ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 183

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English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 61
29 May 2018


Contents

page

 

II   Information

 

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

 

European Commission

2018/C 183/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8856 — Archer Daniels Midland/Cargill/JV Egypt) ( 1 )

1

2018/C 183/02

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8764 — Sedgwick/Cunningham Lindsey) ( 1 )

1


 

IV   Notices

 

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

 

Council

2018/C 183/03

Notice for the attention of persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

2

2018/C 183/04

Notice for the attention of the data subjects to whom the restrictive measures provided for in Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria apply

3

 

European Commission

2018/C 183/05

Euro exchange rates

4

 

Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems

2018/C 183/06

Recommendation No A1 of 18 October 2017 concerning the issuance of the attestation referred to in Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 )

5


 

V   Announcements

 

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

 

European Commission

2018/C 183/07

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8919 — Permira/Exclusive Group) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 )

15

2018/C 183/08

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8496 — Strabag/Max Bögl International/SMB) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 )

17


 

Corrigenda

2018/C 183/09

Corrigendum to the Notice of initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron, originating in the People's Republic of China and Thailand ( OJ C 162, 8.5.2018 )

18


 


 

(1)   Text with EEA relevance.

 

(2)   Text with relevance for the EEA and for Switzerland.

EN

 


II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

29.5.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 183/1


Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8856 — Archer Daniels Midland/Cargill/JV Egypt)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 183/01)

On 18 May 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 32018M8856. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.


(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.


29.5.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 183/1


Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8764 — Sedgwick/Cunningham Lindsey)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 183/02)

On 12 April 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 32018M8764. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.


(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.


IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Council

29.5.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 183/2


Notice for the attention of persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

(2018/C 183/03)

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities designated in Annex I to Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/778 (2), and in Annex II to Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/774 (4), concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria.

The Council of the European Union, after having reviewed the list of persons and entities designated in the above-mentioned Annexes, has determined that the restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2013/255/CFSP and in Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should continue to apply to those persons and entities.

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 on the websites in Annex IIa to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 16 of the Regulation).

The persons and entities concerned may submit a request to the Council before 1 March 2019, together with supporting documentation that the decision to include them on the above-mentioned list should be reconsidered 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

Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu

Any observations received will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council's next review, pursuant to Article 34 of Decision 2013/255/CFSP and Article 32(4) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, of the list of designated persons and entities.


(1)  OJ L 147, 1.6.2013, p. 14.

(2)  OJ L 131, 29.5.2018, p. 16.

(3)  OJ L 16, 19.1.2012, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 131, 29.5.2018, p. 1.


29.5.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 183/3


Notice for the attention of the data subjects to whom the restrictive measures provided for in Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria apply

(2018/C 183/04)

The attention of data subjects 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) No 36/2012 (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) No 36/2012.

The data subjects are the natural persons who fulfil 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.

Data subjects may have recourse to the European Data Protection Supervisor in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.


(1)  OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 16, 19.1.2012, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 296, 21.9.2004, p. 16.


European Commission

29.5.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 183/4


Euro exchange rates (1)

28 May 2018

(2018/C 183/05)

1 euro =


 

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,1644

JPY

Japanese yen

127,33

DKK

Danish krone

7,4474

GBP

Pound sterling

0,87465

SEK

Swedish krona

10,2373

CHF

Swiss franc

1,1577

ISK

Iceland króna

123,20

NOK

Norwegian krone

9,5113

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

25,731

HUF

Hungarian forint

319,42

PLN

Polish zloty

4,3053

RON

Romanian leu

4,6360

TRY

Turkish lira

5,3482

AUD

Australian dollar

1,5410

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,5114

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

9,1354

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,6756

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,5615

KRW

South Korean won

1 250,83

ZAR

South African rand

14,4979

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

7,4508

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,3950

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

16 324,88

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,6316

PHP

Philippine peso

61,112

RUB

Russian rouble

72,6316

THB

Thai baht

37,272

BRL

Brazilian real

4,2953

MXN

Mexican peso

22,7650

INR

Indian rupee

78,5280


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


Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems

29.5.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 183/5


RECOMMENDATION No A1

of 18 October 2017

concerning the issuance of the attestation referred to in Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(Text with relevance for the EEA and for Switzerland)

(2018/C 183/06)

THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION FOR THE COORDINATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS,

Having regard to Article 72(a) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems (1), under which the Administrative Commission is responsible for dealing with all administrative questions or questions of interpretation arising from the provisions of this Regulation and Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems (2),

Having regard to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 concerning the legal value of documents and supporting evidence showing the position of a person,

Having regard to Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 concerning the attestation of the applicable legislation pursuant to Title II of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004,

Acting in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 71(2) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 provides that at the request of the person concerned or of the employer, the competent institution of the Member State whose legislation is applicable pursuant to Title II of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 shall provide an attestation that such legislation is applicable and shall indicate, where appropriate, until what date and under what conditions.

