Official Journal C 308 of the European Union Volume 61 English edition Information and Notices 31 August 2018 Contents I Resolutions, recommendations and opinions OPINIONS European Commission 2018/C 308/01 Commission Opinion of 16 August 2018 relating to the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the Sellafield Encapsulated Product Stores Waste Transfer Route located in the United Kingdom... 1 II Information INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES European Commission 2018/C 308/02 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9058 Sonae/Sonae Sierra) ( 1 )... 3 2018/C 308/03 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8912 Carlyle/The Specialty Chemicals Business of Akzo Nobel) ( 1 )... 3 EN ( 1 ) Text with EEA relevance.
IV Notices NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES European Commission 2018/C 308/04 Euro exchange rates... 4 V Announcements ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) 2018/C 308/05 Notice of open competitions... 5 PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY European Commission 2018/C 308/06 Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9024 Abry Partners/Link) Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 )... 6 Corrigenda 2018/C 308/07 Corrigendum to Passenger Name Records (PNR) List of Member States who have decided the application of the PNR Directive to intra-eu flights As referred to in Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2016/681 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime (If a Member State decides to apply this Directive to intra-eu flights, it shall notify the Commission in writing. A Member State may give or revoke such a notification at any time. The Commission shall publish that notification and any revocation of it in the Official Journal of the European Union) (OJ C 196, 8.6.2018)... 7 ( 1 ) Text with EEA relevance.
31.8.2018 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 308/1 I (Resolutions, recommendations and opinions) OPINIONS EUROPEAN COMMISSION COMMISSION OPINION of 16 August 2018 relating to the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the Sellafield Encapsulated Product Stores Waste Transfer Route located in the United Kingdom (Only the English version is authentic) (2018/C 308/01) The assessment below is carried out under the provisions of the Euratom Treaty, without prejudice to any additional assessments to be carried out under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the obligations stemming from it and from secondary legislation ( 1 ). On 15 March 2018 the European Commission received from the Government of the United Kingdom, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty, General Data relating to the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste ( 2 ) arising from the Sellafield Encapsulated Product Stores Waste Transfer Route. On the basis of these data and following consultation with the Group of Experts, the Commission has drawn up the following opinion: 1. The distance from the site to the nearest border of another Member State, in this case Ireland is 180 km. 2. Under normal operating conditions, the discharge of gaseous radioactive effluents is not liable to cause an exposure of the population of another Member State that would be significant from the point of view of health, in respect of the dose limits laid down in the Basic Safety Standards Directive ( 3 ). Under normal operating conditions, the facility will not discharge liquid radioactive effluents. 3. Secondary solid radioactive waste will be transferred to on-site treatment, conditioning and interim storage facilities. Conditioned low-level radioactive waste will however be shipped to the nearby licensed disposal facility located at Drigg. 4. In the event of unplanned releases of radioactive effluents, which may follow the accident of the type and magnitude considered in the General Data, the doses likely to be received by the population of another Member State would not be significant from the point of view of health, in respect of the reference levels laid down in the Basic Safety Standards Directive. ( 1 ) For instance, under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, environmental aspects should be further assessed. Indicatively, the Commission would like to draw attention to the provisions of Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU; to Directive 2001/42/EC on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment, as well as to Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and to Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy. ( 2 ) The disposal of radioactive waste in the meaning of point 1 of Commission Recommendation 2010/635/Euratom of 11 October 2010 on the application of Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty (OJ L 279, 23.10.2010, p. 36). ( 3 ) Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom (OJ L 13, 17.1.2014, p. 1).
