5.3.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

C 89/1

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7898 — Arauco/Sonae Indústria/Tafisa)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 89/01)

On 26 February 2016, 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 the English language 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 32016M7898. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

5.3.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

C 89/1

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7914 — KKR & Co./Webhelp SAS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 89/02)

On 1 March 2016, 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 language 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 32016M7914. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

5.3.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

C 89/2

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7938 — Catterton/L Companies)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 89/03)

On 1 March 2016, 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 the English language 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 32016M7938. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

5.3.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

C 89/3

Notice for the attention of certain persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/235/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 359/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Iran

(2016/C 89/04)

The following information is brought to the attention of Mr. AHMADI-MOQADDAM (No. 1), Mr. ALLAHKARAL Hossein (No. 2), Mr FAZLI Ali (No. 4), Mr. MOTLAGH Bharam-Hosseini (No. 8), Mr. RADAN Ahmad-Reza (No. 10), Mr. SHARIATI Seyeed Hassan (No. 14), Mr. HADDAD Hassan (No. 16), Mr. SOLTANI Hodjatoleslam Seyed Mohammed (No. 17), Mr. PIR-ABASSI Abbas (No. 23), Mr. MORTAZAVI Amir (No. 24), Mr. SHARIFI Malek Adjar (No. 26), Mr. AKBARSHAHI Ali-Reza (No. 34), Mr. HABIBI Mohammad Reza (No. 40), Mr. JAVANI Yadollah (No. 43), Mr. OMIDI Mehrdad (No. 50), Mr. BAKHTIARI Seyyed Morteza (No. 59), Mr. MOSLEHI Heydar (No. 61), Mr. KAZEMI Toraj (No. 64), Mr. MORTAZAVI Seyyed Solat (No.69), Mr. FAHRADI Ali (No. 73) persons appearing in the Annex to Council Decision 2011/235/CFSP (1) and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 359/2011 (2) concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Iran.

The Council intends to maintain the restrictive measures against the above-mentioned persons with new statements of reasons. Those persons are hereby informed that they may submit a request to the Council to obtain the intended statements of reasons for their designation, before 11 March 2016, 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 before 18 March 2016 will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council's periodic review, in accordance with Article 3 of Decision 2011/235/CFSP and Article 12(4) of Regulation (EU) No 359/2011.

(1) OJ L 100, 14.4.2011, p. 51.

(2) OJ L 100, 14.4.2011, p. 1.

5.3.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

C 89/4

Notice for the attention of the persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2013/183/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/319, concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

(2016/C 89/05)

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities that appear in Annexes II and III to Council Decision 2013/183/CFSP (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/319 (2), concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

The United Nations Security Council has decided that you/your company should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to the measures imposed by UNSCR 2270 (2016).

Those concerned may submit at any time a request to the United Nations Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006), 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 S-3055 E

New York, NY 10017

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

See for more information at: http://www.un.org/sc/committees/751/comguide.shtml

Further to the UN decision, the Council of the European Union has decided that the persons and entities that appear in the abovementioned Annexes should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2013/183/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The grounds for designations of those persons and entities appear in the relevant entries in those Annexes.

The attention of the persons and entities 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 (3), in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 7 of the Regulation).

The persons and entities concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the abovementioned list should be reconsidered, to the following address:

Council of the European Union

General Secretariat

DG C 1C — Horizontal Issues

Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175

1048 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

The attention of the persons and entities 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.

(1) OJ L 111, 23.4.2013, p. 52.

(2) OJ L 60, 5.3.2016, p. 78.

(3) OJ L 88, 29.3.2007, p. 1.

5.3.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

C 89/5

Euro exchange rates (1)

4 March 2016

(2016/C 89/06)

1 euro =

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,0970
JPY	Japanese yen	124,77
DKK	Danish krone	7,4609
GBP	Pound sterling	0,77483
SEK	Swedish krona	9,3345
CHF	Swiss franc	1,0898
ISK	Iceland króna
NOK	Norwegian krone	9,3830
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	27,058
HUF	Hungarian forint	309,31
PLN	Polish zloty	4,3313
RON	Romanian leu	4,4663
TRY	Turkish lira	3,2027
AUD	Australian dollar	1,4859
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,4717
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	8,5192
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,6223
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,5150
KRW	South Korean won	1 319,78
ZAR	South African rand	17,1275
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	7,1480
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,5940
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	14 409,10
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,5100
PHP	Philippine peso	51,325
RUB	Russian rouble	80,1674
THB	Thai baht	38,823
BRL	Brazilian real	4,0834
MXN	Mexican peso	19,5613
INR	Indian rupee	73,5910

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

5.3.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

C 89/7

Special Report No 24/2015

‘Tackling intra-Community VAT fraud: More action needed’

(2016/C 89/10)

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 24/2015 ‘Tackling intra-Community VAT fraud: More action needed’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors' website: http://eca.europa.eu

A hard copy version of the report may be obtained free of charge on request to the Court of Auditors:

European Court of Auditors

Publications (PUB)

12, rue Alcide De Gasperi

1615 Luxembourg

LUXEMBOURG

Tel. +352 4398-1

Email eca-info@eca.europa.eu

or by filling in an electronic order form on EU-Bookshop.

5.3.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

C 89/8

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

(Commission Implementing Decision C(2016) 1225)

(2016/C 89/11)

The European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, is hereby launching three calls for proposals in order to award grants to projects in accordance with the priorities and objectives defined in the work programme for 2016 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 three calls:

CEF-TC-2016-1: Business Registers Interconnection System (BRIS)

CEF-TC-2016-1: Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI)

CEF-TC-2016-1: eProcurement

The total indicative budget available for proposals selected under these calls is EUR 32 million.

