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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2661 — Winterthur/Prudential Assurance) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial institution, insurance company, merger control

C 322/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

17.11.2001

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2661 (cid:151) Winterthur/Prudential Assurance)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2001/C 322/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 9 November 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 Winterthur Swiss Insurance Company (Winterthur, Switzerland) acquires, within
the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, control of the whole of the undertaking Prudential
Assurance Company Ltd (Prudential, UK), owned by Prudential plc (UK) by way of purchase of assets:

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) Winterthur: financial services, private banking, insurance,

(cid:151) Prudential: general and non-life insurance.

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.2661 (cid:151) Winterthur/Prudential Assurance, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2001-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

17.11.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 322/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

16 November 2001

(2001/C 322/01)

1 euro

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

7,4411

Danish krone

9,377

Swedish krona

0,6175

Pound sterling

0,8845

United States dollar

1,4075

Canadian dollar

108,46

Japanese yen

1,4674

Swiss franc

7,92

94,68

Norwegian krone

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (2)

1,6893

Australian dollar

2,1145

New Zealand dollar

8,4377

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.2613 — Alcoa/BHP Billiton/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 322/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

17.11.2001

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2613 (cid:151) Alcoa/BHP Billiton/JV)

(2001/C 322/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 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 301M2613. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2477 (cid:151) Atle/Pricerunner JV)

(2001/C 322/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 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 301M2477. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2637 — Nutricia/Baxter/2. HSC) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, food industry, merger control

17.11.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 322/19

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2637 (cid:151) Nutricia/Baxter/2. HSC)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2001/C 322/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 8 November 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 Nutricia Deutschland GmbH (Nutricia), which belongs to the Numico Group,
and Baxter Deutschland Holding GmbH (Baxter), which belongs to the Baxter Group, acquire, within the
meaning of Article 3 (1)(b) of the Regulation, joint control of 2. HSC Home Supply + Care Beteiligungs
GmbH (2. HSC) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) Nutricia: manufacture and distribution of enteric nutrition products, infant nutrition, clinical nutrition

and diets,

(cid:151) Baxter: manufacture and sale of parenteral nutrition products, distribution of biomedical and bioph-

armaceutical products,

(cid:151) 2. HSC: distribution and application of nutritional products for patients.

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.2637 (cid:151) Nutricia/Baxter/2. HSC, 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.
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1078/2001 of 31 May 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 2160/96 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of polyester textured filament yarn originating, inter alia, in Thailand (OJ L 149 of 2.6.2001)
Date: 2001-11-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Thailand, anti-dumping duty, dumping, originating product, plastics, textile fibre

17.11.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 301/47

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1078/2001 of 31 May 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 2160/96
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of polyester textured filament yarn originating, inter alia, in
Thailand

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 149 of 2 June 2001)

On page 7, Article 1, the paragraph below the table for Indonesia:

for:

‘… the Indonesian company PT Indo Rama Synthetics (TARIC additional code 8885).’,

read:

‘… the Indonesian companies PT Indo Rama Synthetics (TARIC additional code 8885) and Polyfin Canggih (TARIC
additional code 8885).’
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2660 — NPM/ABN Amro/Norit Personal Care Holding) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial institution, merger control

17.11.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 322/23

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2660 (cid:151) NPM/ABN Amro/Norit Personal Care Holding)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2001/C 322/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 7 November 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 ABM Amro Participaties BV (ABN Amro P), The Netherlands, belonging to the
group ABM Amro Bank NV and NPM Capital NV (NPM), The Netherlands, controlled by SHV Holding NV,
acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, joint control of the undertaking Norit
Personal Care Holding BV (NPCH), belonging to the group Norit NV, by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) ABN Amro P: venture capital and private equity investment,

(cid:151) NPM: development of capital for family owned, high-tech and life sciences companies, management

buy-outs, buy-ins and investors’ buy-outs,

(cid:151) NPCH: personal care sector.

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.2660 (cid:151) NPM/ABN Amro/Norit Personal Care Holding, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2477 — Atle/Pricerunner JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 322/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

17.11.2001

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2613 (cid:151) Alcoa/BHP Billiton/JV)

(2001/C 322/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 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 301M2613. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2477 (cid:151) Atle/Pricerunner JV)

(2001/C 322/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 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 301M2477. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2638 — 3i/Consors/100 World) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial institution, merger control

17.11.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 322/21

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2638 (cid:151) 3i/Consors/100 World)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2001/C 322/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 7 November 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 UK undertaking 3i Group Investments LP (3i) and the German undertaking Consors Discout-
Broker AG (Consors), controlled by Schmidt Bank KGaA (Schmidt Bank), acquire, within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, joint control of the German undertaking 100world.com Ag (100world) by
way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) 3i: venture capital,

(cid:151) Consors: online broker services,

(cid:151) Schmidt Bank: financial services.

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.2638 (cid:151) 3i/Consors/100 World, 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.2646 — Rhenus/Via Verkehr Holding (SNCF)/Rhenus-Keolis) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, transport company

C 322/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

17.11.2001

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2646 (cid:151) Rhenus/Via Verkehr Holding (SNCF)/Rhenus-Keolis)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2001/C 322/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 7 November 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 Rhenus AG & Co. Beteiligungs KG (Rhenus, controlled by Rethmann AG & Co.,
both Germany), and Via Verkehr Holding GmbH & Co. KG (Via Verkehr, Germany), belonging to SociØtØ
Nationale des Chemins de Fer (SNCF, France) Group, acquires, within the meaning of Article 3 (1)(b) of the
Regulation, joint control of the undertakings Rhenus-Keolis GmbH & Co. KG and Rhenus-Keolis Verwal-
tungsgesellschaft mbH (Germany) by way of purchase of securities.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) Rhenus: cargo transport and logistics services, waste management, trading in building materials and

other trading,

(cid:151) Via Verkehr Holding: short-distance passenger transport via rail and bus.

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.2646 (cid:151) Rhenus/Via Verkehr Holding (SNCF)/Rhenus-Keolis, 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.