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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2602 — Gerling/NCM) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-11-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, insurance, merger control

C 309/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

6.11.2001

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2602 (cid:151) Gerling/NCM)

(2001/C 309/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 25 October 2001, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
by which the German undertaking Gerling-Konzern Verischerungs-Beteiligungs-AG (Gerling) acquires,
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, control of the whole of the Dutch undertaking
NCM Holding NV (NCM) by way of purchase of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) Gerling: life insurance, credit insurance and other non-life insurance business,

(cid:151) NCM: credit insurance and other receivables management services.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within

3.
the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

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.2602 (cid:151) Gerling/NCM, 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.
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 3,75 % on 1 November 2001 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2001-11-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, banking, euro, exchange rate, interest

6.11.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 309/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (1):

3,75 % on 1 November 2001

1 euro

Euro exchange rates (2)

5 November 2001

(2001/C 309/01)

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

7,448

Danish krone

9,5117

Swedish krona

0,6162

Pound sterling

0,8961

United States dollar

1,4272

Canadian dollar

109,3

Japanese yen

1,4713

7,9515

Swiss franc

Norwegian krone

94,61

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (3)

1,7665

Australian dollar

2,1595

New Zealand dollar

8,578

South African rand (3)

(1) Rate applied to the most recent operation carried out before the indicated day. In the case of a variable rate tender,

the interest rate is the marginal rate.

(2) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(3) Source: Commission.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2001-11-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 309/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

6.11.2001

Euro exchange rates (1)

2 November 2001

(2001/C 309/02)

1 euro

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

7,4483

Danish krone

9,5336

Swedish krona

0,6183

Pound sterling

0,9056

United States dollar

1,4464

Canadian dollar

110,05

Japanese yen

1,4741

Swiss franc

7,969

Norwegian krone

94,71

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (2)

1,7864

Australian dollar

2,1861

New Zealand dollar

8,6919

South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(2) Source: Commission.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2158/2001 of 6 November 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2001-11-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

7.11.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 290/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2158/2001

of 6 November 2001

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

In compliance with the above criteria,
the standard
import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the
Annex to this Regulation,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
last
import arrangements
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98 (2), and in particular
Article 4(1) thereof,

fruit and vegetables (1), as

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego-
tiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the
standard values for imports from third countries,
in
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto.

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex
hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 November 2001.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 November 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 198, 15.7.1998, p. 4.

L 290/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

7.11.2001

to the Commission Regulation of 6 November 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the
entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

0805 30 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

204
999
052
999
052
999

052
999
052
388
524
528
600
999
052
064
400
508
999
052
060
388
400
404
800
804
999
052
400
720
999

45,9
45,9
91,8
91,8
74,2
74,2

54,6
54,6
49,7
81,7
55,6
34,6
76,1
59,5
81,6
100,2
323,1
375,4
220,1
87,5
37,4
43,0
71,8
80,4
196,8
64,8
83,1
103,5
87,3
69,9
86,9

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2000 (OJ L 243, 28.9.2000, p. 14). Code ‘999’ stands for ‘of

other origin’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2001-11-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

6.11.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 309/3

Euro exchange rates (1)

1 November 2001

(2001/C 309/03)

1 euro

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

7,4481

Danish krone

9,585

Swedish krona

0,6206

Pound sterling

0,9097

United States dollar

1,4486

Canadian dollar

110,72

Japanese yen

1,4725

Swiss franc

7,985

Norwegian krone

94,92

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (2)

1,7781

Australian dollar

2,1823

New Zealand dollar

8,5935

South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(2) Source: Commission.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2562 — Bertelsmann/France Loisirs) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-11-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

6.11.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 309/11

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2562 (cid:151) Bertelsmann/France Loisirs)

(2001/C 309/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 17 October 2001 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 (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be
made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

(cid:151) as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

(cid:151) in electronic form in the (cid:145)CEN(cid:146) version of the CELEX database, under document No 301M2562. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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