The deadline for the submission of proposals is 19 May 2016.

The respective calls documentation is available on the CEF Telecom website:

https://ec.europa.eu/inea/en/connecting-europe-facility/cef-telecom/apply-funding/2016-cef-telecom-calls-proposals

5.3.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

C 89/9

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7925 — Newell Rubbermaid/Jarden)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 89/12)

On 26 February 2016, 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 Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (‘Newell Rubbermaid’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the undertaking Jarden Corporation (‘Jarden’, USA) by way of purchase of shares and exchange of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Newell Rubbermaid: global marketer of consumer and commercial products operating in five business segments: (i) tools, (ii) commercial products, (iii) writing products, (iv) baby and parenting products, and (v) home solutions products,

— for Jarden: global marketer of consumer products operating in three business segments: (i) branded consumables, (ii) outdoor solutions, and (iii) consumer solutions.

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.

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.7925 — Newell Rubbermaid/Jarden, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

5.3.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

C 89/10

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7873 — Worldline/Equens/PaySquare)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 89/13)

On 26 February 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Worldline S.A. (‘Worldline’ France), ultimately controlled by Atos S.E. (‘Atos’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Equens S.E., including its subsidiary PaySquare (‘together Equens’, the Netherlands), by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Worldline: payments and transactional services, including merchant acquiring, acquiring processing, online banking, issuing processing and payment software licensing, provision of point of sale terminals and related services, mainly in the EEA,

— for Equens: provision of the full value chain of both payment processing and card processing services including merchant acquiring, acquiring processing in the EEA.

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.

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.7873 — Worldline/Equens/PaySquare to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

5.3.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

C 89/11

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7937 — Computer Science Corporation/Xchanging)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 89/14)

On 29 February 2016, 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 Computer Science Corporation (‘CSC’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Xchanging plc (‘Xchanging’, UK) by way of public bid announced on 9 December 2015.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for CSC: provision on a global scale of IT services across a range of industries covering chemicals, energy and natural resources, financial services, healthcare, agriculture and manufacturing, public sector services and technology to customers in the private and public sectors;

— for Xchanging: provision of business processing, technology and procurement services internationally for customers in the accounting and procurement, financial services and insurance sectors.

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.7937 — Computer Science Corporation/Xchanging, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

5.3.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

C 89/12

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7874 — Warburg Pincus/General Atlantic/Unicredit/Pioneer US)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 89/15)

On 29 February 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which affiliates of Warburg Pincus LLC (‘Warburg Pincus’, United States), affiliates of General Atlantic LLC (‘General Atlantic’, United States) and Unicredit S.p.A. (‘Unicredit’, Italy) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control over Pioneer Investment Management USA Inc. and its subsidiaries in the United States (‘Pioneer US’, United States) by way of purchase of shares. Pioneer US is currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of Unicredit.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—	Warburg Pincus is a global private equity firm, active through its portfolio companies in a variety of sectors, including energy, financial services, healthcare and consumer, industrial and business services, and technology, media and telecommunications,

—	General Atlantic is a private equity firm, active through its portfolio companies in a variety of sectors, including business services, retail and consumer, financial services, healthcare, internet and technology,

—	Unicredit is the Italian parent company of a banking group providing banking and financial services in Italy and abroad,

—	Pioneer US is an asset management business with operations in the US and Canada.

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 M.7874 — Warburg Pincus/General Atlantic/Unicredit/Pioneer US, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

		ISSN 1977-091X
Official Journal of the European Union		C 89

English edition	Information and Notices	Volume 59 5 March 2016

Notice No	Contents	page
	II Information
	INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES
	European Commission
2016/C 089/01	Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7898 — Arauco/Sonae Indústria/Tafisa) ( 1 )	1
2016/C 089/02	Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7914 — KKR & Co./Webhelp SAS) ( 1 )	1
2016/C 089/03	Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7938 — Catterton/L Companies) ( 1 )	2

	IV Notices
	NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES
	Council
2016/C 089/04	Notice for the attention of certain persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/235/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 359/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Iran	3
2016/C 089/05	Notice for the attention of the persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2013/183/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/319, concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	4
	European Commission
2016/C 089/06	Euro exchange rates	5
2016/C 089/07	Adoption of Commission Decision on the notification by the Kingdom of Spain of a modified transitional national plan referred to in Article 32(6) of Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions	6
2016/C 089/08	Adoption of Commission Decision on the notification by the Republic of Poland of a modified transitional national plan referred to in Article 32(6) of Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions	6
2016/C 089/09	Adoption of Commission Decision on the notification by Romania of a modified transitional national plan referred to in Article 32(6) of Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions	6
	Court of Auditors
2016/C 089/10	Special Report No 24/2015 — Tackling intra-Community VAT fraud: More action needed	7

	V Announcements
	ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
	European Commission
2016/C 089/11	Calls for proposals under the work programme for grants in the field of the trans-European telecommunication networks under the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2014-2020 (Commission Implementing Decision C(2016) 1225)	8
	PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY
	European Commission
2016/C 089/12	Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7925 — Newell Rubbermaid/Jarden) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 )	9
2016/C 089/13	Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7873 — Worldline/Equens/PaySquare) ( 1 )	10
2016/C 089/14	Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7937 — Computer Science Corporation/Xchanging) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 )	11
2016/C 089/15	Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7874 — Warburg Pincus/General Atlantic/Unicredit/Pioneer US) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 )	12