do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Notification of a set of agreements (Case COMP/38.051 — Pro Europe) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-05-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, eco-label, packaging, patents licence, waste management

C 153/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24.5.2001

Notification of a set of agreements

(Case COMP/38.051 (cid:151) Pro Europe)

(2001/C 153/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 22 December 2000, with necessary complement on 22 March 2001, the Commission received an
application and a notification of agreements pursuant to Articles 2 and 4 of Council Regulation No 17. It
concerns the company Packaging Recovery Organisation Europe, or Pro Europe, which ARA (of Austria),
DSD (of Germany), Eco-Emballages (of France), EcoEmbalajes Espaæa (of Spain), Valorlus (of Luxembourg),
Sociedade Ponto Verde (of Portugal), Repak (of Republic of Ireland) and FOST Plus (of Belgium) run to
administer the use of the Green Dot trademark. The Green Dot is a symbol used widely to mark consumer
packaging that has participated in the financing of a collection and recovery system.

2.
The set of agreements contains (i) the Articles of Association; (ii) the General Licensing Agreement
whereby DSD has granted to Pro Europe the right to control the trademark outside Germany, as well as
(iii) Provisional, Principal and Supplementary Licensing Agreements with eight national packaging recovery
systems, including those mentioned above other than DSD plus Materialretur (of Norway). These licensing
agreements give the principal licensees the exclusive right to use and sub-license the Green Dot trademark
in their respective areas of activity which cover each the territory of one country. They also contain the
conditions for granting sub-licenses.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the creation

3.
and operations Pro Europe.

4.
Observations, with reference to case COMP/38.051, must reach the Commission not later than one
month following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent by fax (No (32-2) 295 30 80), or by
post to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Directorate D-3,
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
B-1049 Brussels.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2001-05-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, euro, exchange rate, national currency

24.5.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 153/1

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

23 May 2001

(2001/C 153/01)

1 euro

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7,4593

Danish krone

9,0515

Swedish krona

0,6037

Pound sterling

0,8585

United States dollar

1,3269

Canadian dollar

104,01

Japanese yen

1,5269

Swiss franc

7,944

Norwegian krone

86,97

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (2)

1,6575

Australian dollar

2,0322

New Zealand dollar

6,795

South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(2) Source: Commission.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2449 — Goldman Sachs/SJPC/SCP de Milo/Nascent) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-05-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, insurance company, merger control

C 153/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24.5.2001

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2449 (cid:151) Goldman Sachs/SJPC/SCP de Milo/Nascent)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2001/C 153/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 11 May 2001 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
1.
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
by which the undertaking Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Goldman Sachs, US) acquires, within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, joint control of the undertaking Nascent Group SA (Nascent, UK), by way
of purchase of shares. Nascent is currently jointly controlled by St James’s Place Capital
(SJPC, UK),
controlled by Halifax Group plc, and SCP de Milo S(cid:224)rl (SCP de Milo, Luxembourg), controlled by Swiss
Reinsurance Company (Swiss Re).

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) Goldman Sachs: investment banking and asset management services,

(cid:151) SJPC and Halifax Group: financial services products (principally life assurance and unit trusts),

(cid:151) SCP de Milo and Swiss Re: reinsurance,

(cid:151) Nascent: financial services products (principally life assurance and interests in mutual funds).

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within
the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant
to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (3), it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under
the procedure set out in the notice.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit

4.
proposed operation.

their possible observations on the

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference
COMP/M.2449 (cid:151) Goldman Sachs/SJPC/SCP de Milo/Nascent, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Directorate B (cid:151) Merger Task Force,
Rue Joseph II/Jozef II-straat 70,
B-1000 Brussels.

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ C 217, 29.7.2000, p. 32.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2459 — CDC/Charterhouse/Alstom Contracting) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-05-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, economic concentration, electrical equipment, exchange of information, financial institution, merger control

24.5.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 153/3

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2459 (cid:151) CDC/Charterhouse/Alstom Contracting)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2001/C 153/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 17 May 2001 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
1.
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
by which the undertakings CDC Equity Capital (CDC) and Charterhouse General Partners (VI) Limited
(Charterhouse) acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation,
joint control of the
electrical contracting services business of Alstom Holdings, including Alstom Enterprise SA and Alstom
Industrie SA (Alstom Contracting), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) CDC: fund management,

(cid:151) Charterhouse: fund management,

(cid:151) Alstom Contracting: electrical equipment installations in industrial and commercial premises.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within
the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant
to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (3), it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under
the procedure set out in the notice.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit

4.
proposed operation.

their possible observations on the

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference
COMP/M.2459 (cid:151) CDC/Charterhouse/Alstom Contracting, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Directorate B (cid:151) Merger Task Force,
Rue Joseph II/Jozef II-straat 70,
B-1000 Brussels.

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ C 217, 29.7.2000, p. 32.