C 308/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 31.8.2018 In conclusion, the Commission is of the opinion that the implementation of the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste in whatever form, arising from the Sellafield Encapsulated Product Stores Waste Transfer Route, located in the United Kingdom, both in normal operation and in the event of the accident of the type and magnitude considered in the General Data, is not liable to result in a radioactive contamination, significant from the point of view of health, of the water, soil or airspace of another Member State, in respect of the provisions laid down in the Basic Safety Standards Directive. Done at Brussels, 16 August 2018. For the Commission Miguel ARIAS CAÑETE Member of the Commission
31.8.2018 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 308/3 II (Information) INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN COMMISSION Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9058 Sonae/Sonae Sierra) (Text with EEA relevance) (2018/C 308/02) On 23 August 2018, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available: in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32018M9058. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law. ( 1 ) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1. Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8912 Carlyle/The Specialty Chemicals Business of Akzo Nobel) (Text with EEA relevance) (2018/C 308/03) On 27 August 2018, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available: in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32018M8912. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law. ( 1 ) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
C 308/4 EN Official Journal of the European Union 31.8.2018 IV (Notices) NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN COMMISSION Euro exchange rates ( 1 ) 30 August 2018 (2018/C 308/04) 1 euro = Currency Exchange rate USD US dollar 1,1692 JPY Japanese yen 130,32 DKK Danish krone 7,4568 GBP Pound sterling 0,89758 SEK Swedish krona 10,6440 CHF Swiss franc 1,1339 ISK Iceland króna 125,10 NOK Norwegian krone 9,7200 BGN Bulgarian lev 1,9558 CZK Czech koruna 25,749 HUF Hungarian forint 326,32 PLN Polish zloty 4,2882 RON Romanian leu 4,6437 TRY Turkish lira 7,8560 AUD Australian dollar 1,6015 Currency Exchange rate CAD Canadian dollar 1,5117 HKD Hong Kong dollar 9,1773 NZD New Zealand dollar 1,7534 SGD Singapore dollar 1,5968 KRW South Korean won 1 297,53 ZAR South African rand 17,0100 CNY Chinese yuan renminbi 7,9887 HRK Croatian kuna 7,4405 IDR Indonesian rupiah 17 175,55 MYR Malaysian ringgit 4,8048 PHP Philippine peso 62,532 RUB Russian rouble 79,2207 THB Thai baht 38,239 BRL Brazilian real 4,8221 MXN Mexican peso 22,2356 INR Indian rupee 82,7150 ( 1 ) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
31.8.2018 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 308/5 V (Announcements) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES EUROPEAN PERSONNEL SELECTION OFFICE (EPSO) NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITIONS (2018/C 308/05) The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is organising the following open competitions: EPSO/AD/362/18 ADMINISTRATORS (AD 6) and EPSO/AST/145/18 ASSISTANTS (AST 3) IN THE FIELD OF ARCHIVISTICS/RECORDS MANAGEMENT. The competition notice is published in 24 languages in Official Journal of the European Union C 308 A of 13 September 2018. Further information can be found on the EPSO website: https://epso.europa.eu/
C 308/6 EN Official Journal of the European Union 31.8.2018 PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY EUROPEAN COMMISSION Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9024 Abry Partners/Link) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) (2018/C 308/06) 1. On 24 August 2018, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ). This notification concerns the following undertakings: Abry Partners II LLC ( Abry Partners, United States), Link Mobility Group ASA ( Link, Norway). Abry Partners acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, indirect sole control of Link, by way of a public bid. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: for Abry Partners: manages private equity funds. The funds managed by Abry hold interests in a broad range of businesses focusing on media, communications, business and information services; for Link: is active in the a mobile communication sector, specialising in mobile messaging services, mobile solutions and mobile intelligence, across different industries and sectors. 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.9024 Abry Partners/Link Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: E-mail: 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.
31.8.2018 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 308/7 CORRIGENDA Corrigendum to Passenger Name Records (PNR) List of Member States who have decided the application of the PNR Directive to intra-eu flights As referred to in Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2016/681 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime (If a Member State decides to apply this Directive to intra-eu flights, it shall notify the Commission in writing. A Member State may give or revoke such a notification at any time. The Commission shall publish that notification and any revocation of it in the Official Journal of the European Union) (Official Journal of the European Union C 196 of 8 June 2018) (2018/C 308/07) On page 29: The following Member State that has notified the Commission of the application of the PNR Directive in intra-eu flights is added: Luxembourg
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