(2)

The Administrative Commission determines the structure and the content of the Portable Document A1 concerning the applicable legislation which applies to the holder.

(3)

Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 provides that this document shall be accepted by the institutions of the other Member State as long as it has not been withdrawn or declared invalid by the Member State in which it has been issued.

(4)

The principle of sincere cooperation, as also laid down in Article 4(3) of the Treaty on European Union and specified in Article 76 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004, requires that institutions conduct a proper assessment of the facts relevant for the determination of the legislation applicable in the matter of social security and consequently to confirm the correctness of the information contained in a Portable Document A1.

(5)

These documents establish a presumption that the holder is properly affiliated to the social security system of the Member State whose institution has issued it,

HEREBY RECOMMENDS TO THE COMPETENT SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS THAT:

1.

In order to prevent falsification of the Portable Document A1, for example by exchanging pages between different documents, it is recommended that authentication features should be included in the certificates issued, namely:

(a)

where the documents are issued electronically, they should bear a serial number or identification number on each page. In this case, a manual signature or ink stamping is no longer necessary;

(b)

where the documents are issued manually, they should be printed on both pages of a sheet and the sheets should be connected together in such a way that they cannot easily be separated. This can be achieved, for example, by folding the top left hand corner, stapling this corner and putting a stamp on the reverse side.

2.

In addition, it is recommended that each issued Portable Document A1 is registered in such a way that its authenticity can easily and quickly be verified.

3.

The Member States should inform the Administrative Commission about the different ways the Portable Documents A1 are issued by their institutions. The delegations in the Administrative Commission should share this information with their respective inspectorates.

4.

It is recommended that, prior to issuing a Portable Document A1, institutions assess all the relevant facts, whether by means of data contained in official sources, or by requesting the applicant to provide the necessary information. To guide institutions, a non-exhaustive standardised list of common questions and questions specific to the different relevant articles of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 can be found in the Annex. These may be adapted as appears appropriate in the case involved.

5.

A disclaimer should be included in the application forms by which the applicant declares that he/she has answered all questions correctly to the best of his/her knowledge and that he/she is aware of the possibility of checks with the consequence that the document can be withdrawn retroactively.

6.

It is recommended that the competent institutions have the information about Portable Documents A1 issued available, preferably in an electronic database. They should notify each other, by means of the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) System, of any decision taken regarding the applicable legislation in the event of an activity pursued in the other Member State pursuant to Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009.

7.

This Recommendation shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. It enters into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication.

The Chair of the Administrative Commission

Agne NETTAN-SEPP


(1)  OJ L 166, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 284, 30.10.2009, p. 1.


ANNEX

Standardised sets of questions for the application for a Portable Document A1

A.   COMMON QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PERSON CONCERNED OF THE PORTABLE DOCUMENT A1 (PD A1)

The following questions need to be used in every application form and to be verified by the issuing institution:

Surname/Last name

First name

Date of birth

Sex: male/female/unknown

Personal identification number

Place of birth

Nationality

The person resides legally in a Member State (for third-country nationals)

Address in the State of residence (at least town, postal code, country)

Address in the State of stay (at least town, postal code, country)

Contact address of the person

Job-title/Profession/Trade

B.   SPECIFIC QUESTIONS DEPENDING ON THE DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THE PD A1 IS REQUESTED

In addition, specific questions depending on the various circumstances in which a PD A1 may be requested based on Tittle II of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems (1) are set out below.

1.   Application under Article 11(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (activity as an employed or self-employed person in one Member State)

Employer

Name

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

Self-employment activity

Name

Registration number

Social security number

Fiscal number

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

Starting/ending date of work

2.   Application under Article 11(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (civil servants)

Employer (employing administration)

Name

Registration number

Social security number

Fiscal number

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

Place(s) of work abroad (repeat as many times as needed)

Name

Registration number

Social security number

Fiscal number

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

No fixed address in the state of work

Starting date of work abroad

Ending date of work abroad

3.   Application under Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (economic activity on board a vessel at sea)

Employer

Name

Registration number

Social security number

Fiscal number

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

No fixed address in the state of work

Name of the vessel

The State of which the vessel is flying the flag

The remuneration is paid by the undertaking whose registered office or place of business is in another State: yes/no

Starting date of work

Ending date of work

4.   Application under Article 11(5) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (flight crew or cabin crew members)

Employer

Name

Registration number

Social security number

Fiscal number

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

Place where the home base is situated

Starting date of work

Ending date of work

5.   Application under Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (posting of workers)

Employer in the posting State

Name

Registration number

Social security number

Fiscal number

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community according to NACE

Undertaking(s) in the receiving State/place(s) of posting

Name

Registration number

Social security number

Fiscal number

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

No fixed address in the state of work

Starting date of posting

Ending date of posting

The employee is subject to legislation of the posting State within one month before posting: yes/no

