9.6.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/1

United Nations – Focal point for delisting

Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch

Room S-3055 E

New York, NY 10017

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Council of the European Union

General Secretariat

DG C 1C - Horizontal Issues

Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175

1048 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

E-mail: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu

9.6.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/3

9.6.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/4

1.

On 31 May 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (‘Goldman Sachs’, United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Caldic BV (‘Caldic’, Netherlands) by way of a purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Goldman Sachs: global investment banking, securities and investment management,

—   for Caldic: international full-line distribution of commodity and specialty chemicals to customers in the industrial, health and food industries.

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 the 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 M.8499 — Goldman Sachs/Caldic, to the following address:

9.6.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/5

1.

On 1 June 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Apax Partners LLP (United Kingdom) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking WP Safety-Kleen (Cayman) Limited (‘Safety-Kleen’, Cayman Islands) by way of a purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Apax Partners LLP: provision of investment advisory services to private equity funds investing primarily in Europe in a range of industry sectors,

—   for Safety-Kleen: provision of industrial parts cleaning machines, related cleaning products/solutions and spent detergent and solvent collection services.

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 the 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 M.8525 — Apax Partners/Safety-Kleen, to the following address:

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/6

1.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 (1) calls upon the Union to freeze the funds and economic resources of persons and entities, as designated by the Sanctions Committee or by the UN Security Council as being engaged in or providing support for, including through illicit means, the DPRK's nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes, or persons or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction, or entities owned or controlled by them, including through illicit means.

2.

The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2356 of 2 June 2017 adding the natural persons CHO IL U (alias Cho Il Woo), CHO YON CHUN (alias Jo Yon Jun), CHOE HWI, JO YONG-WON (alias Cho Yongwon), KIM CHOL NAM, KIM KYONG OK, KIM TONG-HO, MIN BYONG CHOL (Min Pyo’ng-ch’o’l; Min Byong-chol; Min Byong Chun), PAEK SE BONG, PAK HAN SE (alias Kang Myong Chol), PAK TO CHUN (alias Pak Do Chun), RI JAE IL (alias Ri Chae-Il), RI SU YONG and RI YONG MU and the entities Kangbong Trading Corporation, Korea Kumsan Trading Corporation, Koryo Bank and Strategic Rocket Force of the Korean People's Army (alias Strategic Rocket Force; Strategic Rocket Force Command of KPA; Strategic Force; Strategic Forces) to the Sanctions Committee's list.

In addition, on 1 June 2017, the Sanctions Committee amended the listing of the natural persons CHOE SONG IL, JANG YONG SON, KIM JUNG JONG (alias Kim Chung Chong) and KIM YONG CHOL.

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:

See for more information at: https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/sanctions/delisting

3.

In order to implement the new listings, the Commission has adopted Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/970 (2) amending Annex IV of Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 (3) accordingly.

The concerned individuals and entities may submit observations on the decision to list them or maintain them on the list, together with supporting documentation, to the European Commission on the following address:

4.

The attention of the individuals and entities concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/970 before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the fourth and sixth paragraphs of Article 263 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

5.

Finally, the attention of the listed entities and individuals is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities in the relevant Member State(s), as listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 329/2007, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds and economic resources for essential needs or specific payments in accordance with Article 7 of that Regulation.