title: Commission Decision of 29/08/2018 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.9078 - Ivanhoe Cambridge / Public Sector Pension Investment Board) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

text:
                        EUROPEAN COMMISSION

               Brussels, 29.8.2018

               C(2018) 5826 final

                  PUBLIC VERSION

               To the notifying parties:

               Subject:Case M.9078 – Ivanhoe Cambridge/PSPIB/VGMV LP JV
                  Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004
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                and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
                  2

               Dear Sir or Madam,

               1.On 1 August 2018, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Ivanhoe Cambridge (‘Ivanhoe’), belonging to the Canadian pension manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (Canada) and Public Sector Pension Investment Board (‘PSPIB’, Canada) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a newly created joint venture that will be active in real estate services in San Francisco and the wider San Francisco Bay area (United States). The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.
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               2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

               -for Ivanhoe: global real estate investments;

               -for PSPIB: management of a diversified global portfolio composed of investments in public financial markets, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, natural resources and private debt.

               3.After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation and of paragraph 5(a) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.
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               4.For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation and Article 57 of the EEA Agreement.

               For the Commission

               (Signed)

               Johannes LAITENBERGER
                  Director-General

                     (1)

                        OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the 'Merger Regulation'). With effect from 1 December 2009, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ('TFEU') has introduced certain changes, such as the replacement of 'Community' by 'Union' and 'common market' by 'internal market'. The terminology of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision.

                     (2)

                        OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 (the 'EEA Agreement').

                     (3)

                        Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 286, 14.08.2018, p. 3.

                     (4)

                           OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.


title: Council Decision of 28 September 2018 appointing the members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement for Workers

text:
                  10.10.2018

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  C 366/3

         COUNCIL DECISION
         of 28 September 2018
         appointing the members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement for Workers
         (2018/C 366/04)
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on freedom of movement for workers within the Union (1), and in particular Articles 23 and 24 thereof,
         Having regard to the lists of candidates submitted to the Council by the Governments of the Member States,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     By its Decisions of 20 September 2016 (2), of 14 November 2016 (3), of 28 November 2016 (4), of 23 January 2017 (5), of 27 March 2017 (6), of 23 January 2018 (7) and of 16 April 2018 (8), the Council appointed the members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement for Workers (the ‘Committee’) for the period from 25 September 2016 to 24 September 2018.

                     (2)

                     The members should remain in office until they are replaced or reappointed.

                     (3)

                     Members and alternate members of the Committee should be appointed for a period of two years,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

            Article 1
            The following are hereby appointed as members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement for Workers for the period from 25 September 2018 to 24 September 2020:
            I.   GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES

                        Country

                        Members

                        Alternates

                        Belgium

                        Mr Frédéric POUPINEL DE VALENCE
                        Mr Stéphane BALTAZAR LOPES

