# Official Journal C 9/13 J

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 4813 January 2005 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 9

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 4813 January 2005

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | I   Information |
| | Commission |
| 2005/C 009/1 | Euro exchange rates | 1 |
| 2005/C 009/2 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3613 — Techint/Stella/James Jones/Investindustrial/Clessidra/Sirti) (
  1
  ) | 2 |
| 2005/C 009/3 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3542 — Sony Pictures/Walt Disney/ODG/Movieco) (
  1
  ) | 2 |
| 2005/C 009/4 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3604 — Permira/Ahold) (
  1
  ) | 3 |
| 2005/C 009/5 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3486 — Magna/New Venture Gear) (
  1
  ) | 3 |
| 2005/C 009/6 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3651 — APAX/Cinven/CBR Group) (
  1
  ) | 4 |
| 2005/C 009/7 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3630 — Veolia/BVAG) (
  1
  ) | 4 |
| 2005/C 009/8 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3655 — Cerberus/Peguform) (
  1
  ) | 5 |

Notice No

Contents

page

I   Information

Commission

2005/C 009/1

Euro exchange rates

1

2005/C 009/2

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3613 — Techint/Stella/James Jones/Investindustrial/Clessidra/Sirti) (
  1
  )

1

2

2005/C 009/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3542 — Sony Pictures/Walt Disney/ODG/Movieco) (
  1
  )

1

2

2005/C 009/4

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3604 — Permira/Ahold) (
  1
  )

1

3

2005/C 009/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3486 — Magna/New Venture Gear) (
  1
  )

1

3

2005/C 009/6

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3651 — APAX/Cinven/CBR Group) (
  1
  )

1

4

2005/C 009/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3630 — Veolia/BVAG) (
  1
  )

1

4

2005/C 009/8

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3655 — Cerberus/Peguform) (
  1
  )

1

5

| | Corrigenda |
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| 2005/C 009/9 | Corrigendum to Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3657 — AIRBUS/SITA) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (OJ C 321, 28.12.2004) | 6 |
| 2005/C 009/0 | Corrigendum to the statement by the Commission concerning Article 7(4) of Protocol 3 on ACP sugar of Annex V to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (OJ C 283, 20.11.2004) | 7 |

Corrigenda

2005/C 009/9

Corrigendum to Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3657 — AIRBUS/SITA) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (OJ C 321, 28.12.2004)

(OJ C 321, 28.12.2004)

6

2005/C 009/0

Corrigendum to the statement by the Commission concerning Article 7(4) of Protocol 3 on ACP sugar of Annex V to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (OJ C 283, 20.11.2004)

(OJ C 283, 20.11.2004)

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I Information

Commission

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Euro exchange rates (1)

12 January 2005

(2005/C 9/01)

1 euro=

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| USD | US dollar | 1,3139 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 135,47 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4405 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,69990 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,0550 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,5488 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | 82,70 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 8,1940 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9559 |
| CYP | Cyprus pound | 0,58130 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 30,485 |
| EEK | Estonian kroon | 15,6466 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 247,75 |
| LTL | Lithuanian litas | 3,4528 |
| LVL | Latvian lats | 0,6964 |
| MTL | Maltese lira | 0,4324 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,0725 |
| ROL | Romanian leu | 38 027 |
| SIT | Slovenian tolar | 239,7700 |
| SKK | Slovak koruna | 38,700 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 1,8098 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,7326 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,5997 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 10,2435 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,8870 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 2,1546 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 369,08 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 7,9278 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,3139

JPY

Japanese yen

135,47

DKK

Danish krone

7,4405

GBP

Pound sterling

0,69990

SEK

Swedish krona

9,0550

CHF

Swiss franc

1,5488

ISK

Iceland króna

82,70

NOK

Norwegian krone

8,1940

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9559

CYP

Cyprus pound

0,58130

CZK

Czech koruna

30,485

EEK

Estonian kroon

15,6466

HUF

Hungarian forint

247,75

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

LVL

Latvian lats

0,6964

MTL

Maltese lira

0,4324

PLN

Polish zloty

4,0725

ROL

Romanian leu

38 027

SIT

Slovenian tolar

239,7700

SKK

Slovak koruna

38,700

TRY

Turkish lira

1,8098

AUD

Australian dollar

1,7326

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,5997

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

10,2435

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,8870

SGD

Singapore dollar

2,1546

KRW

South Korean won

1 369,08

ZAR

South African rand

7,9278

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(1)

Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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| 13.1.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 9/2 |
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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3613 — Techint/Stella/James Jones/Investindustrial/Clessidra/Sirti)

(2005/C 9/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 7 December 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 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. |
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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 32004M3613. 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 32004M3613. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)

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| 13.1.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 9/2 |
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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3542 — Sony Pictures/Walt Disney/ODG/Movieco)

(2005/C 9/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 10 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 32004M3542. 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 32004M3542. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)

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| 13.1.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 9/3 |
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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3604 — Permira/Ahold)

(2005/C 9/04)

(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 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 32004M3604. 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 32004M3604. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)

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| 13.1.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 9/3 |
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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3486 — Magna/New Venture Gear)

(2005/C 9/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 24 September 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 32004M3486. 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 32004M3486. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)

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| 13.1.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 9/4 |
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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3651 — APAX/Cinven/CBR Group)

(2005/C 9/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 December 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 32004M3651. 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 32004M3651. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)

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| 13.1.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 9/4 |
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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3630 — Veolia/BVAG)

