# Official Journal C 399/2015

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 581 December 2015 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 399

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 581 December 2015

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | IV   Notices |
| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2015/C 399/01 | Euro exchange rates | 1 |

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Contents

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2015/C 399/01

Euro exchange rates

1

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| | V   Announcements |
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| | ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES |
| | European Commission |
| 2015/C 399/02 | Calls for proposals and related activities under the 2016-17 work programmes under Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-20) and under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2014-18) complementing Horizon 2020 | 2 |
| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY |
| | European Commission |
| 2015/C 399/03 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7795 — Ratos/Varma/Real Estate JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
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  ) | 3 |

V   Announcements

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

European Commission

2015/C 399/02

Calls for proposals and related activities under the 2016-17 work programmes under Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-20) and under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2014-18) complementing Horizon 2020

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PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

2015/C 399/03

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7795 — Ratos/Varma/Real Estate JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
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  )

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IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

| 1.12.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 399/1 |
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1.12.2015

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Euro exchange rates (1)

30 November 2015

(2015/C 399/01)

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| USD | US dollar | 1,0579 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 130,22 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4604 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,70480 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,2070 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,0903 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 9,1935 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 27,030 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 311,58 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,2721 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,4503 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 3,0789 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,4671 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,4143 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 8,1989 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,6120 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,4940 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 224,21 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 15,2894 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 6,7689 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,6330 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 14 645,43 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,5067 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 49,921 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 69,9854 |
| THB | Thai baht | 37,926 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 4,0709 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 17,5569 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 70,5275 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,0579

JPY

Japanese yen

130,22

DKK

Danish krone

7,4604

GBP

Pound sterling

0,70480

SEK

Swedish krona

9,2070

CHF

Swiss franc

1,0903

ISK

Iceland króna

NOK

Norwegian krone

9,1935

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

27,030

HUF

Hungarian forint

311,58

PLN

Polish zloty

4,2721

RON

Romanian leu

4,4503

TRY

Turkish lira

3,0789

AUD

Australian dollar

1,4671

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,4143

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

8,1989

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,6120

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,4940

KRW

South Korean won

1 224,21

ZAR

South African rand

15,2894

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

6,7689

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,6330

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

14 645,43

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,5067

PHP

Philippine peso

49,921

RUB

Russian rouble

69,9854

THB

Thai baht

37,926

BRL

Brazilian real

4,0709

MXN

Mexican peso

17,5569

INR

Indian rupee

70,5275

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

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V Announcements

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

European Commission

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Calls for proposals and related activities under the 2016-17 work programmes under Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-20) and under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2014-18) complementing Horizon 2020

(2015/C 399/02)

Notice is hereby given of the launch of calls for proposals and related activities under the 2016-17 work programmes under Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-20) and under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2014-18) complementing Horizon 2020.

The Commission has adopted by Decisions C(2015) 6776, and C(2015) 6744 of 13 October 2015 two work programmes which include calls for proposals and related activities.

These are subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the draft budget 2016 after the adoption of the budget for 2016 by the budgetary authority or if the budget is not adopted as provided for in the system of provisional twelfths.

These work programmes, including deadlines and budgets for the activities, are available through the Participant Portal website (http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal) along with information on the modalities of the calls and related activities, and guidance for applicants on how to submit proposals. All this information will be updated as necessary on the same Participant Portal.

Proposals can be submitted at this stage only against topics marked ‘2016’ in the calls for proposals shown on the Participant Portal. Information on when proposals can be submitted against topics marked ‘2017’ will be provided at a later stage.

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PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7795 — Ratos/Varma/Real Estate JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2015/C 399/03)

| 1. | On 23 November 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Ratos AB (‘Ratos’ of Sweden) and Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company (‘Varma’ of Finland), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation indirect joint control of a real estate property portfolio by way of purchase of shares. |
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On 23 November 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Ratos AB (‘Ratos’ of Sweden) and Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company (‘Varma’ of Finland), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation indirect joint control of a real estate property portfolio by way of purchase of shares.

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






  — | Ratos is a private equity conglomerate active in a number of sectors, |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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Ratos is a private equity conglomerate active in a number of sectors,

| — | Varma is a Finnish mutual pension insurance company owned by its client companies and self-employed persons, insured employees and owners of the guarantee capital, |
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Varma is a Finnish mutual pension insurance company owned by its client companies and self-employed persons, insured employees and owners of the guarantee capital,

| — | the real estate portfolio comprises 22 retail properties located in 14 municipalities in Finland. |
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the real estate portfolio comprises 22 retail properties located in 14 municipalities in Finland.

| 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.7795 — Ratos/Varma/Real Estate JV, to the following address:





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

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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.7795 — Ratos/Varma/Real Estate JV, 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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