ISSN 1977-091X Official Journal C 28 of the European Union Volume 57 English edition Information and Notices 31 January 2014 Notice No Contents Page II Information INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES European Commission 2014/C 28/01 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6857 — Crane Co./MEI Group) ( 1 ) . 1 2014/C 28/02 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.7021 — Swissport/Servisair) ( 1 ) . 1 IV Notices NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES Council 2014/C 28/03 Council conclusions on the global dimension of European higher education . 2 2014/C 28/04 Council Decision of 28 January 2014 appointing one member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency . 6 Price: 1 EN EUR 3 ( ) Text with EEA relevance (Continued overleaf) Notice No Contents (continued) Page 2014/C 28/05 Notice for the attention of the persons to whom measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/72/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision 2014/49/CFSP, and in Council Regulation (EU) No 101/2011, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 81/2014 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Tunisia apply . 7 European Commission 2014/C 28/06 Euro exchange rates . 8 NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES 2014/C 28/07 Commission information notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community — Repeal of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services ( 1) . 9 2014/C 28/08 Notice from the French authorities to the European Commission pursuant to Article 9 of Council Directive 2009/119/EC imposing an obligation on Member States to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products . 10 V Announcements PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY European Commission 2014/C 28/09 Notice of initiation of a partial interim review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of ceramic tiles originating in the People’s Republic of China . 11 EN ( 1 ) Text with EEA relevance (Continued on inside back cover) 31.1.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 28/1 II (Information) INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN COMMISSION Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6857 — Crane Co./MEI Group) (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/C 28/01) On 19 July 2013, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. 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/en/index.htm) under document number 32013M6857. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law. Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.7021 — Swissport/Servisair) (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/C 28/02) On 18 December 2013, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. 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/en/index.htm) under document number 32013M7021. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law. C 28/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 31.1.2014 IV (Notices) NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES COUNCIL Council conclusions on the global dimension of European higher education (2014/C 28/03) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 5. The Council conclusions of 12 May 2009 on a strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training stressed the importance of supporting Member WHEREAS: States' efforts to modernise higher education through close synergy will the Bologna process, in particular with regard to 1. The Bologna Declaration of 19 June 1999 established an quality assurance, recognition, mobility and transparency intergovernmental process aimed at creating a European instruments. Higher Education Area (EHEA) which is actively supported by the European Union, and the Ministers responsible for higher education in the participating countries, meeting in 6. The Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and Bucharest in April 2012, adopted the ‘Mobility for Better inclusive growth adopted in June 2010 ( 5 ) set the specific Learning strategy 2020’ for the EHEA as an integral part of objective of improving education levels, in particular by efforts to promote the internationalisation of higher increasing the share of young people having successfully education ( 1). completed tertiary, or equivalent, education to at least 40 % by 2020. 2. Council Directive 2004/114/EC of 13 December 2004 on the conditions of admission of third-country nationals for the 7. The Council conclusions of 11 May 2010 on the inter­ purposes of studies, pupil exchange, unremunerated training nationalisation of higher education ( 6 ) emphasised that inter­ or voluntary service recognises that one of the objectives of national cooperation programmes and policy dialogues with Community action in the field of education is to promote third countries in the field of higher education not only Europe as a whole as a world centre of excellence for studies enable knowledge to flow more freely, but also contribute and vocational training ( 2 ). to enhancing the quality and international standing of European higher education, boosting research and inno­ vation, fostering mobility and intercultural dialogue, and 3. Council Directive 2005/71/EC of 12 October 2005 on a promoting international development in accordance with specific procedure for admitting third-country nationals for the EU's external policy objectives. the purposes of scientific research has a similar aim, that of making the Community more attractive to researchers from around the world and boosting the EU's position as an inter­ 8. The Council conclusions of 28-29 November 2011 on a 7 national centre for research ( 3). benchmark for learning mobility ( ) established a benchmark whereby an EU average of at least 20 % of higher education graduates should, by 2020, have had a 4. The international strategy adopted at the May 2007 meeting period of higher education-related study or training of Bologna ministers in London ( 4 ) highlighted the need for (including work placements) abroad. the European Higher Education Area to be open and attractive to other parts of the world, and to strengthen higher education cooperation and policy dialogue with 9. The Council conclusions of 28-29 November 2011 on the countries outside Europe. modernisation of higher education welcomed the Commis­ sion's intention to develop an EU international higher ( 1 ) Bucharest communiqué, 27 April 2012, p. 3. ( 2 ) OJ L 375, 23.12.2004, p. 12. ( 5 ) EUCO 13/10. ( 3 ) OJ L 289, 3.11.2005, p. 15. ( 6 ) OJ C 135, 26.5.2010, p. 12. ( 4 ) The European Higher Education Area in a Global Setting. ( 7 ) OJ C 372, 20.12.2011, p. 31. 31.1.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 28/3 education strategy aimed at increasing international outreach 3. In the current economic climate higher education, as well as and visibility, and to engage with partners with a view to tertiary vocational education and training, have a crucial role strengthening relationships and enhancing capacity-building to play in strengthening Europe's capacity for research and in the higher education sector. innovation and providing it with the highly skilled human resources it needs in order to secure jobs, economic growth and prosperity. AND IN THE LIGHT OF: The Presidency conference on the ‘European Higher Education in the World’ held in Vilnius on 5-6 September 2013, which 4. Graduate competences do not always match the evolving underlined the need for Member States and higher education needs of the labour market and society, and public and institutions to develop comprehensive internationalisation private employers report mismatches and difficulties in strategies that: finding suitable candidates to meet the needs of a knowledge-based economy. — enhance the quality and competitiveness of European higher education; 5. Demographic ageing within the EU is likely to have a major impact in the coming decades, as consistently low birth rates — go beyond mobility and take increasing account of the risk aggravating the problem of graduate skills shortages for global dimension in the design and content of curricula European employers. and teaching and learning processes (often referred to as ‘internationalisation at home’); 6. As sources of knowledge and innovation, higher education institutions also have a social responsibility to contribute to — address a more diverse range and greater number of human development and the common good, both within the students by combining new digital resources with more national context and in the wider world.