(2005/C 9/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 17 December 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, |
| --- | --- |

—

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 32004M3630. 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 32004M3630. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)

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| 13.1.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 9/5 |
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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3655 — Cerberus/Peguform)

(2005/C 9/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 16 December 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 32004M3655. 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 32004M3655. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)

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Corrigenda

| 13.1.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 9/6 |
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Corrigendum to Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3657 — AIRBUS/SITA) — Candidate case for simplified procedure

(
  Official Journal of the European Union C 321 of 28 December 2004
  )

(2005/C 9/09)

On page 10, in point 2, a third indent should be added as follows:

| ‘— | for undertaking OnAir: the development and provision of various in-flight passenger communication services including in-seat telephony, SMS messaging, e-mail and instant messaging, access to virtual private networks and to the internet and GSM telephony solutions.’ |
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for undertaking OnAir: the development and provision of various in-flight passenger communication services including in-seat telephony, SMS messaging, e-mail and instant messaging, access to virtual private networks and to the internet and GSM telephony solutions.’

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| 13.1.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 9/7 |
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Corrigendum to the statement by the Commission concerning Article 7(4) of Protocol 3 on ACP sugar of Annex V to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement

(
  Official Journal of the European Union C 283 of 20 November 2004
  )

(2005/C 9/10)

On page 2:

for:

| State | Agreed quantities | New agreed quantities (1.7.2003) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reallocated | Reduced |
| Barbados | — | 18 215 | 32 097,4 |
| Belize | 0 | 0 | 40 348,8 |
| Congo | 0 | 0 | 10 186,1 |
| Fiji | 0 | 0 | 165 348,3 |
| Guyana | 0 | 0 | 159 410,1 |
| Ivory Coast | 0 | 0 | 10 186,1 |
| Jamaica | 0 | 0 | 118 696,0 |
| Kenya | 5 000 | 0 | 5 000,0 |
| Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 10 760,0 |
| Malawi | 0 | 0 | 20 824,4 |
| Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 491 030,5 |
| Mozambique | 6 000 | 0 | 6 000,0 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Suriname | 0 | 0 | 117 844,5 |
| Swaziland | 0 | 0 | 10 186,1 |
| Tanzania | 0 | 0 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 | 43 751,0 |
| Uganda | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zambia | 7 215 | 0 | 7 215,0 |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 30 224,8 |
| TOTAL | 18 215 | 18 215 | 1 294 700,0 |

State

Agreed quantities

New agreed quantities (1.7.2003)

Reallocated

Reduced

Barbados

—

18 215

32 097,4

Belize

0

0

40 348,8

Congo

0

0

10 186,1

Fiji

0

0

165 348,3

Guyana

0

0

159 410,1

Ivory Coast

0

0

10 186,1

Jamaica

0

0

118 696,0

Kenya

5 000

0

5 000,0

Madagascar

0

0

10 760,0

Malawi

0

0

20 824,4

Mauritius

0

0

491 030,5

Mozambique

6 000

0

6 000,0

Saint Kitts and Nevis

0

0

0

Suriname

0

0

117 844,5

Swaziland

0

0

10 186,1

Tanzania

0

0

Trinidad and Tobago

0

0

43 751,0

Uganda

0

0

0

Zambia

7 215

0

7 215,0

Zimbabwe

0

0

30 224,8

TOTAL

18 215

18 215

1 294 700,0

read:

| State | Agreed quantities | New agreed quantities (1.7.2003) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reallocated | Reduced |
| Barbados | — | 18 215 | 32 097,4 |
| Belize | 0 | 0 | 40 348,8 |
| Congo | 0 | 0 | 10 186,1 |
| Fiji | 0 | 0 | 165 348,3 |
| Guyana | 0 | 0 | 159 410,1 |
| Ivory Coast | 0 | 0 | 10 186,1 |
| Jamaica | 0 | 0 | 118 696,0 |
| Kenya | 5 000 | 0 | 5 000,0 |
| Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 10 760,0 |
| Malawi | 0 | 0 | 20 824,4 |
| Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 491 030,5 |
| Mozambique | 6 000 | 0 | 6 000,0 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 0 | 15 590,8 |
| Suriname | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swaziland | 0 | 0 | 117 844,5 |
| Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 10 186,1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 | 43 751,0 |
| Uganda | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zambia | 7 215 | 0 | 7 215,0 |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 30 224,8 |
| TOTAL | 18 215 | 18 215 | 1 294 700,0 |

State

Agreed quantities

New agreed quantities (1.7.2003)

Reallocated

Reduced

Barbados

—

18 215

32 097,4

Belize

0

0

40 348,8

Congo

0

0

10 186,1

Fiji

0

0

165 348,3

Guyana

0

0

159 410,1

Ivory Coast

0

0

10 186,1

Jamaica

0

0

118 696,0

Kenya

5 000

0

5 000,0

Madagascar

0

0

10 760,0

Malawi

0

0

20 824,4

Mauritius

0

0

491 030,5

Mozambique

6 000

0

6 000,0

Saint Kitts and Nevis

0

0

15 590,8

Suriname

0

0

0

Swaziland

0

0

117 844,5

Tanzania

0

0

10 186,1

Trinidad and Tobago

0

0

43 751,0

Uganda

0

0

0

Zambia

7 215

0

7 215,0

Zimbabwe

0

0

30 224,8

TOTAL

18 215

18 215

1 294 700,0

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