# Official Journal C 4/7 Ja

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 497 January 2006 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 4

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 497 January 2006

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | I   Information |
| | Commission |
| 2006/C 004/1 | Euro exchange rates | 1 |
| 2006/C 004/2 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4069 — Cognis B.V./Golden Hope Plantations BHD/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
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Notice No

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Commission

2006/C 004/1

Euro exchange rates

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2006/C 004/2

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4069 — Cognis B.V./Golden Hope Plantations BHD/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
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Euro exchange rates (1)

6 January 2006

(2006/C 4/01)

1 euro=

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
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| USD | US dollar | 1,2093 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 140,21 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4604 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,68880 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,3139 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,5452 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | 74,15 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 7,9295 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9561 |
| CYP | Cyprus pound | 0,5737 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 28,930 |
| EEK | Estonian kroon | 15,6466 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 250,79 |
| LTL | Lithuanian litas | 3,4528 |
| LVL | Latvian lats | 0,6961 |
| MTL | Maltese lira | 0,4293 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 3,8108 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 3,6843 |
| SIT | Slovenian tolar | 239,49 |
| SKK | Slovak koruna | 37,608 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 1,6181 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,6174 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,4158 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 9,3764 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,7642 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,9902 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 198,17 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 7,4441 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 9,7560 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,3895 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 11 573,00 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,539 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 63,518 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 34,7200 |
| THB | Thai baht | 48,451 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,2093

JPY

Japanese yen

140,21

DKK

Danish krone

7,4604

GBP

Pound sterling

0,68880

SEK

Swedish krona

9,3139

CHF

Swiss franc

1,5452

ISK

Iceland króna

74,15

NOK

Norwegian krone

7,9295

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9561

CYP

Cyprus pound

0,5737

CZK

Czech koruna

28,930

EEK

Estonian kroon

15,6466

HUF

Hungarian forint

250,79

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

LVL

Latvian lats

0,6961

MTL

Maltese lira

0,4293

PLN

Polish zloty

3,8108

RON

Romanian leu

3,6843

SIT

Slovenian tolar

239,49

SKK

Slovak koruna

37,608

TRY

Turkish lira

1,6181

AUD

Australian dollar

1,6174

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,4158

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

9,3764

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,7642

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,9902

KRW

South Korean won

1 198,17

ZAR

South African rand

7,4441

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

9,7560

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,3895

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

11 573,00

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,539

PHP

Philippine peso

63,518

RUB

Russian rouble

34,7200

THB

Thai baht

48,451

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Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4069 — Cognis B.V./Golden Hope Plantations BHD/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 4/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

| 1. | On 23 December 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 undertakings Cognis B.V., controlled by Cognis Group, and Golden Hope Plantations BHD (‘Golden Hope’, Malaysia) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the Cognis Group's global oleochemicals and plastics additives businesses (‘The target business’), currently under the sole control of Cognis Group, by way of purchase of shares. |
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On 23 December 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 undertakings Cognis B.V., controlled by Cognis Group, and Golden Hope Plantations BHD (‘Golden Hope’, Malaysia) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the Cognis Group's global oleochemicals and plastics additives businesses (‘The target business’), currently under the sole control of Cognis Group, by way of purchase of shares.

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






  — | for Cognis Group: manufacture and sale of specialty chemicals, |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for Cognis Group: manufacture and sale of specialty chemicals,

| — | for Golden Hope: cultivation, processing and sales of palm oil, palm kernels, fresh fruit bunches and rubber, |
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for Golden Hope: cultivation, processing and sales of palm oil, palm kernels, fresh fruit bunches and rubber,

| — | for the target business: manufacture and sale of oleochemicals and plastics additives. |
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for the target business: manufacture and sale of oleochemicals and plastics additives.

| 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. 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 the Notice. |
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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. 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 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 (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.4069 — Cognis B.V./Golden Hope Plantations BHD/JV to the following address:





  European Commission |
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| Competition DG |
| 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.4069 — Cognis B.V./Golden Hope Plantations BHD/JV to the following address:

European Commission

Competition DG

Merger Registry

J-70

B-1049 Brussels

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

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005 p. 32.

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