# Official Journal C 99/23 A

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| Official Journal
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 4823 April 2005 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 99

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 4823 April 2005

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | I   Information |
| | Commission |
| 2005/C 099/1 | Euro exchange rates | 1 |
| 2005/C 099/2 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3776 — Vodafone/Oskar Mobile) (
  1
  ) | 2 |
| 2005/C 099/3 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3716 — AS Watson/Marionnaud) (
  1
  ) | 3 |
| 2005/C 099/4 | Commission Notice concerning the reimbursement of anti-dumping duties | 4 |

Notice No

Contents

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I   Information

Commission

2005/C 099/1

Euro exchange rates

1

2005/C 099/2

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3776 — Vodafone/Oskar Mobile) (
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  )

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2

2005/C 099/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3716 — AS Watson/Marionnaud) (
  1
  )

1

3

2005/C 099/4

Commission Notice concerning the reimbursement of anti-dumping duties

4

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(1)   Text with EEA relevance

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I Information

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Euro exchange rates (1)

22 April 2005

(2005/C 99/01)

1 euro=

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
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| USD | US dollar | 1,3077 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 138,96 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4497 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,68285 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,1704 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,5435 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | 81,46 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 8,1625 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9559 |
| CYP | Cyprus pound | 0,5822 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 30,278 |
| EEK | Estonian kroon | 15,6466 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 249,15 |
| LTL | Lithuanian litas | 3,4528 |
| LVL | Latvian lats | 0,6959 |
| MTL | Maltese lira | 0,4302 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,1820 |
| ROL | Romanian leu | 36 000 |
| SIT | Slovenian tolar | 239,61 |
| SKK | Slovak koruna | 39,590 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 1,7762 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,6773 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,6148 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 10,1943 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,7911 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 2,1540 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 313,06 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 7,9280 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 10,8232 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,3860 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 12 652,00 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,9692 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 70,845 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 36,2500 |
| THB | Thai baht | 51,595 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,3077

JPY

Japanese yen

138,96

DKK

Danish krone

7,4497

GBP

Pound sterling

0,68285

SEK

Swedish krona

9,1704

CHF

Swiss franc

1,5435

ISK

Iceland króna

81,46

NOK

Norwegian krone

8,1625

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9559

CYP

Cyprus pound

0,5822

CZK

Czech koruna

30,278

EEK

Estonian kroon

15,6466

HUF

Hungarian forint

249,15

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

LVL

Latvian lats

0,6959

MTL

Maltese lira

0,4302

PLN

Polish zloty

4,1820

ROL

Romanian leu

36 000

SIT

Slovenian tolar

239,61

SKK

Slovak koruna

39,590

TRY

Turkish lira

1,7762

AUD

Australian dollar

1,6773

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,6148

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

10,1943

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,7911

SGD

Singapore dollar

2,1540

KRW

South Korean won

1 313,06

ZAR

South African rand

7,9280

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

10,8232

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,3860

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

12 652,00

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,9692

PHP

Philippine peso

70,845

RUB

Russian rouble

36,2500

THB

Thai baht

51,595

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Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3776 — Vodafone/Oskar Mobile)

(2005/C 99/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

| 1. | On 15 April 2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Vodafone Group Plc (‘Vodafone’, UK) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Clearwave N.V. (‘Clearwave’, the Netherlands), a holding company of MobiFon (Romania) and Oskar Mobile (Czech Republic), by way of purchase of shares. |
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On 15 April 2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Vodafone Group Plc (‘Vodafone’, UK) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Clearwave N.V. (‘Clearwave’, the Netherlands), a holding company of MobiFon (Romania) and Oskar Mobile (Czech Republic), by way of purchase of shares.

| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






  — | for undertaking Vodafone: operation of mobile telecommunication networks and provision of telecommunication services in several EU Member States; |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for undertaking Vodafone: operation of mobile telecommunication networks and provision of telecommunication services in several EU Member States;

| — | for undertaking Clearwave: through its two operating subsidiaries operates mobile telecommunication networks and provides mobile telecommunication services in Romania and the Czech Republic. |
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for undertaking Clearwave: through its two operating subsidiaries operates mobile telecommunication networks and provides mobile telecommunication services in Romania and the Czech Republic.

| 3. | On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. |
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On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

| 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. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.3776 — Vodafone/Oskar Mobile, to the following address:





  European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Competition, |
| Merger Registry |
| J-70 |
| B-1049 Brussels |

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. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.3776 — Vodafone/Oskar Mobile, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition,

Merger Registry

J-70

B-1049 Brussels

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

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3716 — AS Watson/Marionnaud)

(2005/C 99/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 7 April 2005, 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:

| — | from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
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from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This web site 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 under document number 32005M3716. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex) |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32005M3716. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)

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Commission Notice concerning the reimbursement of anti-dumping duties

(2005/C 99/04)

On 29 May 2002, Notice 2002/C 127/06 (1) setting out guidelines regarding the application of Article 11(8) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (2) on the reimbursement of anti-dumping duties was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Further to the enlargement of the European Community on 1 May 2004, given that translations of the Notice into the languages of the acceding Member States are now available and in the interests of equal and fair treatment for all concerned parties, the text of that Notice is now reproduced in each of the new languages in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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(1)  OJ C 127, 29.5.2002, p. 10.

(2)  OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 (OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 12).

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