# Official Journal C 321/2015

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 5829 September 2015 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 321

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 5829 September 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 321/01 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7717 — Equistone Partners Europe/TriStyle Mode) (
  1
  ) | 1 |
| 2015/C 321/02 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7719 — Barloworld Handling/BayWa/JV) (
  1
  ) | 1 |
| 2015/C 321/03 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7728 — Amcor/Sidel/JV) (
  1
  ) | 2 |

Notice No

Contents

page

II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2015/C 321/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7717 — Equistone Partners Europe/TriStyle Mode) (
  1
  )

1

1

2015/C 321/02

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7719 — Barloworld Handling/BayWa/JV) (
  1
  )

1

1

2015/C 321/03

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7728 — Amcor/Sidel/JV) (
  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 321/04 | Euro exchange rates | 3 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2015/C 321/04

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 321/05 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7774 — Antofagasta/Barrick/Zaldívar) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  ) | 4 |

V   Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

2015/C 321/05

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7774 — Antofagasta/Barrick/Zaldívar) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  )

1

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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

| 29.9.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 321/1 |
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Official Journal of the European Union

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7717 — Equistone Partners Europe/TriStyle Mode)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2015/C 321/01)

On 21 September 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 32015M7717. 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 32015M7717. 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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| 29.9.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 321/1 |
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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7719 — Barloworld Handling/BayWa/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2015/C 321/02)

On 22 September 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 32015M7719. 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32015M7719. EUR-Lex is the on-line 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.7728 — Amcor/Sidel/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2015/C 321/03)

On 22 September 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 32015M7728. 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32015M7728. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

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

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IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

| 29.9.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 321/3 |
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Euro exchange rates (1)

28 September 2015

(2015/C 321/04)

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| USD | US dollar | 1,1170 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 134,13 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4597 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,73520 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,4527 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,0941 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 9,5820 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 27,220 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 315,43 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,2343 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,4173 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 3,4137 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,5967 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,4921 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 8,6569 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,7585 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,5960 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 334,11 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 15,6728 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 7,1099 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,6360 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 16 419,85 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,9410 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 52,271 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 73,3737 |
| THB | Thai baht | 40,603 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 4,4787 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 19,0756 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 73,8391 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,1170

JPY

Japanese yen

134,13

DKK

Danish krone

7,4597

GBP

Pound sterling

0,73520

SEK

Swedish krona

9,4527

CHF

Swiss franc

1,0941

ISK

Iceland króna

NOK

Norwegian krone

9,5820

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

27,220

HUF

Hungarian forint

315,43

PLN

Polish zloty

4,2343

RON

Romanian leu

4,4173

TRY

Turkish lira

3,4137

AUD

Australian dollar

1,5967

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,4921

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

8,6569

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,7585

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,5960

KRW

South Korean won

1 334,11

ZAR

South African rand

15,6728

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

7,1099

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,6360

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

16 419,85

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,9410

PHP

Philippine peso

52,271

RUB

Russian rouble

73,3737

THB

Thai baht

40,603

BRL

Brazilian real

4,4787

MXN

Mexican peso

19,0756

INR

Indian rupee

73,8391

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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

| 29.9.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 321/4 |
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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7774 — Antofagasta/Barrick/Zaldívar)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2015/C 321/05)

| 1. | On 21 September 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 undertakings Antofagasta PLC (‘Antofagasta’, United Kingdom) and Barrick Gold Corporation (‘Barrick’ Canada) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Compañía Minera Zaldívar SpA (‘Zaldívar SpA’ Chile), currently wholly owned by Barrick, by way of purchase of shares. |
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On 21 September 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 undertakings Antofagasta PLC (‘Antofagasta’, United Kingdom) and Barrick Gold Corporation (‘Barrick’ Canada) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Compañía Minera Zaldívar SpA (‘Zaldívar SpA’ Chile), currently wholly owned by Barrick, by way of purchase of shares.

| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
  —   for Antofagasta: mining group which operates three copper mines located in Chile, two of which produce by-products such as gold, silver and molybdenum;
  —   for Barrick: mining group operating 16 mines worldwide, most of which are focused on the production of gold with the exception of two copper mines; the group also owns a majority interest in Acacia Mining plc, which operates three gold mines in Africa;
  —   for Zaldívar SpA: newly created company which will operate the Zaldívar mine in Chile, an open-pit heap-leach mine that produces copper, and is currently indirectly owned by Barrick. |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Antofagasta: mining group which operates three copper mines located in Chile, two of which produce by-products such as gold, silver and molybdenum;

—   for Barrick: mining group operating 16 mines worldwide, most of which are focused on the production of gold with the exception of two copper mines; the group also owns a majority interest in Acacia Mining plc, which operates three gold mines in Africa;

—   for Zaldívar SpA: newly created company which will operate the Zaldívar mine in Chile, an open-pit heap-leach mine that produces copper, and is currently indirectly owned by Barrick.

| 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 the 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 the 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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7774 — Antofagasta/Barrick/Zaldívar, 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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7774 — Antofagasta/Barrick/Zaldívar, 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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