# Official Journal C 368/2015

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 586 November 2015 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 368

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 586 November 2015

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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 |
| 2015/C 368/01 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7706 — Kinnevik/Qliro Group) (
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  ) | 1 |
| 2015/C 368/02 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7807 — Sun Capital/Finlays Horticulture) | 1 |
| 2015/C 368/03 | Withdrawal of notification of a concentration (Case M.7779 — Trafigura/Nyrstar) (
  1
  ) | 2 |

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Contents

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II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2015/C 368/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7706 — Kinnevik/Qliro Group) (
  1
  )

1

1

2015/C 368/02

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7807 — Sun Capital/Finlays Horticulture)

1

2015/C 368/03

Withdrawal of notification of a concentration (Case M.7779 — Trafigura/Nyrstar) (
  1
  )

1

2

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| | IV   Notices |
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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2015/C 368/04 | Euro exchange rates | 3 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2015/C 368/04

Euro exchange rates

3

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| | V   Announcements |
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| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY |
| | European Commission |
| 2015/C 368/05 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7790 — Carrefour Group/Rue du Commerce) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  ) | 4 |

V   Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

2015/C 368/05

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7790 — Carrefour Group/Rue du Commerce) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  )

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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7706 — Kinnevik/Qliro Group)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2015/C 368/01)

On 29 October 2015, 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 language 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 32015M7706. EUR-Lex is the online access to the 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 32015M7706. EUR-Lex is the online access to the 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.7807 — Sun Capital/Finlays Horticulture)

(2015/C 368/02)

On 29 October 2015, 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 32015M7807. 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 32015M7807. 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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Withdrawal of notification of a concentration

(Case M.7779 — Trafigura/Nyrstar)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2015/C 368/03)

(Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004)

On 26 October 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration between Trafigura and Nyrstar. On 30 October 2015, the notifying party/ies informed the Commission that it/they withdrew its/their notification.

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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)

5 November 2015

(2015/C 368/04)

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
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| USD | US dollar | 1,0883 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 132,65 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4592 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,71260 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,3916 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,0833 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 9,3065 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 27,044 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 313,97 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,2392 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,4486 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 3,1215 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,5233 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,4320 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 8,4351 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,6450 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,5310 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 240,66 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 15,1123 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 6,9065 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,5545 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 14 751,76 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,6781 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 51,047 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 68,8654 |
| THB | Thai baht | 38,702 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 4,1364 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 17,9972 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 71,7100 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,0883

JPY

Japanese yen

132,65

DKK

Danish krone

7,4592

GBP

Pound sterling

0,71260

SEK

Swedish krona

9,3916

CHF

Swiss franc

1,0833

ISK

Iceland króna

NOK

Norwegian krone

9,3065

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

27,044

HUF

Hungarian forint

313,97

PLN

Polish zloty

4,2392

RON

Romanian leu

4,4486

TRY

Turkish lira

3,1215

AUD

Australian dollar

1,5233

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,4320

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

8,4351

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,6450

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,5310

KRW

South Korean won

1 240,66

ZAR

South African rand

15,1123

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

6,9065

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,5545

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

14 751,76

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,6781

PHP

Philippine peso

51,047

RUB

Russian rouble

68,8654

THB

Thai baht

38,702

BRL

Brazilian real

4,1364

MXN

Mexican peso

17,9972

INR

Indian rupee

71,7100

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

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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.7790 — Carrefour Group/Rue du Commerce)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2015/C 368/05)

| 1. | On 28 October 2015, 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 Carrefour France SAS (‘Carrefour’, France) belonging to the group Carrefour SA acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Rue du Commerce (‘RDC’, France) by way of purchase of shares. |
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On 28 October 2015, 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 Carrefour France SAS (‘Carrefour’, France) belonging to the group Carrefour SA acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Rue du Commerce (‘RDC’, France) by way of purchase of shares.

| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
  —   for Carrefour: retail distribution predominantly in the food sector operating in Europe, Latin America and Asia. Carrefour operates distribution activities through classical retail outlets such as hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenience stores, but also through cash & carry and hypercash stores. Carrefour is also active in e-commerce for food (Ooshop) and non-food products (On Line Carrefour). Carrefour operates in 34 countries with 11 910 stores on 4 continents (Europe, South America, Africa and Asia), including 10 391 in Europe,
  —   for RDC: online distribution of computer and electronic products including, inter alia, computers, image and sound equipment, accessories and peripherals, GPS and telecommunications. RDC also offers a virtual shopping mall (online platform) enabling merchant partners to offer their products. Finally, RDC is active in the sale of advertising space on the internet. |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Carrefour: retail distribution predominantly in the food sector operating in Europe, Latin America and Asia. Carrefour operates distribution activities through classical retail outlets such as hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenience stores, but also through cash & carry and hypercash stores. Carrefour is also active in e-commerce for food (Ooshop) and non-food products (On Line Carrefour). Carrefour operates in 34 countries with 11 910 stores on 4 continents (Europe, South America, Africa and Asia), including 10 391 in Europe,

—   for RDC: online distribution of computer and electronic products including, inter alia, computers, image and sound equipment, accessories and peripherals, GPS and telecommunications. RDC also offers a virtual shopping mall (online platform) enabling merchant partners to offer their products. Finally, RDC is active in the sale of advertising space on the internet.

| 3. | On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the 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 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 this Notice. |
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On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the 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 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 this 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 M.7790 — Carrefour Group/Rue du Commerce, to the following address:





  European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| 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 M.7790 — Carrefour Group/Rue du Commerce, to the following address:

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’).

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

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