# Official Journal C 276/9 No

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| Official Journal
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 489 November 2005 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 276

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 489 November 2005

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| 2005/C 276/1 | Euro exchange rates | 1 |
| 2005/C 276/2 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3968 — Sovion/Südfleisch) (
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2005/C 276/1

Euro exchange rates

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2005/C 276/2

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3968 — Sovion/Südfleisch) (
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2005/C 276/3

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Euro exchange rates (1)

8 November 2005

(2005/C 276/01)

1 euro=

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
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| USD | US dollar | 1,1741 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 138,22 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4632 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,67610 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,5525 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,5412 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | 71,89 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 7,7940 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9557 |
| CYP | Cyprus pound | 0,5734 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 29,244 |
| EEK | Estonian kroon | 15,6466 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 248,66 |
| LTL | Lithuanian litas | 3,4528 |
| LVL | Latvian lats | 0,6966 |
| MTL | Maltese lira | 0,4293 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 3,9942 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 3,6768 |
| SIT | Slovenian tolar | 239,52 |
| SKK | Slovak koruna | 38,950 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 1,6033 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,6055 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,4036 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 9,1043 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,7279 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,9985 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 230,99 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 7,9240 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 9,4946 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,3650 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 11 864,28 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,436 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 64,176 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 33,9448 |
| THB | Thai baht | 48,367 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,1741

JPY

Japanese yen

138,22

DKK

Danish krone

7,4632

GBP

Pound sterling

0,67610

SEK

Swedish krona

9,5525

CHF

Swiss franc

1,5412

ISK

Iceland króna

71,89

NOK

Norwegian krone

7,7940

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9557

CYP

Cyprus pound

0,5734

CZK

Czech koruna

29,244

EEK

Estonian kroon

15,6466

HUF

Hungarian forint

248,66

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

LVL

Latvian lats

0,6966

MTL

Maltese lira

0,4293

PLN

Polish zloty

3,9942

RON

Romanian leu

3,6768

SIT

Slovenian tolar

239,52

SKK

Slovak koruna

38,950

TRY

Turkish lira

1,6033

AUD

Australian dollar

1,6055

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,4036

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

9,1043

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,7279

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,9985

KRW

South Korean won

1 230,99

ZAR

South African rand

7,9240

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

9,4946

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,3650

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

11 864,28

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,436

PHP

Philippine peso

64,176

RUB

Russian rouble

33,9448

THB

Thai baht

48,367

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Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3968 — Sovion/Südfleisch)

(2005/C 276/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

| 1. | On 28 October 2005, 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 Sovion N.V. (‘Sovion’, The Netherlands) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Südfleisch AG (‘Südfleisch’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares. |
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On 28 October 2005, 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 Sovion N.V. (‘Sovion’, The Netherlands) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Südfleisch AG (‘Südfleisch’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

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






  — | for Sovion: slaughter of pigs and cattle, production and sale of meat products, processing of abattoir by-products and production and sales of products made from abattoir by-products; |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for Sovion: slaughter of pigs and cattle, production and sale of meat products, processing of abattoir by-products and production and sales of products made from abattoir by-products;

| — | for Südfleisch: slaughter of pigs and cattle and processing, production and sale of meat products. |
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for Südfleisch: slaughter of pigs and cattle and processing, production and sale of meat products.

| 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. |
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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.

| 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.3968 — Sovion/Südfleisch, to the following address:





  European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| J-70 |
| BE-1049 Brussels |

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.3968 — Sovion/Südfleisch, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

BE-1049 Brussels

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