# Official Journal C 379/2011

| | ISSN 1977-091X
  doi:10.3000/1977091X.C_2011.379.eng |
| --- | --- |
| Official Journal
  of the European Union | C 379 |
| | |
| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 5428 December 2011 |

ISSN 1977-091X

doi:10.3000/1977091X.C_2011.379.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 379

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 5428 December 2011

---

| Notice No | Contents | page |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | II   Information |
| | INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2011/C 379/01 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6432 — DSM/Roquette/JV) (
  1
  ) | 1 |
| 2011/C 379/02 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6357 — Koninklijke Philips/Indal Group) (
  1
  ) | 1 |

Notice No

Contents

page

II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2011/C 379/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6432 — DSM/Roquette/JV) (
  1
  )

1

1

2011/C 379/02

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6357 — Koninklijke Philips/Indal Group) (
  1
  )

1

1

| | IV   Notices |
| --- | --- |
| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2011/C 379/03 | Euro exchange rates | 2 |
| 2011/C 379/04 | Euro exchange rates | 3 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2011/C 379/03

Euro exchange rates

2

2011/C 379/04

Euro exchange rates

3

| | V   Announcements |
| --- | --- |
| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY |
| | European Commission |
| 2011/C 379/05 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6464 — Sony/Sony Ericsson) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  ) | 4 |

V   Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

2011/C 379/05

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6464 — Sony/Sony Ericsson) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  )

1

4

| | |
| --- | --- |
| | (1)   Text with EEA relevance |

---

(1)   Text with EEA relevance

1

| EN | |
| --- | --- |

EN

---

II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

| 28.12.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 379/1 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

28.12.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 379/1

---

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.6432 — DSM/Roquette/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 379/01

On 19 December 2011, 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:

| — | 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 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/en/index.htm) under document number 32011M6432. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law. |
| --- | --- |

—

in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32011M6432. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

---

| 28.12.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 379/1 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

28.12.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 379/1

---

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.6357 — Koninklijke Philips/Indal Group)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 379/02

On 23 November 2011, 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:

| — | 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 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/en/index.htm) under document number 32011M6357. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law. |
| --- | --- |

—

in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32011M6357. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

---

IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

| 28.12.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 379/2 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

28.12.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 379/2

---

Euro exchange rates (1)

23 December 2011

2011/C 379/03

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| USD | US dollar | 1,3057 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 101,93 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4339 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,8331 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 8,9648 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,2221 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 7,782 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 25,839 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 306,89 |
| LTL | Lithuanian litas | 3,4528 |
| LVL | Latvian lats | 0,6965 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,4397 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,296 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 2,4765 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,2852 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,3309 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 10,1544 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,6862 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,6885 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 502,81 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 10,6581 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 8,2742 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,519 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 11 824,07 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,1188 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 56,794 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 40,77 |
| THB | Thai baht | 40,881 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 2,4234 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 18,0402 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 69,013 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,3057

JPY

Japanese yen

101,93

DKK

Danish krone

7,4339

GBP

Pound sterling

0,8331

SEK

Swedish krona

8,9648

CHF

Swiss franc

1,2221

ISK

Iceland króna

NOK

Norwegian krone

7,782

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

25,839

HUF

Hungarian forint

306,89

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

LVL

Latvian lats

0,6965

PLN

Polish zloty

4,4397

RON

Romanian leu

4,296

TRY

Turkish lira

2,4765

AUD

Australian dollar

1,2852

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,3309

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

10,1544

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,6862

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,6885

KRW

South Korean won

1 502,81

ZAR

South African rand

10,6581

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

8,2742

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,519

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

11 824,07

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,1188

PHP

Philippine peso

56,794

RUB

Russian rouble

40,77

THB

Thai baht

40,881

BRL

Brazilian real

2,4234

MXN

Mexican peso

18,0402

INR

Indian rupee

69,013

---

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

---

| 28.12.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 379/3 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

28.12.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 379/3

---

Euro exchange rates (1)

27 December 2011

2011/C 379/04

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| USD | US dollar | 1,3069 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 101,75 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4330 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,83350 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 8,9735 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,2210 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 7,7945 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 25,785 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 305,53 |
| LTL | Lithuanian litas | 3,4528 |
| LVL | Latvian lats | 0,6974 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,4040 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,2900 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 2,4831 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,2862 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,3322 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 10,1636 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,6886 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,6941 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 510,58 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 10,6617 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 8,2631 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,5173 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 12 029,60 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,1474 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 57,202 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 40,8770 |
| THB | Thai baht | 41,089 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 2,4273 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 18,1051 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 69,1840 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,3069

JPY

Japanese yen

101,75

DKK

Danish krone

7,4330

GBP

Pound sterling

0,83350

SEK

Swedish krona

8,9735

CHF

Swiss franc

1,2210

ISK

Iceland króna

NOK

Norwegian krone

7,7945

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

25,785

HUF

Hungarian forint

305,53

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

LVL

Latvian lats

0,6974

PLN

Polish zloty

4,4040

RON

Romanian leu

4,2900

TRY

Turkish lira

2,4831

AUD

Australian dollar

1,2862

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,3322

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

10,1636

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,6886

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,6941

KRW

South Korean won

1 510,58

ZAR

South African rand

10,6617

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

8,2631

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,5173

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

12 029,60

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,1474

PHP

Philippine peso

57,202

RUB

Russian rouble

40,8770

THB

Thai baht

41,089

BRL

Brazilian real

2,4273

MXN

Mexican peso

18,1051

INR

Indian rupee

69,1840

---

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

---

V Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

| 28.12.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 379/4 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

28.12.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 379/4

---

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6464 — Sony/Sony Ericsson)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 379/05

| 1. | On 19 December 2011 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 Sony Corporation (‘Sony’, Japan) acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, control of the whole of the undertaking Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication AB (‘Sony Ericsson’, Sweden) by way of purchase of shares. |
| --- | --- |

1.

On 19 December 2011 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 Sony Corporation (‘Sony’, Japan) acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, control of the whole of the undertaking Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication AB (‘Sony Ericsson’, Sweden) by way of purchase of shares.

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






  — | for Sony Corporation: the operation of various businesses, including electronic consumer products (e.g. audio, video, television, information, and communications equipment; semiconductors; and components), games (e.g., game consoles and software), entertainment (e.g., motion pictures and television programming), financial services (e.g., life insurance and banking), |
| --- | --- | --- |

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—

for Sony Corporation: the operation of various businesses, including electronic consumer products (e.g. audio, video, television, information, and communications equipment; semiconductors; and components), games (e.g., game consoles and software), entertainment (e.g., motion pictures and television programming), financial services (e.g., life insurance and banking),

| — | for Sony Ericsson: the development, manufacture, and sale of mobile phones. |
| --- | --- |

—

for Sony Ericsson: the development, manufacture, and sale of mobile phones.

| 3. | On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC 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 EC Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice. |
| --- | --- |

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC 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 EC Merger Regulation (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 (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6464 — Sony/Sony Ericsson, to the following address:





  European Commission |
| --- | --- |
| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| J-70 |
| 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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6464 — Sony/Sony Ericsson, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

---

(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32 (‘Notice on a simplified procedure’).

---