# Official Journal C 275/2012

| | ISSN 1977-091X
  doi:10.3000/1977091X.C_2012.275.eng |
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| Official Journal
  of the European Union | C 275 |
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 5512 September 2012 |

ISSN 1977-091X

doi:10.3000/1977091X.C_2012.275.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 275

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 5512 September 2012

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | II   Information |
| | INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2012/C 275/01 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6664 — Al Safi Danone/NDL International/ND Logistics LLC JV) (
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  ) | 1 |
| 2012/C 275/02 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6689 — Iridium/LBEIP/Desarrollo De Equipamientos Públicos) (
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  ) | 1 |
| 2012/C 275/03 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6660 — Louis Dreyfus Commodities Suisse/Ecoval Holding BV) (
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  ) | 2 |
| 2012/C 275/04 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6455 — SCA/Georgia-Pacific Europe) (
  1
  ) | 2 |

Notice No

Contents

page

II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2012/C 275/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6664 — Al Safi Danone/NDL International/ND Logistics LLC JV) (
  1
  )

1

1

2012/C 275/02

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6689 — Iridium/LBEIP/Desarrollo De Equipamientos Públicos) (
  1
  )

1

1

2012/C 275/03

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6660 — Louis Dreyfus Commodities Suisse/Ecoval Holding BV) (
  1
  )

1

2

2012/C 275/04

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6455 — SCA/Georgia-Pacific Europe) (
  1
  )

1

2

| | IV   Notices |
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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2012/C 275/05 | Euro exchange rates | 3 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2012/C 275/05

Euro exchange rates

3

| | V   Announcements |
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| | ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES |
| | European Commission |
| 2012/C 275/06 | Call for proposals under the work programme of the seventh EC framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities | 4 |
| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY |
| | European Commission |
| 2012/C 275/07 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6702 — Carlyle/BC Partners/Hamilton Sundstrand Industrial) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  ) | 5 |

V   Announcements

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

European Commission

2012/C 275/06

Call for proposals under the work programme of the seventh EC framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities

4

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

2012/C 275/07

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6702 — Carlyle/BC Partners/Hamilton Sundstrand Industrial) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
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  )

1

5

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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

| 12.9.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 275/1 |
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12.9.2012

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.6664 — Al Safi Danone/NDL International/ND Logistics LLC JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2012/C 275/01

On 4 September 2012, 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, |
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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/en/index.htm) under document number 32012M6664. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law. |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32012M6664. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

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| 12.9.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 275/1 |
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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.6689 — Iridium/LBEIP/Desarrollo De Equipamientos Públicos)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2012/C 275/02

On 4 September 2012, 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, |
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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/en/index.htm) under document number 32012M6689. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law. |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32012M6689. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

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| 12.9.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 275/2 |
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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.6660 — Louis Dreyfus Commodities Suisse/Ecoval Holding BV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2012/C 275/03

On 31 August 2012, 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, |
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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/en/index.htm) under document number 32012M6660. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law. |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32012M6660. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

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| 12.9.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 275/2 |
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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.6455 — SCA/Georgia-Pacific Europe)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2012/C 275/04

On 5 July 2012, 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, |
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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/en/index.htm) under document number 32012M6455. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law. |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32012M6455. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

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IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

| 12.9.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 275/3 |
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Euro exchange rates (1)

11 September 2012

2012/C 275/05

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
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| USD | US dollar | 1,2787 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 99,70 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4522 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,79780 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 8,4773 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,2074 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 7,3890 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 24,548 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 284,88 |
| LTL | Lithuanian litas | 3,4528 |
| LVL | Latvian lats | 0,6963 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,1082 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,4848 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 2,3065 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,2301 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,2429 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 9,9161 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,5690 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,5745 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 441,82 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 10,4847 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 8,1016 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,4203 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 12 239,56 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 3,9512 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 53,125 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 40,5783 |
| THB | Thai baht | 39,742 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 2,5851 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 16,6711 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 70,7440 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,2787

JPY

Japanese yen

99,70

DKK

Danish krone

7,4522

GBP

Pound sterling

0,79780

SEK

Swedish krona

8,4773

CHF

Swiss franc

1,2074

ISK

Iceland króna

NOK

Norwegian krone

7,3890

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

24,548

HUF

Hungarian forint

284,88

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

LVL

Latvian lats

0,6963

PLN

Polish zloty

4,1082

RON

Romanian leu

4,4848

TRY

Turkish lira

2,3065

AUD

Australian dollar

1,2301

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,2429

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

9,9161

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,5690

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,5745

KRW

South Korean won

1 441,82

ZAR

South African rand

10,4847

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

8,1016

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,4203

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

12 239,56

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

3,9512

PHP

Philippine peso

53,125

RUB

Russian rouble

40,5783

THB

Thai baht

39,742

BRL

Brazilian real

2,5851

MXN

Mexican peso

16,6711

INR

Indian rupee

70,7440

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

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V Announcements

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

European Commission

| 12.9.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 275/4 |
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Call for proposals under the work programme of the seventh EC framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities

2012/C 275/06

Notice is hereby given of the launch of a call for proposals under the work programmes of the seventh framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013).

Proposals are invited for the following call in the ‘Cooperation’ specific programme: Information and communication technologies: FP7-ICT-2013-EU-Brazil.

Call documentation including deadline and budget is given in the call text, which is published on the website:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/home

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PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

| 12.9.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 275/5 |
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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6702 — Carlyle/BC Partners/Hamilton Sundstrand Industrial)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2012/C 275/07

| 1. | On 6 September 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which The Carlyle Group (‘Carlyle’, United States) and BC Partners Limited (‘BCP’, Guernsey), through their jointly owned acquisition vehicle Silver II Acquisition Sàrl (Luxembourg), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Hamilton Sundstrand Industrial (‘HSI’), a division of Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (United States) which belongs to United Technologies Corporation (United States), by way of purchase of shares in the companies that form part of HSI: Sullair Corporation, Sundyne Coporation and Milton Roy Company. |
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On 6 September 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which The Carlyle Group (‘Carlyle’, United States) and BC Partners Limited (‘BCP’, Guernsey), through their jointly owned acquisition vehicle Silver II Acquisition Sàrl (Luxembourg), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Hamilton Sundstrand Industrial (‘HSI’), a division of Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (United States) which belongs to United Technologies Corporation (United States), by way of purchase of shares in the companies that form part of HSI: Sullair Corporation, Sundyne Coporation and Milton Roy Company.

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






  — | for Carlyle: global alternative asset management, sponsoring funds that invest globally across four investment disciplines (buyout, credit alternatives, growth capital and real estate) in a range of industries, |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for Carlyle: global alternative asset management, sponsoring funds that invest globally across four investment disciplines (buyout, credit alternatives, growth capital and real estate) in a range of industries,

| — | for BCP: management of private equity investment funds, |
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for BCP: management of private equity investment funds,

| — | for HSI: manufacture of industrial pumps and compressors. |
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for HSI: manufacture of industrial pumps and compressors.

| 3. | On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC 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 EC Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice. |
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On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC 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 EC Merger Regulation (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. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6702 — Carlyle/BC Partners/Hamilton Sundstrand Industrial, to the following address:





  European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| J-70 |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË |

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 (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6702 — Carlyle/BC Partners/Hamilton Sundstrand Industrial, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32 (‘Notice on a simplified procedure’).

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