Details of activity performed one month immediately prior to posting

Nature of activity in posting State

Nature of activity in receiving State

The employee is being posted to replace another posted worker: yes/no

If yes, please indicate, why this replacement is deemed necessary

The employee has already worked in the receiving Member State concerned: yes/no

If yes, indicate the previous periods of posting (date from, date to)

Number of employees of the employer in the posting State (excluding administrative workers)

number of administrative workers in the posting State

Number of posted employees

Number of contracts exercised in the posting State

Number of contracts exercised in the receiving State

Turnover in the posting State (in %)

Turnover in the receiving Member State (in %)

The employer in posting State may decide to terminate the contract with the employees during their posting: yes/no

The employer in posting State is able to decide the key aspects of the activity performed in the receiving State: yes/no

The employment contract is concluded with: the employer in the posting State/the undertaking in the receiving State

The employee will be paid by: the employer in the posting State/the undertaking in the receiving State

Will the employment relationship continue during the period of posting: yes/no

Will the undertaking to which the employee is posted place him at the disposal of another undertaking: yes/no

6.   Application under Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (posting of self-employed persons)

Self-employment in the posting State

Name

Registration number

Social security number

Fiscal number

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

Self-employment in the receiving State/Place of posting

Name

Registration number

Social security number

Fiscal number

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

No fixed address in the state of work

Starting date of posting

Ending date of posting

The self-employed has already worked in the receiving Member State: yes/no

If yes, indicate the previous periods of posting (date from, date to)

During the posting, a business structure will be maintained in the posting State, so that business activity can be resumed on return from abroad: yes/no

Business activity will be resumed on return from the receiving Member State

Nature of activity in posting State

Nature of activity in receiving State

7.   Application under Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (employment in two or more Member States when employer(s) is/are situated in the State of residence of the person)

Employer

Name

Registration number

Social security number

Fiscal number

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

States where work is performed

Details regarding place(s) of work (repeat as many times as needed)

Company name

ID number(s)

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

No fixed address in the state of work

States where activities accounting for less than 5 % of the worker’s regular working time and/or less than 5 % of overall remuneration

Starting date of work in each undertaking

Ending date of work in each undertaking

8.   Application under Art. 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (employment in two or more Member States — other situations)

Employer(s) (repeat as many times as needed)

Name

Registration number

Social security number

Fiscal number

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community of the employer according to NACE

States where work is performed

Details regarding place(s) of work (repeat as many times as needed)

Company name

ID number(s)

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

No fixed address in the state of work

States where activities accounting for less than 5 % of the worker’s regular working time and/or less than 5 % of overall remuneration

States where activities accounting for at least 25 % of the worker’s regular working time and/or at least 25 % of overall remuneration

Starting date of work in each undertaking

Ending date of work in each undertaking

9.   Application under Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (self-employment in two or more Member States)

Self-employment activity

Name

Registration number

Social security number

Fiscal number

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community of the self-employment according to NACE

States where work is performed

Details regarding place(s) of self-employment activity (repeat as many times as needed)

Company name (if applicable)

ID number(s) (if applicable)

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

No fixed address in the state of work

Turnover and/or income in each State where activity is performed

Working time in each State where activity is performed

Number of services rendered in each State where activity is performed

Starting date of activity

Ending date of activity

10.   Application under Art. 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (employment and self-employment in two or more Member States)

Self-employment activity (repeat as many times as needed)

Name

Registration number

Social security number

Fiscal number

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

Employer (repeat as many times as needed)

Name

Registration number

Social security number

Fiscal number

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community of the employer according to NACE

States where work is performed

Details regarding places of activity (repeat as many times as needed)

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

No fixed address in the state of work

States where activities accounting for less than 5 % of the worker’s regular working time and/or less than 5 % of overall remuneration

States where activities accounting for at least 25 % of the worker’s regular working time and/or at least 25 % of overall remuneration

Starting date of activity

Ending date of activity

11.   Application under Art. 13(4) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (civil servant in one State and employed or self-employed person in another)

Employer (employing administration)

Name

Registration number

Social security number

Fiscal number

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

Self-employment activity and/or employment activity (repeat as many times as needed)

Name

Registration number

Social security number

Fiscal number

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

Starting date of work

Ending date of work

12.   Application under Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (contract staff of the European Union)

Employer (employing EU institution or body)

Name

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

Place of work abroad

Name

Registration number

Social security number

Fiscal number

Address (at least town, postal code, country)

No fixed address in the state of work

Starting date of work as contract Staff of the European Union

The legislation for which the person concerned opted: the legislation of the State in which he/she is employed/the legislation of the State to which he/she was last subject/the legislation of the State of his/her nationality

C.   SAMPLE DISCLAIMERS TO BE USED IN APPLICATION FORMS

1.   General:

‘I declare that the information on this form is true and complete.’

