# Official Journal C 7/11 J

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 4811 January 2005 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 7

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 4811 January 2005

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | I   Information |
| | Commission |
| 2005/C 007/1 | Euro exchange rates | 1 |
| 2005/C 007/2 | Notice inviting applications for authorisation to extract hydrocarbons in the Papekop area on Dutch territory | 2 |
| 2005/C 007/3 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3544 — Bayer Healthcare/Roche (OTC Business)) (
  1
  ) | 3 |
| 2005/C 007/4 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3582 — Mannesmann/Fuchs) (
  1
  ) | 3 |
| 2005/C 007/5 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3380 — UTC/Linde Kältechnik) (
  1
  ) | 4 |
| 2005/C 007/6 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3601 — APAX/Cinven/World Directories) (
  1
  ) | 4 |
| 2005/C 007/7 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3570 — Piaggio/Aprilia) (
  1
  ) | 5 |
| 2005/C 007/8 | Initiation of proceedings (Case COMP/M.3178 — Bertelsmann/Springer/JV) (
  1
  ) | 6 |
| 2005/C 007/9 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3666 — Nordic Capital/Plastal Holding) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  ) | 7 |

Notice No

Contents

page

I   Information

Commission

2005/C 007/1

Euro exchange rates

1

2005/C 007/2

Notice inviting applications for authorisation to extract hydrocarbons in the Papekop area on Dutch territory

2

2005/C 007/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3544 — Bayer Healthcare/Roche (OTC Business)) (
  1
  )

1

3

2005/C 007/4

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3582 — Mannesmann/Fuchs) (
  1
  )

1

3

2005/C 007/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3380 — UTC/Linde Kältechnik) (
  1
  )

1

4

2005/C 007/6

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3601 — APAX/Cinven/World Directories) (
  1
  )

1

4

2005/C 007/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3570 — Piaggio/Aprilia) (
  1
  )

1

5

2005/C 007/8

Initiation of proceedings (Case COMP/M.3178 — Bertelsmann/Springer/JV) (
  1
  )

1

6

2005/C 007/9

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3666 — Nordic Capital/Plastal Holding) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  )

1

7

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Euro exchange rates (1)

10 January 2005

(2005/C 7/01)

1 euro=

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
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| USD | US dollar | 1,3103 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 136,83 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4403 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,69780 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,0430 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,5469 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | 82,99 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 8,2270 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9559 |
| CYP | Cyprus pound | 0,58090 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 30,245 |
| EEK | Estonian kroon | 15,6466 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 247,80 |
| LTL | Lithuanian litas | 3,4528 |
| LVL | Latvian lats | 0,6969 |
| MTL | Maltese lira | 0,4321 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,0763 |
| ROL | Romanian leu | 38 671 |
| SIT | Slovenian tolar | 239,7800 |
| SKK | Slovak koruna | 38,528 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 1,8155 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,7256 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,6041 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 10,2144 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,8865 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 2,1573 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 380,66 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 7,8438 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,3103

JPY

Japanese yen

136,83

DKK

Danish krone

7,4403

GBP

Pound sterling

0,69780

SEK

Swedish krona

9,0430

CHF

Swiss franc

1,5469

ISK

Iceland króna

82,99

NOK

Norwegian krone

8,2270

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9559

CYP

Cyprus pound

0,58090

CZK

Czech koruna

30,245

EEK

Estonian kroon

15,6466

HUF

Hungarian forint

247,80

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

LVL

Latvian lats

0,6969

MTL

Maltese lira

0,4321

PLN

Polish zloty

4,0763

ROL

Romanian leu

38 671

SIT

Slovenian tolar

239,7800

SKK

Slovak koruna

38,528

TRY

Turkish lira

1,8155

AUD

Australian dollar

1,7256

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,6041

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

10,2144

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,8865

SGD

Singapore dollar

2,1573

KRW

South Korean won

1 380,66

ZAR

South African rand

7,8438

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Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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| 11.1.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 7/2 |
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Notice inviting applications for authorisation to extract hydrocarbons in the Papekop area on Dutch territory

(2005/C 7/02)

The Minister of Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands serves notice that an application for authorisation to extract hydrocarbons has been received for the Papekop area. The area is delimited by the following points and the straight lines between them:

| A. | x = 116 677,51 | y = 460 407,57 |
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| B. | x = 124 593,42 | y = 454 077,11 |
| C. | x = 120 503,40 | y = 449 030,56 |
| D. | x = 114 084,29 | y = 454 269,37 |
| E. | x = 114 187,05 | y = 457 393,09. |

A.

x = 116 677,51

y = 460 407,57

B.

x = 124 593,42

y = 454 077,11

C.

x = 120 503,40

y = 449 030,56

D.

x = 114 084,29

y = 454 269,37

E.

x = 114 187,05

y = 457 393,09.

