# Official Journal C 39/2016

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 592 February 2016 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 39

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 592 February 2016

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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 |
| 2016/C 039/01 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7888 — APAX/B&G/Mannai/GFI Informatique) (
  1
  ) | 1 |
| 2016/C 039/02 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7845 — HCL Technologies Sweden/Volvo IT) (
  1
  ) | 1 |

Notice No

Contents

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II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2016/C 039/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7888 — APAX/B&G/Mannai/GFI Informatique) (
  1
  )

1

1

2016/C 039/02

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7845 — HCL Technologies Sweden/Volvo IT) (
  1
  )

1

1

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| | IV   Notices |
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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2016/C 039/03 | Euro exchange rates | 2 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2016/C 039/03

Euro exchange rates

2

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| | V   Announcements |
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| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY |
| | European Commission |
| 2016/C 039/04 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7886 — PostFinance/SIX Group/SIX Paynet) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  ) | 3 |
| 2016/C 039/05 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7939 — HDI Assicurazioni/CBA Vita/Sella Life) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  ) | 4 |

V   Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

2016/C 039/04

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7886 — PostFinance/SIX Group/SIX Paynet) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
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  )

1

3

2016/C 039/05

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7939 — HDI Assicurazioni/CBA Vita/Sella Life) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  )

1

4

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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

| 2.2.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 39/1 |
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2.2.2016

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7888 — APAX/B&G/Mannai/GFI Informatique)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 39/01)

On 26 January 2016, 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 the 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 32016M7888. EUR-Lex is the online access to 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 32016M7888. EUR-Lex is the online access to 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.7845 — HCL Technologies Sweden/Volvo IT)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 39/02)

On 27 January 2016, 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 the 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 32016M7845. EUR-Lex is the online access to 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 32016M7845. EUR-Lex is the online access to 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

| 2.2.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 39/2 |
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2.2.2016

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Euro exchange rates (1)

1 February 2016

(2016/C 39/03)

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
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| USD | US dollar | 1,0884 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 131,99 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4625 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,76100 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,2835 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,1096 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 9,4160 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 27,021 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 311,86 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,3952 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,5246 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 3,2269 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,5377 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,5253 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 8,4688 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,6820 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,5500 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 310,43 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 17,5019 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 7,1605 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,6605 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 14 846,05 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,5345 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 51,932 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 82,9655 |
| THB | Thai baht | 38,760 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 4,3511 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 19,8811 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 73,9100 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,0884

JPY

Japanese yen

131,99

DKK

Danish krone

7,4625

GBP

Pound sterling

0,76100

SEK

Swedish krona

9,2835

CHF

Swiss franc

1,1096

ISK

Iceland króna

NOK

Norwegian krone

9,4160

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

27,021

HUF

Hungarian forint

311,86

PLN

Polish zloty

4,3952

RON

Romanian leu

4,5246

TRY

Turkish lira

3,2269

AUD

Australian dollar

1,5377

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,5253

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

8,4688

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,6820

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,5500

KRW

South Korean won

1 310,43

ZAR

South African rand

17,5019

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

7,1605

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,6605

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

14 846,05

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,5345

PHP

Philippine peso

51,932

RUB

Russian rouble

82,9655

THB

Thai baht

38,760

BRL

Brazilian real

4,3511

MXN

Mexican peso

19,8811

INR

Indian rupee

73,9100

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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

| 2.2.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 39/3 |
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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7886 — PostFinance/SIX Group/SIX Paynet)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 39/04)

| 1. | On 26 January 2016, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which PostFinance AG (Switzerland), controlled by Schweizerische Post AG, and SIX Group AG (Switzerland) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of SIX Paynet AG (Switzerland), currently controlled by SIX Group AG alone, by way of purchase of shares. |
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On 26 January 2016, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which PostFinance AG (Switzerland), controlled by Schweizerische Post AG, and SIX Group AG (Switzerland) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of SIX Paynet AG (Switzerland), currently controlled by SIX Group AG alone, by way of purchase of shares.

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






  — | PostFinance AG operates as a bank and offers payment transaction services for its final customers as well as interbank transactions. In addition, PostFinance offers a basic provision of services for payment transactions, including its own solutions for the handling of direct debit transactions. It also offers electronic invoicing to users of online and mobile banking in the form of its ‘e’ and ‘m’ banking solutions (‘E-Finance’), and to Electronic Data Interchange recipients. |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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PostFinance AG operates as a bank and offers payment transaction services for its final customers as well as interbank transactions. In addition, PostFinance offers a basic provision of services for payment transactions, including its own solutions for the handling of direct debit transactions. It also offers electronic invoicing to users of online and mobile banking in the form of its ‘e’ and ‘m’ banking solutions (‘E-Finance’), and to Electronic Data Interchange recipients.

| — | SIX Group AG operates the Swiss financial centre infrastructure and offers extensive services internationally in securities trading and settlement, financial information and payment transactions. SIX also offers solutions for Swiss Interbank Clearing, as well as for electronic direct debit transactions and e-billing for users of ‘e’ and ‘m’ banking, workflow users and EDI recipients. |
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SIX Group AG operates the Swiss financial centre infrastructure and offers extensive services internationally in securities trading and settlement, financial information and payment transactions. SIX also offers solutions for Swiss Interbank Clearing, as well as for electronic direct debit transactions and e-billing for users of ‘e’ and ‘m’ banking, workflow users and EDI recipients.

| — | SIX Paynet AG provides services in connection with electronic invoicing, receipt of e-bills, and online payments, and offers the requisite system solutions. These include the operation, development and marketing of a new solution for the transfer of invoices and direct debit transactions to ‘e’ and ‘m’ banking users, known as LEON. |
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SIX Paynet AG provides services in connection with electronic invoicing, receipt of e-bills, and online payments, and offers the requisite system solutions. These include the operation, development and marketing of a new solution for the transfer of invoices and direct debit transactions to ‘e’ and ‘m’ banking users, known as LEON.

| 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2), it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (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 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 M.7886 — PostFinance/SIX Group/SIX Paynet 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 M.7886 — PostFinance/SIX Group/SIX Paynet 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’).

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

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7939 — HDI Assicurazioni/CBA Vita/Sella Life)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 39/05)

| 1. | On 27 January 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which HDI Assicurazioni SpA (Italy), belonging to the Talnax Group (Germany) acquire(s) within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of CBA Vita SpA (Italy) and its subsidiary Sella Life Limited, belonging to the Banca Sella Group (Italy) by way of purchase of shares. |
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On 27 January 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which HDI Assicurazioni SpA (Italy), belonging to the Talnax Group (Germany) acquire(s) within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of CBA Vita SpA (Italy) and its subsidiary Sella Life Limited, belonging to the Banca Sella Group (Italy) by way of purchase of shares.

| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
  —   for HDI: offering insurance products to private and commercial customers,
  —   for CBA: offering life insurance products in Italy to private, professional and corporate customers; CBA has a marginal presence in insurances for damages related to sickness and accidents,
  —   Sella Life: creation of unit-linked insurance contracts in Italy. |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for HDI: offering insurance products to private and commercial customers,

—   for CBA: offering life insurance products in Italy to private, professional and corporate customers; CBA has a marginal presence in insurances for damages related to sickness and accidents,

—   Sella Life: creation of unit-linked insurance contracts in Italy.

| 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (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 Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.7939 — HDI Assicurazioni/CBA Vita/Sella Life, 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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.7939 — HDI Assicurazioni/CBA Vita/Sella Life, 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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