                        Mr Tom PARYS

                        Bulgaria

                        Mr Hristo SIMEONOV
                        Ms Tatiana GUEORGUIEVA

                        Mr Atanas KOLCHAKOV

                        Czech Republic

                        Ms Kateřina ŠTĔPÁNKOVÁ
                        Ms Petra SILOVSKÁ

                        Ms Andrea VESELÁ

                        Denmark

                        Mr Stig Hansen NØRGAARD
                        Ms Rikke Mark SEERUP

                        Ms Sidse Skraastad CLEMMENSEN

                        Germany

                        Ms Vera BADE
                        Ms Salome KARIJI BANI

                        Ms Andrea MÄDLER

                        Estonia

                        Ms Kristi SUUR
                        Ms Annika SEPP

                        Ms Thea TREIER

                        Ireland

                        Mr Niall O'MUIRCHEARTAIGH
                        Ms Dympna BOYLE

                        Mr Eamonn GALLAGHER

                        Greece

                        Spain

                        Ms Paloma MARTÍNEZ GAMO
                        Mr Francisco Javier MARCO CUEVAS

                        Ms María Reyes FERNÁNDEZ

                        France

                        Ms Claire MASSUELLES

                        Ms Malika EL MESTIRI

                        Croatia

                        Ms Marija KNEŽEVIĆ KAJARI
                        Mr Petar STRIŽAK

                        Ms Davorka BUŠKULIĆ LEMIĆ

                        Italy

                        Ms Maria Concetta CORINTO
                        Ms Carla ANTONUCCI

                        Ms Marinella COLUCCI

                        Cyprus

                        Mr Prodromos CHRYSANTHOU
                        Ms Elena HAGJIGEORGIOU

                        Ms Nasia MALAKTOU

                        Latvia

                        Ms Ilze ZVĪDRIŅA
                        Ms Svetlana DJAČKOVA

                        Ms Linda PAUGA

                        Lithuania

                        Ms Rasa MALAIŠKIENĖ
                        Mr Gytis DARULIS

                        Ms Daiva LIUGIENĖ

                        Luxembourg

                        Mr Tom GOEDERS
                        Mr Laurent PEUSCH

                        Mr Jonathan PEREIRA NEVES

                        Hungary

                        Ms Eszter ENYEDI
                        Ms Katalin KISSNÉ BENCZE

                        Ms Dalma SZABOLCSI

                        Malta

                        Mr Mario XUEREB
                        Ms Sarah GILI

                        Ms Pamela DINGLI

                        Netherlands

                        Ms Ghislaine WIDERA
                        Ms Lydia LOUSBERG

                        Ms Gaby BLOM-FABER

                        Austria

                        Mr Heinz KUTROWATZ
                        Ms Martha ROJAS-PINEDA

                        Mr Hansjörg PAYR

                        Poland

                        Ms Magdalena SWEKLEJ
                        Ms Agata DUDEK

                        Ms Aleksandra LANGE

                        Portugal

                        Romania

                        Mr Auraş MARINESCU
                        Ms Carmen ŞTEFAN

                        Mr Bogdan-Tiberius PAŞCA

                        Slovenia

                        Ms Sonja MALEC
                        Mr Grega MALEC

                        Ms Anja DANGUBIČ

                        Slovakia

                        Mr Milan MOLOKÁČ
                        Ms Mária HANZLÍKOVÁ

                        Ms Anna MONDEKOVÁ

                        Finland

                        Ms Elina JOHANSSON
                        Mr Olli SORAINEN

                        Mr Jarmo TIUKKANEN

                        Sweden

                        Mr Karlis LAPSA
                        Ms Madeleine ÖHBERG

                        Ms Sara SANDELIUS

                        United Kingdom

                        Ms Anna WARDELL

                        Mr Michael FORREST

            II.   TRADE UNION REPRESENTATIVES

                        Country

                        Members

                        Alternates

                        Belgium

                        Mr Joeri HENS
                        Ms Nathalie DIESBECQ

                        Bulgaria

                        Ms Atanaska TODOROVA
                        Mr Aleksandar ZAGOROV

                        Mr Valeri APOSTOLOV

                        Czech Republic

                        Mr Vít SAMEK
                        Mr Pavel JANÍČKO

                        Mr Petr ŠULC

                        Denmark

                        Ms Lotte Dickow SCHMIDTH
                        Mr Torben Damsgaard JENSEN

                        Ms Käthe Munk RYOM

                        Germany

                        Ms Alexandra KRAMER
                        Ms Isabella SCHUPP

                        Mr Fritz HEIL

                        Estonia

                        Ms Mare VIIES
                        Ms Aija MAASIKAS

                        Ms Tiia E. TAMMELEHT

                        Ireland

                        Mr John DOUGLAS
                        Ms Ethel BUCKLEY

                        Mr David JOYCE

                        Greece

                        Spain

                        Mr José Antonio MORENO DIAZ
                        Ms Ana Maria CORRAL JUAN

                        Ms Ana HERMOSO CANOURA

                        France

                        Ms Francine BLANCHE
                        Ms Corinne MARES

                        Mr Mariano FANDOS

                        Croatia

                        Ms Ana KRANJAC JULARIĆ
                        Mr David Jakov BABIĆ

                        Ms Sunčica BRNARDIĆ

                        Italy

                        Cyprus

                        Mr Nicos GREGORIOU

                        Latvia

                        Ms Nataļja PREISA
                        Mr Kaspars RĀCENĀJS

                        Ms Linda ROMELE

                        Lithuania

                        Ms Janina MATUIZIENĖ
                        Mr Ričardas GARUOLIS

                        Ms Eglė ŽUKAUSKAITĖ

                        Luxembourg

                        Mr Carlos PEREIRA
                        Mr Paul DE ARAUJO

                        Mr Eduardo DIAS

                        Hungary

                        Malta

                        Mr Ian Mark ZAMMIT
                        Mr Jeremy J. CAMILLERI

                        Mr Colin GALEA

                        Netherlands

                        Ms Caroline RIETBERGEN
                        Ms H. HOUWING

                        Ms C.C.J. MULLER

                        Austria

                        Mr Johannes PEYRL
                        Mr Oliver RÖPKE

                        Ms Sarah BRUCKNER

                        Poland

                        Mr Adam ROGALEWSKI
                        Mr Lech Maciej ZAKROCKI

                        Mr Bogdan OLSZEWSKI

                        Portugal

                        Mr José Manuel DA LUZ CORDEIRO
                        Mr Carlos Manuel ALVES TRINDADE