‘I have answered all the questions correctly to the best of my knowledge.’

2.   Posting of employed persons:

‘I declare that I am aware of the possibility of checks throughout the period of posting so as to ascertain that this period has not come to an end. Such checks may relate, in particular, to the payment of contributions and to the maintenance of the direct relationship.’

‘As employer of the posted employee, I declare that the information is complete and correct. I am aware of the fact, that the provided information may be scrutinised in <name of the posting Member State> as well as in the receiving State by the competent institution. If the provided information is not in accordance with the factual situation, the document regarding the applicable legislation can be withdrawn retroactively. In this case, the legislation of the receiving State where the employment is actually performed will be applicable. I commit myself to inform the competent institution in <name of the posting Member State> (i) if the employee has not been posted or if the posting period is interrupted for more than two months or (ii) if the posting is terminated before the end of the presumed posting period.’

3.   Posting of self-employed persons:

‘I declare that I am aware of the possibility of checks throughout the period during which I pursue a temporary activity in the State in which I am active, so as to ascertain that the conditions applying to that activity have not changed. Such checks may relate, in particular, to the payment of contributions and the maintenance of the infrastructure needed to pursue the activity in the State in which I am established.’

4.   Activities for one employer in two or more Member States — disclaimer for the employer:

‘I declare that the information is complete and correct. I am aware of the fact that the provided information may be scrutinised in <name of the posting Member State> as well as in the receiving State of employment by the competent institution. If the provided information is not in accordance with the factual situation, the document regarding the applicable legislation can be withdrawn retroactively. In this case, the question which legislation is applicable will have to be determined again on the basis of the factual circumstances. I commit myself to inform the competent institution of <name of the posting Member State> about all changes regarding the employment relationship (i.e. change of employer, change of the centre of interests, change of working hours, taking up new activities).’


(1)  OJ L 166, 30.4.2004, p. 1.


V Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

29.5.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 183/15


Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.8919 — Permira/Exclusive Group)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 183/07)

1.   

On 22 May 2018, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

Permira VI G.P. Limited (United Kingdom), controlled by Permira Holdings Limited (United Kingdom),

Exclusive France Holding and Exclusive Management SAS (France).

Permira VI G.P. Limited acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Exclusive France Holding and Exclusive Management SAS.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2.   

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Permira VI G.P.: a private equity fund ultimately controlled by Permira Holdings Limited with private equity investments in companies active in a variety of sectors,

—   for Exclusive Group France Holding and Exclusive Management SAS: companies active in the wholesale distribution of IT products, specifically hardware, software, cloud solutions and services dedicated to enterprise IT security and software defined data centres.

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 the 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. The following reference should always be specified:

M.8919 — Permira/Exclusive Group

Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:

Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Fax +32 22964301

Postal 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.


29.5.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 183/17


Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.8496 — Strabag/Max Bögl International/SMB)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 183/08)

1.   

On 22 May 2018, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

Strabag AG (‘Strabag’, Austria),

Max Bögl International SE (‘Bögl’, Germany),

SMB Construction International GmbH (‘SMB’, Germany).

Strabag and Bögl acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of SMB.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.   

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Strabag: all areas of the building and construction industry, especially road construction, civil engineering, project management and construction materials,

—   for Bögl: various segments of the construction industry, especially construction of public buildings, civil engineering and infrastructure,

—   for SMB: construction of inclining curves for proving grounds for automobiles.

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 the 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. The following reference should always be specified:

M.8496 — Strabag/Max Bögl International/SMB

Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:

Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Fax +32 22964301

Postal 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.


Corrigenda

29.5.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 183/18


Corrigendum to the Notice of initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron, originating in the People's Republic of China and Thailand

( Official Journal of the European Union C 162 of 8 May 2018 )

(2018/C 183/09)

On page 16:

for:

‘Email addresses:

For dumping aspects:

TRADE-R692-MALLEABLE FITTINGS-DUMPING-CHINA@ec.europa.eu,

TRADE-R692-MALLEABLE FITTINGS-DUMPING-THAILAND@ec.europa.eu,

For injury aspects:

TRADE-R692-MALLEABLE FITTINGS-INJURY@ec.europa.eu’,

read:

‘Email addresses:

For dumping aspects:

TRADE-R692-MALLEABLE-FITTINGS-DUMPING-CHINA@ec.europa.eu,

TRADE-R692-MALLEABLE-FITTINGS-DUMPING-THAILAND@ec.europa.eu,

For injury aspects:

TRADE-R692-MALLEABLE-FITTINGS-INJURY@ec.europa.eu’.