2022, the applicant subsumed Srikalahasthi Pipes Limited. The legal documentation of the merger indicates that it will impact the costs structure of the applicant.

5.   Procedure

Having determined, after informing the Member States, that sufficient evidence exists to justify the initiation of a partial interim review limited to the examination of dumping, the Commission hereby initiates a review in accordance with Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation.

The review will assess the need for the continuation, removal or amendment of the existing anti-dumping measures in respect of the applicant.

The Commission also draws the attention of the parties to the published Notice (7) on the consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak on anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations that may be applicable to this proceeding.

5.1.   Review investigation period

The investigation will cover the period from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 (‘the review investigation period’).

5.2.   Investigating the exporting producer concerned

In order for the Commission to obtain the information it deems necessary for its investigation, the applicant and its related (8) companies will be requested to fill in a questionnaire within 37 days from its reception.

A copy of the above-captioned questionnaire for the exporting producer will be available in the file for inspection by interested parties and on DG Trade’s website https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/investigations/case-view?caseId=2627.

5.3.   Interested parties

In order to participate in the investigation, interested parties, such as exporting producers, Union producers, importers and their representative associations, users and their representative associations, trade unions and representative consumer organisations first have to demonstrate that there is an objective link between their activities and the product under review.

Being considered as an interested party is without prejudice to the application of Article 18 of the basic Regulation.

Access to the file available for inspection for interested parties is made via Tron.tdi at the following address: https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/tron/TDI. Please follow the instructions on that page to get access (9).

5.4.   Other written submissions

Subject to the provisions of this Notice, all interested parties are hereby invited to make their views known, submit information and provide supporting evidence. Unless otherwise specified, this information and supporting evidence must reach the Commission within 37 days of the date of publication of this Notice.

5.5.   Possibility to be heard by the Commission investigation services

All interested parties may request to be heard by the Commission investigation services. Any request to be heard must be made in writing and must specify the reasons for the request as well as a summary of what the interested party wishes to discuss during the hearing. The hearing will be limited to the issues set out by the interested parties in writing beforehand.

In principle, hearings will not be used to present factual information which is not yet on file. Nevertheless, in the interest of good administration and to enable Commission services to progress with the investigation, interested parties may be directed to provide new factual information after a hearing.

5.6.   Instructions for making written submissions and sending completed questionnaires and correspondence

Information submitted to the Commission for the purpose of trade defence investigations shall be free from copyrights. Interested parties, before submitting to the Commission information and/or data which is subject to third party copyrights, must request specific permission to the copyright holder explicitly allowing the Commission a) to use the information and data for the purpose of this trade defence proceeding and b) to provide the information and/or data to interested parties to this investigation in a form that allows them to exercise their rights of defence.

All written submissions, including the information requested in this Notice, completed questionnaires and correspondence provided by interested parties for which confidential treatment is requested shall be labelled ‘Sensitive’ (10). Parties submitting information in the course of this investigation are invited to reason their request for confidential treatment.

Interested parties providing ‘Sensitive’ information are required to furnish non-confidential summaries of it pursuant to Article 19(2) of the basic Regulation, which will be labelled ‘For inspection by interested parties’. These summaries must be sufficiently detailed to permit a reasonable understanding of the substance of the information submitted in confidence. If a party providing confidential information fails to show good cause for a confidential treatment request or does not furnish a non-confidential summary of it in the requested format and quality, the Commission may disregard such information unless it can be satisfactorily demonstrated from appropriate sources that the information is correct.

Interested parties are invited to make all submissions and requests via TRON.tdi (https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/tron/TDI) including requests to be registered as interested parties, scanned powers of attorney and certification sheets. By using TRON.tdi or email, interested parties express their agreement with the rules applicable to electronic submissions contained in the document ‘CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION IN TRADE DEFENCE CASES’ published on the website of the Directorate-General for Trade: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2011/june/tradoc_148003.pdf. The interested parties must indicate their name, address, telephone and a valid email address and they should ensure that the provided email address is a functioning official business email which is checked on a daily basis. Once contact details are provided, the Commission will communicate with interested parties by TRON.tdi or email only, unless they explicitly request to receive all documents from the Commission by another means of communication or unless the nature of the document to be sent requires the use of a registered mail. For further rules and information concerning correspondence with the Commission including principles that apply to submissions via TRON.tdi and by email, interested parties should consult the communication instructions with interested parties referred to above.

Commission address for correspondence:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Trade

Directorate G

Office: CHAR 04/039

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

TRON.tdi: https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/tron/tdi

Email: TRADE-R779-AD-REVIEW-DUCTILE@ec.europa.eu

6.   Schedule of the investigation

The investigation shall normally be concluded within 12 months and in any event no later than 15 months from the date of the publication of this Notice, pursuant to Article 11(5) of the basic Regulation.

7.   Submission of information

As a rule, interested parties may only submit information in the timeframes specified in section 5 of this Notice.

In order to complete the investigation within the mandatory deadlines, the Commission will not accept submissions from interested parties after the deadline to provide comments on the final disclosure or, if applicable, after the deadline to provide comments on the additional final disclosure.

8.   Possibility to comment on other parties’ submissions

In order to guarantee the rights of defence, interested parties should have the possibility to comment on information submitted by other interested parties. When doing so, interested parties may only address issues raised in the other interested parties’ submissions and may not raise new issues.

Comments on the information provided by other interested parties in reaction to the disclosure of the definitive findings should be submitted within 5 days from the deadline to comment on the definitive findings, unless otherwise specified. If there is an additional final disclosure, comments on the information provided by other interested parties in reaction to this further disclosure should be made within 1 day from the deadline to comment on this further disclosure, unless otherwise specified.

