# Official Journal C 384/2014

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| Official Journal
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 5730 October 2014 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 384

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 5730 October 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 384/01 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7418 — Bosch/ZF Lenksysteme) (
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Notice No

Contents

page

II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2014/C 384/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7418 — Bosch/ZF Lenksysteme) (
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  )

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| | IV   Notices |
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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2014/C 384/02 | Euro exchange rates | 2 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2014/C 384/02

Euro exchange rates

2

| | V   Announcements |
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| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY |
| | European Commission |
| 2014/C 384/03 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7430 — Fosun/Club Méditerranée) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
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  ) | 3 |
| | OTHER ACTS |
| | European Commission |
| 2014/C 384/04 | Notice concerning a request pursuant to Article 35 of Directive 2014/25/EU — Extension of Deadline — Request made by a Member State | 4 |

V   Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

2014/C 384/03

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7430 — Fosun/Club Méditerranée) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
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  )

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3

OTHER ACTS

European Commission

2014/C 384/04

Notice concerning a request pursuant to Article 35 of Directive 2014/25/EU — Extension of Deadline — Request made by a Member State

4

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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 384/1

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7418 — Bosch/ZF Lenksysteme)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2014/C 384/01

On 24 October 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 German 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 32014M7418. 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 32014M7418. 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

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Euro exchange rates (1)

29 October 2014

2014/C 384/02

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
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| USD | US dollar | 1,2737 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 137,75 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4445 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,79095 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,3294 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,2059 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 8,4675 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 27,784 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 309,05 |
| LTL | Lithuanian litas | 3,4528 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,2252 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,4245 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 2,8029 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,4334 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,4192 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 9,8778 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,6035 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,6196 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 333,04 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 13,8447 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 7,7842 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,6650 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 15 405,88 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,1653 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 56,982 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 54,6031 |
| THB | Thai baht | 41,353 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 3,0902 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 17,1338 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 78,0619 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,2737

JPY

Japanese yen

137,75

DKK

Danish krone

7,4445

GBP

Pound sterling

0,79095

SEK

Swedish krona

9,3294

CHF

Swiss franc

1,2059

ISK

Iceland króna

NOK

Norwegian krone

8,4675

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

27,784

HUF

Hungarian forint

309,05

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

PLN

Polish zloty

4,2252

RON

Romanian leu

4,4245

TRY

Turkish lira

2,8029

AUD

Australian dollar

1,4334

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,4192

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

9,8778

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,6035

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,6196

KRW

South Korean won

1 333,04

ZAR

South African rand

13,8447

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

7,7842

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,6650

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

15 405,88

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,1653

PHP

Philippine peso

56,982

RUB

Russian rouble

54,6031

THB

Thai baht

41,353

BRL

Brazilian real

3,0902

MXN

Mexican peso

17,1338

INR

Indian rupee

78,0619

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

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V Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

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30.10.2014

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7430 — Fosun/Club Méditerranée)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2014/C 384/03

| 1. | On 22 October 2014, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Fosun International Limited (‘Fosun’, China) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Club Méditerranée and its subsidiaries (‘Club Med’, France) by way of a public bid. |
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On 22 October 2014, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Fosun International Limited (‘Fosun’, China) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Club Méditerranée and its subsidiaries (‘Club Med’, France) by way of a public bid.

| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
  —   Fosun: private equity investments,
  —   Club Med: travel services. |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   Fosun: private equity investments,

—   Club Med: travel services.

| 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. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in this Notice. |
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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. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in this 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 (+32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7430 — Fosun/Club Méditerranée, 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 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 (+32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7430 — Fosun/Club Méditerranée, 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’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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OTHER ACTS

European Commission

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Notice concerning a request pursuant to Article 35 of Directive 2014/25/EU — Extension of Deadline

Request made by a Member State

2014/C 384/04

On 15 May 2014 the Commission received a request in accordance with Article 35 of Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement procedures by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC (1).

This request, made by the Republic of Poland, concerns the production and wholesale of electricity in that country. The relevant notice was published on page 14 of OJ C 186 on 18 June 2014. A first notice of prolongation of deadline was published in OJ C 310 of 12 September 2014. The prolonged deadline was 31 October 2014.

Pursuant to the fourth subparagraph of point 1 of Annex IV of Directive 2014/25/EU, the deadline may be further extended by the Commission with the agreement of those having made the request for exemption concerned. Given that the need to obtain and analyse further information, and with the agreement of the Republic of Poland, the period available to the Commission for deciding on this request is hereby extended further by 37 working days.

The final deadline is therefore 31 December 2014.

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(1)  OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 243.

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