The coordinates correspond to the system used by the Rijks Driehoeksmeting.

In accordance with Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospecting, exploration and production of hydrocarbons and Article 15 of the Mining Act (Stb. 2002, 542), the Minister of Economic Affairs invites interested parties to submit an application for authorisation to extract hydrocarbons for the Papekop area.

Applications may be submitted for thirteen weeks after publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the European Union and should be sent to the Minister of Economic Affairs, for the attention of Director of Energy Production, specifying ‘personal’, Prinses Beatrixlaan 5–7, The Hague. Applications submitted after this deadline will not be considered.

A decision on the applications will be taken not later than nine months after this period.

Further information can be requested by telephone (No (31-70) 379 66 94).

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3544 — Bayer Healthcare/Roche (OTC Business))

(2005/C 7/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 November 2004, 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(2) 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:

| — | from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
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from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This web site 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 under document number 32004M3544. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex). |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32004M3544. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex).

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3582 — Mannesmann/Fuchs)

(2005/C 7/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 26 November 2004, 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 German and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

| — | from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
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—

from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This web site 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 under document number 32004M3582. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex). |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32004M3582. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex).

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| 11.1.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 7/4 |
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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3380 — UTC/Linde Kältechnik)

(2005/C 7/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 12 July 2004, 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 (EEC) No 4064/89. 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:

| — | from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
| --- | --- |

—

from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This web site 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 under document number 32004M3380. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex). |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32004M3380. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex).

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3601 — APAX/Cinven/World Directories)

(2005/C 7/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18 November 2004, 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:

| — | from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
| --- | --- |

—

from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This web site 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 under document number 32004M3601. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex) |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32004M3601. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3570 — Piaggio/Aprilia)

(2005/C 7/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 22 November 2004, 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(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in Italian and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

| — | from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
| --- | --- |

—

from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This web site 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 under document number 32004M3570. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex). |
| --- | --- |

—

in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32004M3570. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex).

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Initiation of proceedings

(Case COMP/M.3178 — Bertelsmann/Springer/JV)

(2005/C 7/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 December 2004, the Commission decided to initiate proceedings in the above-mentioned case after finding that the notified concentration raises serious doubts as to its compatibility with the common market. The initiation of proceedings opens a second phase investigation with regard to the notified concentration. The decision is based on Article 6(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their observations on the proposed concentration to the Commission.

In order to be fully taken into account in the procedure, observations should reach the Commission not later than 15 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 – 296 72 44) or by post, under reference COMP/M.3178 — Bertelsmann/Springer/JV, to the following address:

| European Commission |
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| Competition DG |
| Merger Registry |
| J-70 |
| B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |

European Commission

Competition DG

Merger Registry

J-70

B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3666 — Nordic Capital/Plastal Holding)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 7/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

| 1. | On 23 December 2004, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Nordic Capital Fund V (‘Nordic Capital’, Channel Islands), ultimately controlled by a number of private individuals, through an acquisition vehicle, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Plastal Holding AB (‘Plastal’, Sweden) by way of purchase of shares. |
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1.

On 23 December 2004, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Nordic Capital Fund V (‘Nordic Capital’, Channel Islands), ultimately controlled by a number of private individuals, through an acquisition vehicle, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Plastal Holding AB (‘Plastal’, Sweden) by way of purchase of shares.

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






  — | for Nordic Capital: private equity funds, |
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2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for Nordic Capital: private equity funds,

| — | for Plastal: development and manufacture of plastic components and systems for the automotive industry. |
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for Plastal: development and manufacture of plastic components and systems for the automotive industry.

| 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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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.

| 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.3666 — Nordic Capital/Plastal Holding, to the following address:





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

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.3666 — Nordic Capital/Plastal Holding, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

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

(2)  Available on DG COMP website:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/legislation/consultation/simplified_tru.pdf.

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