The outlined timeframe is without prejudice to the Commission’s right to request additional information from interested parties in duly justified cases.

9.   Extension to time limits specified in this Notice

Any extension to the time limits provided for in this Notice should only be requested in exceptional circumstances and will only be granted if duly justified.

In any event, any extension to the deadline to reply to questionnaires will be limited normally to 3 days, and as a rule will not exceed 7 days.

Regarding time limits for the submission of other information specified in the Notice of Initiation, extensions will be limited to 3 days unless exceptional circumstances are demonstrated.

10.   Non-cooperation

In cases where any interested party refuses access to or does not provide the necessary information within the time limits, or significantly impedes the investigation, findings, affirmative or negative, may be made on the basis of facts available, in accordance with Article 18 of the basic Regulation.

Where it is found that any interested party has supplied false or misleading information, the information may be disregarded and use may be made of facts available.

If an interested party does not cooperate or cooperates only partially and findings are therefore based on facts available in accordance with Article 18 of the basic Regulation, the result may be less favourable to that party than if it had cooperated.

Failure to give a computerised response shall not be deemed to constitute non-cooperation, provided that the interested party shows that presenting the response as requested would result in an unreasonable extra burden or unreasonable additional cost. The interested party should immediately contact the Commission.

11.   Hearing Officer

Interested parties may request the intervention of the Hearing Officer in trade proceedings. The Hearing Officer reviews requests for access to the file, disputes regarding the confidentiality of documents, requests for extension of time limits and any other request concerning the rights of defence of interested parties and third parties as may arise during the proceeding.

The Hearing Officer may organise hearings and mediate between the interested party/-ies and Commission services to ensure that the interested parties’ rights of defence are being fully exercised. A request for a hearing with the Hearing Officer should be made in writing and should specify the reasons for the request. The Hearing Officer will examine the reasons for the requests. These hearings should only take place if the issues have not been settled with the Commission services in due course.

Any request must be submitted in good time and expeditiously so as not to jeopardise the orderly conduct of proceedings. To that effect, interested parties should request the intervention of the Hearing Officer at the earliest possible time following the occurrence of the event justifying such intervention. Where hearing requests are submitted outside the relevant timeframes, the Hearing Officer will also examine the reasons for such late requests, the nature of the issues raised and the impact of those issues on the rights of defence, having due regard to the interests of good administration and the timely completion of the investigation.

For further information and contact details interested parties may consult the Hearing Officer’s web pages on DG Trade’s website: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/trade-policy-and-you/contacts/hearing-officer/.

12.   Processing of personal data

Any personal data collected in this investigation will be treated in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council (11).

A data protection notice that informs all individuals of the processing of personal data in the framework of Commission’s trade defence activities is available on DG Trade’s website: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/accessing-markets/trade-defence/

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(1)  OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21.

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/388 of 17 March 2016 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron (also known as spheroidal graphite cast iron), originating in India (OJ L 73, 18.3.2016, p. 53).

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/387 of 17 March 2016 imposing a definitive countervailing duty on imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron (also known as spheroidal graphite cast iron) originating in India (OJ L 73, 18.3.2016, p. 1).

(4)  Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1145 of 4 July 2019 terminating the partial interim review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron (also known as spheroidal graphite cast iron) originating in India without amending the measures in force (OJ L 181, 5.7.2019, p. 87).

(5)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/926 of 15 June 2022 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron (also known as spheroidal graphite cast iron) originating in India following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 161, 16.6.2022, p. 1).

(6)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/927 of 15 June 2022 imposing a definitive countervailing duty on imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron (also known as spheroidal graphite cast iron) originating in India following an expiry review pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 161, 16.6.2022, p. 28).

(7)  On the consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak on anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations (OJ C 86, 16.3.2020, p. 6).

(8)  In accordance with Article 127 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/2447 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code, two persons shall be deemed to be related if one of the following conditions is fulfilled: (a) they are officers or directors of one another’s businesses; (b) they are legally recognized partners in business; (c) they are employer and employee; (d) a third party directly or indirectly owns or controls or holds 5 % or more of the outstanding voting stock or shares of both of them; (e) one of them directly or indirectly controls the other; (f) both of them are directly or indirectly controlled by a third person; (g) together they control a third person directly or indirectly; or (h) they are members of the same family. Persons shall be deemed to be members of the same family only if they stand in any of the following relationships to one another: (i) husband and wife, (ii) parent and child, (iii) brother and sister (whether by whole or half blood), (iv) grandparent and grandchild, (v) uncle or aunt and nephew or niece, (vi) parent-in-law and son-in-law or daughter-in-law, (vii) brother-in-law and sister-in-law. In accordance with Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council of 9 October 2013 laying the Union Customs Code, ‘person’ means a natural person, a legal person, and any association of persons which is not a legal person but which is recognized under Union or national law as having the capacity to perform legal acts (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).

(9)  In case of technical problems please contact the Trade Service Desk by email trade-service-desk@ec.europa.eu or by telephone +32 22979797.

(10)  A ‘Sensitive’ document is a document which is considered confidential pursuant to Article 19 of the basic Regulation and Article 6 of the WTO Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994 (Anti-Dumping Agreement). It is also a document protected pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43).

(11)  Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39).

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10878 – CVC / LGP / GREEN VERACITY ACQUISITION HOLDINGS)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 363/10)

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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.

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10827 –SCINTIA / BEIERSDORF)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 363/11)

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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.

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10885 – TRIVIUM / TCHIBO)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 363/12)

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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.