# Official Journal C 4/7 Ja

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 487 January 2005 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 4

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 487 January 2005

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | I   Information |
| | Commission |
| 2005/C 004/1 | Euro exchange rates | 1 |
| 2005/C 004/2 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3689 — BT/Albacom) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  ) | 2 |
| 2005/C 004/3 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3410 — Total/Gaz de France) (
  1
  ) | 3 |

Notice No

Contents

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I   Information

Commission

2005/C 004/1

Euro exchange rates

1

2005/C 004/2

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3689 — BT/Albacom) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  )

1

2

2005/C 004/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3410 — Total/Gaz de France) (
  1
  )

1

3

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I Information

Commission

| 7.1.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 4/1 |
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Euro exchange rates (1)

6 January 2005

(2005/C 4/01)

1 euro=

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
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| USD | US dollar | 1,3183 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 138,30 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4400 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,70390 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,0339 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,5498 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | 83,15 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 8,2535 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CYP | Cyprus pound | 0,58040 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 30,438 |
| EEK | Estonian kroon | 15,6466 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 247,93 |
| LTL | Lithuanian litas | 3,4527 |
| LVL | Latvian lats | 0,6970 |
| MTL | Maltese lira | 0,4330 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,1192 |
| ROL | Romanian leu | 38 775 |
| SIT | Slovenian tolar | 239,7800 |
| SKK | Slovak koruna | 38,620 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 1,8450 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,7314 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,6224 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 10,2754 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,8909 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 2,1766 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 395,95 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 8,0519 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,3183

JPY

Japanese yen

138,30

DKK

Danish krone

7,4400

GBP

Pound sterling

0,70390

SEK

Swedish krona

9,0339

CHF

Swiss franc

1,5498

ISK

Iceland króna

83,15

NOK

Norwegian krone

8,2535

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CYP

Cyprus pound

0,58040

CZK

Czech koruna

30,438

EEK

Estonian kroon

15,6466

HUF

Hungarian forint

247,93

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4527

LVL

Latvian lats

0,6970

MTL

Maltese lira

0,4330

PLN

Polish zloty

4,1192

ROL

Romanian leu

38 775

SIT

Slovenian tolar

239,7800

SKK

Slovak koruna

38,620

TRY

Turkish lira

1,8450

AUD

Australian dollar

1,7314

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,6224

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

10,2754

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,8909

SGD

Singapore dollar

2,1766

KRW

South Korean won

1 395,95

ZAR

South African rand

8,0519

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Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3689 — BT/Albacom)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 4/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

| 1. | On 21 December 2004, 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 British Telecommunications plc (‘BT’, United Kingdom) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Albacom SpA (‘Albacom’, Italy) by way of purchase of shares. |
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On 21 December 2004, 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 British Telecommunications plc (‘BT’, United Kingdom) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Albacom SpA (‘Albacom’, Italy) by way of purchase of shares.

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






  — | for BT: telecommunications services, internet products and IT solutions on a world-wide scale, |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for BT: telecommunications services, internet products and IT solutions on a world-wide scale,

| — | for Albacom: telecommunications services and internet services to business customers in Italy. |
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for Albacom: telecommunications services and internet services to business customers in Italy.

| 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. 3689 — BT/Albacom, 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. 3689 — BT/Albacom, 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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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3410 — Total/Gaz de France)

(2005/C 4/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 8 October 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 French 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 32004M3410. 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 32004M3410. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)

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