                        Mr Georges CASULA

                        Romania

                        Mr Corneliu CONSTANTINOAIA
                        Mr Liviu APOSTOIU

                        Mr Radu MINEA

                        Slovenia

                        Mr Marko TANASIĆ
                        Mr Jernej ZUPANČIČ

                        Slovakia

                        Ms Mária SVOREŇOVÁ
                        Ms Jana BERINCOVÁ

                        Mr Miroslav HAJNOŠ

                        Finland

                        Ms Eve KYNTÄJÄ
                        Mr Miika SAHAMIES

                        Mr Ralf SUND

                        Sweden

                        Ms Sofia RÅSMAR
                        Mr Mattias SCHULSTAD

                        Mr Christian LÖVGREN

                        United Kingdom

                        Ms Rosa CRAWFORD

                        Mr Wilf SULLIVAN

            III.   EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS REPRESENTATIVES

                        Country

                        Members

                        Alternates

                        Belgium

                        Ms Monica DE JONGHE
                        Ms Hilde THYS

                        Ms Anneleen BETTENS

                        Bulgaria

                        Mr Ivan ZAHARIEV
                        Mr Martin STOYANOV

                        Ms Daniela SIMIDCHIEVA

                        Czech Republic

                        Ms Jitka HLAVÁČKOVÁ
                        Mr Ludĕk MAZUCH

                        Ms Vladimíra DRBALOVÁ

                        Denmark

                        Ms Helene TANDERUP
                        Ms Trine Birgitte HOUGAARD

                        Mr Jens TROLDBORG

                        Germany

                        Ms Carmen Eugenia BÂRSAN
                        Mr Nicolas KELLER

                        Ms Isabelle OSTER

                        Estonia

                        Ms Piia ZIMMERMANN
                        Ms Helo TAMME

                        Ms Mare HIIESALU

                        Ireland

                        Mr Tony DONOHOE
                        Ms Rhona MURPHY

                        Ms Kara McGANN

                        Greece

                        Spain

                        Ms Miriam PINTO LOMENA
                        Ms Patricia CIREZ MIQUELEIZ

                        Mr Luis MÉNDEZ LÓPEZ

                        France

                        Ms Anne VAUCHEZ
                        Ms Natacha MARQUET

                        Ms Isabelle MAÎTRE

                        Croatia

                        Ms Vedrana GADO
                        Ms Iva NAPPHOLZ

                        Ms Milica JOVANOVIĆ

                        Italy

                        Cyprus

                        Ms Lena PANAYIOTOU
                        Mr Emilios MICHAEL

                        Latvia

                        Ms Ilona KIUKUCĀNE
                        Ms Inese STEPIŅA

                        Mr Andris ALKSNIS

                        Lithuania

                        Ms Evelina JASAITĖ
                        Mr Emilis RUŽELĖ

                        Ms Aušra KERZIENĖ

                        Luxembourg

                        Ms Patricia HEMMEN
                        Mr François ENGELS

                        Ms Héloise ANTOINE

                        Hungary

                        Ms Júlia VARGA
                        Mr István KOMORÓCZKI

                        Ms Terézia BOROSNÉ BARTHA

                        Malta

                        Ms Maronna FILLETTI
                        Mr Michael GALEA

                        Ms Angela ATTARD FENECH

                        Netherlands

                        Mr Rob SLAGMOLEN
                        Mr A.P.M.G. SCHOENMAECKERS

                        Mr J. SANDERS

                        Austria

                        Ms Margit KREUZHUBER
                        Ms Cornelia HOCKE

                        Ms Claudia GOLSER

                        Poland

                        Mr Dawid SEIFERT
                        Mr Robert LISICKI

                        Mr Andrzej STĘPNIKOWSKI

                        Portugal

                        Ms Cristina NAGY MORAIS
                        Mr Nuno BERNARDO

                        Mr Afonso CARVALHO

                        Romania

                        Ms Cristina PASAT
                        Ms Roxana ILIE

                        Ms Roxana PRODAN

                        Slovenia

                        Mr Igor ANTAUER
                        Ms Barbara KRIVIC

                        Mr Igor KNEZ

                        Slovakia

                        Mr Peter MOLNÁR
                        Ms Miriam ŠPÁNIKOVÁ

                        Mr Martin HOŠTÁK

                        Finland

                        Mr Mikko RÄSÄNEN
                        Ms Riitta WÄRN

                        Ms Katja MIETTINEN

                        Sweden

                        Mr Patrik KARLSSON
                        Mr Anders BARANE

                        Ms Amelie BERG

                        United Kingdom

                        Mr Matthew PERCIVAL

                        Mr Tom BARRETT

            Article 2
            The Council shall appoint members and alternate members not yet nominated at a later date.

