# Official Journal C 8/2020

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 6313 January 2020 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 8

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6313 January 2020

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| | II   Information |
| | INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2020/C 8/01 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9629 — Faurecia/SAS) (
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  ) | 1 |
| 2020/C 8/02 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9163 — DA Agravis Machinery/Konekesko Eesti/Konekesko Latvija/ Konekesko Lietuva/Konekesko Finnish Agromachinery Trade business) (
  1
  ) | 2 |

Contents

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II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2020/C 8/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9629 — Faurecia/SAS) (
  1
  )

1

1

2020/C 8/02

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9163 — DA Agravis Machinery/Konekesko Eesti/Konekesko Latvija/ Konekesko Lietuva/Konekesko Finnish Agromachinery Trade business) (
  1
  )

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| | IV   Notices |
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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2020/C 8/03 | Euro exchange rates — 10 January 2020 | 3 |
| 2020/C 8/04 | Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates applicable as from 1 February 2020(Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of
  21 April 2004 ( OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1 )) | 4 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2020/C 8/03

Euro exchange rates — 10 January 2020

3

2020/C 8/04

Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates applicable as from 1 February 2020(Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of
  21 April 2004 ( OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1 ))

(Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of

21 April 2004

OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1

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| | V   Announcements |
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| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY |
| | European Commission |
| 2020/C 8/05 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9417 — Volvo Cars/AB Volvo/World of Volvo JV) Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  ) | 5 |

V   Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

2020/C 8/05

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9417 — Volvo Cars/AB Volvo/World of Volvo JV) Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  )

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(1)   Text with EEA relevance.

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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

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13.1.2020

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9629 — Faurecia/SAS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 8/01)

On 6 January2020, 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, |
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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 32020M9629. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law. |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32020M9629. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9163 — DA Agravis Machinery/Konekesko Eesti/Konekesko Latvija/ Konekesko Lietuva/Konekesko Finnish Agromachinery Trade business)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 8/02)

On 25 March 2019, 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) in conjunction with Article 6(2) 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, |
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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 32019M9163. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32019M9163. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

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Euro exchange rates (1)

10 January 2020

(2020/C 8/03)

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| USD | US dollar | 1,1091 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 121,60 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4731 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,84810 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 10,5510 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,0822 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | 136,60 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 9,8745 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 25,265 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 333,85 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,2462 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,7796 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 6,5198 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,6132 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,4498 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 8,6137 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,6769 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,4969 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 286,00 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 15,8081 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 7,6773 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,4445 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 15 263,99 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,5212 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 55,998 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 68,0410 |
| THB | Thai baht | 33,534 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 4,5188 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 20,8634 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 78,6915 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,1091

JPY

Japanese yen

121,60

DKK

Danish krone

7,4731

GBP

Pound sterling

0,84810

SEK

Swedish krona

10,5510

CHF

Swiss franc

1,0822

ISK

Iceland króna

136,60

NOK

Norwegian krone

9,8745

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

25,265

HUF

Hungarian forint

333,85

PLN

Polish zloty

4,2462

RON

Romanian leu

4,7796

TRY

Turkish lira

6,5198

AUD

Australian dollar

1,6132

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,4498

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

8,6137

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,6769

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,4969

KRW

South Korean won

1 286,00

ZAR

South African rand

15,8081

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

7,6773

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,4445

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

15 263,99

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,5212

PHP

Philippine peso

55,998

RUB

Russian rouble

68,0410

THB

Thai baht

33,534

BRL

Brazilian real

4,5188

MXN

Mexican peso

20,8634

INR

Indian rupee

78,6915

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

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Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates applicable as from 1 February 2020

(Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of
  21 April 2004 (
  OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1
  ))

(2020/C 8/04)

Base rates calculated in accordance with the Communication from the Commission on the revision of the method for setting the reference and discount rates (OJ C 14, 19.1.2008, p. 6.). Depending on the use of the reference rate, the appropriate margins have still to be added as defined in this communication. For the discount rate this means that a margin of 100 basis points has to be added. The Commission Regulation (EC) No 271/2008 of 30 January 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 foresees that, unless otherwise provided for in a specific decision, the recovery rate will also be calculated by adding 100 basis points to the base rate.

Modified rates are indicated in bold.

Previous table published in OJ C 416, 11.12.2019, p. 12.

| From | To | AT | BE | BG | CY | CZ | DE | DK | EE | EL | ES | FI | FR | HR | HU | IE | IT | LT | LU | LV | MT | NL | PL | PT | RO | SE | SI | SK | UK |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1.2.2020 | ... | -0,31 | -0,31 | 0,00 | -0,31 | 2,25 | -0,31 | -0,07 | -0,31 | -0,31 | -0,31 | -0,31 | -0,31 | 0,26 | 0,30 | -0,31 | -0,31 | -0,31 | -0,31 | -0,31 | -0,31 | -0,31 | 1,84 | -0,31 | 3,21 | 0,18 | -0,31 | -0,31 | 0,94 |
| 1.1.2020 | 31.1.2020 | -0,31 | -0,31 | 0,00 | -0,31 | 2,25 | -0,31 | -0,12 | -0,31 | -0,31 | -0,31 | -0,31 | -0,31 | 0,26 | 0,30 | -0,31 | -0,31 | -0,31 | -0,31 | -0,31 | -0,31 | -0,31 | 1,84 | -0,31 | 3,21 | 0,11 | -0,31 | -0,31 | 0,94 |

From

To

AT

BE

BG

CY

CZ

DE

DK

EE

EL

ES

FI

FR

HR

HU

IE

IT

LT

LU

LV

MT

NL

PL

PT

RO

SE

SI

SK

UK

1.2.2020

...

-0,31

-0,31

0,00

-0,31

2,25

-0,31

-0,07

-0,31

-0,31

-0,31

-0,31

-0,31

0,26

0,30

-0,31

-0,31

-0,31

-0,31

-0,31

-0,31

-0,31

1,84

-0,31

3,21

0,18

-0,31

-0,31

0,94

1.1.2020

31.1.2020

-0,31

-0,31

0,00

-0,31

2,25

-0,31

-0,12

-0,31

-0,31

-0,31

-0,31

-0,31

0,26

0,30

-0,31

-0,31

-0,31

-0,31

-0,31

-0,31

-0,31

1,84

-0,31

3,21

0,11

-0,31

-0,31

0,94

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V Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9417 — Volvo Cars/AB Volvo/World of Volvo JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 8/05)

1.

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

| — | Volvo Cars Corporation (‘VCC’, Sweden), belonging to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. (China), |
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Volvo Cars Corporation (‘VCC’, Sweden), belonging to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. (China),

| — | AB Volvo (Sweden), |
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AB Volvo (Sweden),

| — | World of Volvo (Sweden). |
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World of Volvo (Sweden).

VCC and AB Volvo acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of World of Volvo.

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

2.

| — | for VCC: manufacturing of premium cars, |
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for VCC: manufacturing of premium cars,

| — | for AB Volvo: manufacturing of trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines and solutions related thereto, |
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for AB Volvo: manufacturing of trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines and solutions related thereto,

| — | for World of Volvo: establishment and operation of a brand experience centre for the commonly owned Volvo brand in central Gothenburg. |
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for World of Volvo: establishment and operation of a brand experience centre for the commonly owned Volvo brand in central Gothenburg.

3.

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.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:

M.9417 — Volvo Cars/AB Volvo/World of Volvo JV

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 |
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| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË |

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

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(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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