# Official Journal C 203/2014

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 571 July 2014 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 203

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 571 July 2014

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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 |
| 2014/C 203/01 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7257 — Carlyle / PAI / CST) (
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  ) | 1 |
| 2014/C 203/02 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7120 — Ecom Agroindustrial Corporation / Armajaro Trading) (
  1
  ) | 2 |

Notice No

Contents

page

II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2014/C 203/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7257 — Carlyle / PAI / CST) (
  1
  )

1

1

2014/C 203/02

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7120 — Ecom Agroindustrial Corporation / Armajaro Trading) (
  1
  )

1

2

| | IV   Notices |
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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2014/C 203/03 | Euro exchange rates | 3 |
| | Court of Auditors |
| 2014/C 203/04 | Special Report No 11/2014 — The establishment of the European External Action Service | 4 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2014/C 203/03

Euro exchange rates

3

Court of Auditors

2014/C 203/04

Special Report No 11/2014 — The establishment of the European External Action Service

4

| | V   Announcements |
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| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY |
| | European Commission |
| 2014/C 203/05 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7253 — Lagardère Services/SNCF Participations/JV) (
  1
  ) | 5 |

V   Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

2014/C 203/05

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7253 — Lagardère Services/SNCF Participations/JV) (
  1
  )

1

5

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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

| 1.7.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 203/1 |
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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7257 — Carlyle / PAI / CST)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2014/C 203/01

On 19 June 2014, 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 32014M7257. EUR-Lex is the online 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 32014M7257. EUR-Lex is the online 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.7120 — Ecom Agroindustrial Corporation / Armajaro Trading)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2014/C 203/02

On 23 May 2014, 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 32014M7120. EUR-Lex is the online 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 32014M7120. EUR-Lex is the online 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

| 1.7.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 203/3 |
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Euro exchange rates (1)

30 June 2014

2014/C 203/03

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
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| USD | US dollar | 1,3658 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 138,44 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4557 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,80150 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,1762 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,2156 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 8,4035 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 27,453 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 309,30 |
| LTL | Lithuanian litas | 3,4528 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,1568 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,3830 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 2,8969 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,4537 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,4589 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 10,5858 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,5626 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,7047 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 382,04 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 14,4597 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 8,4722 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,5760 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 16 248,15 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,3856 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 59,652 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 46,3779 |
| THB | Thai baht | 44,323 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 3,0002 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 17,7124 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 82,2023 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,3658

JPY

Japanese yen

138,44

DKK

Danish krone

7,4557

GBP

Pound sterling

0,80150

SEK

Swedish krona

9,1762

CHF

Swiss franc

1,2156

ISK

Iceland króna

NOK

Norwegian krone

8,4035

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

27,453

HUF

Hungarian forint

309,30

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

PLN

Polish zloty

4,1568

RON

Romanian leu

4,3830

TRY

Turkish lira

2,8969

AUD

Australian dollar

1,4537

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,4589

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

10,5858

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,5626

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,7047

KRW

South Korean won

1 382,04

ZAR

South African rand

14,4597

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

8,4722

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,5760

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

16 248,15

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,3856

PHP

Philippine peso

59,652

RUB

Russian rouble

46,3779

THB

Thai baht

44,323

BRL

Brazilian real

3,0002

MXN

Mexican peso

17,7124

INR

Indian rupee

82,2023

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(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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Court of Auditors

| 1.7.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 203/4 |
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Special Report No 11/2014

‘The establishment of the European External Action Service’

2014/C 203/04

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 11/2014 ‘The establishment of the European External Action Service’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu

A hard copy version of the report may be obtained free of charge on request to the Court of Auditors:

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PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

| 1.7.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 203/5 |
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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7253 — Lagardère Services/SNCF Participations/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2014/C 203/05

| 1. | On 19 June 2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Lagardère Services (‘Lagardère Services’, France), controlled by the Lagardère Group (‘Lagardère’, France), and the undertaking SNCF Participations (‘SNCF-P’, France), controlled by the SNCF Group (France), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a joint venture (hereinafter the ‘joint venture’) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company. |
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On 19 June 2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Lagardère Services (‘Lagardère Services’, France), controlled by the Lagardère Group (‘Lagardère’, France), and the undertaking SNCF Participations (‘SNCF-P’, France), controlled by the SNCF Group (France), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a joint venture (hereinafter the ‘joint venture’) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company.

| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
  —   Lagardère Services: retail sales in airports, train and metro stations, press distribution and local stores,
  —   Lagardère: books, press, TV broadcasting and multimedia services,
  —   SNCF-P: direct or indirect control of most of its subsidiaries and holdings in each of the SNCF’s business units, in particular the ‘Gares & Connexions’ unit (station management). |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   Lagardère Services: retail sales in airports, train and metro stations, press distribution and local stores,

—   Lagardère: books, press, TV broadcasting and multimedia services,

—   SNCF-P: direct or indirect control of most of its subsidiaries and holdings in each of the SNCF’s business units, in particular the ‘Gares & Connexions’ unit (station management).

| 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. |
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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.

| 4. | The Commission invites interested third parties to submit to it their observations on the proposed operation.
  Observations must reach the Commission no later than 10 days following the date on which this notification is published. They can be sent to the Commission under reference number M.7253 — Lagardère Services/SNCF Participations/JV by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post 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 to it their observations on the proposed operation.

Observations must reach the Commission no later than 10 days following the date on which this notification is published. They can be sent to the Commission under reference number M.7253 — Lagardère Services/SNCF Participations/JV by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post 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’).

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