            Article 3
            This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

            Done at Brussels, 28 September 2018.

                  For the Council

                  The President

               M. SCHRAMBÖCK

            (1)  OJ L 141, 27.5.2011, p. 1.

            (2)  Council Decision of 20 September 2016 appointing the members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement for Workers (OJ C 348, 23.9.2016, p. 3).

            (3)  Council Decision of 14 November 2016 appointing the members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement for Workers for Greece (OJ C 421, 16.11.2016, p. 4).

            (4)  Council Decision (EU) 2016/2111 of 28 November 2016 appointing a member of the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement for Workers for Belgium (OJ L 327, 2.12.2016, p. 77).

            (5)  Council Decision of 23 January 2017 appointing the members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement for Workers for Portugal (OJ C 27, 27.1.2017, p. 6).

            (6)  Council Decision of 27 March 2017 appointing an alternate member of the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement for Workers for Portugal (OJ C 99, 30.3.2017, p. 1).

            (7)  Council Decision of 23 January 2018 appointing members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement for Workers for Italy (OJ C 31, 27.1.2018, p. 4).

            (8)  Council Decision (EU) 2018/592 of 16 April 2018 appointing members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement for Workers for Luxembourg (OJ L 99, 19.4.2018, p. 12).


title: Council Decision (EU) 2018/1502 of 8 October 2018 appointing a member and an alternate member, proposed by the Kingdom of Spain, of the Committee of the Regions

text:
                  10.10.2018

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 254/7

         COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2018/1502
         of 8 October 2018
         appointing a member and an alternate member, proposed by the Kingdom of Spain, of the Committee of the Regions
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
         Having regard to the proposal of the Spanish Government,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     On 26 January 2015, 5 February 2015 and 23 June 2015, the Council adopted Decisions (EU) 2015/116 (1), (EU) 2015/190 (2) and (EU) 2015/994 (3) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020. On 18 July 2016, by Council Decision (EU) 2016/1203 (4), Mr Francesc HOMS i MOLIST was replaced by Mr Jordi SOLÉ i FERRANDO as a member and Mr Roger ALBINYANA i SAIGÍ was replaced by Mr Amadeu ALTAFAJ i TARDIO as an alternate member. On 27 March 2017, by Council Decision (EU) 2017/602 (5), Mr Jordi SOLÉ i FERRANDO was replaced by Ms Maria BADIA i CUTCHET as a member.

                     (2)

                     A member's seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Ms Maria BADIA i CUTCHET.

                     (3)

                     An alternate member's seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Amadeu ALTAFAJ i TARDIO,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

            Article 1
            The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2020:

                        (a)

                        as a member:

                                    —

                                    Mr Ernest MARAGALL i MIRA, Consejero de Asuntos Exteriores, Relaciones Institucionales y Transparencia de la Comunidad Autónoma de Cataluña;

                        (b)

                        as an alternate member:

                                    —

                                    Ms Natàlia MAS GUIX, Secretaria de Asuntos Exteriores y de la Unión Europea de la Comunidad Autónoma de Cataluña.

            Article 2
            This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

            Done at Brussels, 8 October 2018.

                  For the Council

                  The President

               J. BOGNER-STRAUSS

            (1)  Council Decision (EU) 2015/116 of 26 January 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 20, 27.1.2015, p. 42).

            (2)  Council Decision (EU) 2015/190 of 5 February 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 31, 7.2.2015, p. 25).

            (3)  Council Decision (EU) 2015/994 of 23 June 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 159, 25.6.2015, p. 70).

            (4)  Council Decision (EU) 2016/1203 of 18 July 2016 appointing a member and an alternate member, proposed by the Kingdom of Spain, of the Committee of the Regions (OJ L 198, 23.7.2016, p. 44).

            (5)  Council Decision (EU) 2017/602 of 27 March 2017 appointing a member, proposed by the Kingdom of Spain, of the Committee of the Regions (OJ L 82, 29.3.2017, p. 8).