do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2002-05-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

1.5.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 105/1

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

30 April 2002

(2002/C 105/01)

1 euro

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7,434

9,254

Danish krone

Swedish krona

0,6188

Pound sterling

0,9008

United States dollar

1,4126

Canadian dollar

115,66

Japanese yen

1,4621

Swiss franc

7,573

Norwegian krone

84,44

Icelandic króna (2)

1,6772

Australian dollar

2,0163

New Zealand dollar

9,616

South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(2) Source: Commission.
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-05-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Liguria, State aid, application of EU law, control of State aid, regional aid

C 105/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1.5.2002

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the
EC Treaty to training aid

(2002/C 105/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT/36/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Liguria

initial

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid for firms in Liguria to assist with the
financing of
and continuous
training for their employees, with aid from the European
Social Fund, as provided for in particular by measures D1,
D3, D4 and E1 of the regional operational programme for
Objective 3 — 2000-2006

retraining

training,

Legal basis: Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June
1999; Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/1999 of 12 July 1999;
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1685/2000 of 28 July 2000;
Community support
framework for Objective 3 — ESF
2000-2006, approved by the Commission by Decision No
C(2000) 1120 of 18 August 2000; Operational programme
under Objective 3, Region of Liguria, 2000-2006, approved
by the Commission by Decision No C(2000) 2072 of 21
September 2000; Legge regionale n. 52 del 5.11.1993, modi-
ficata dalla legge regionale n. 37 del 4.9.1997; Deliberazione
della giunta regionale n. 944 del 7.8.2001, di approvazione
delle disposizini regionali in materia di aiuti destinati alla for-
mazione

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 7 587 010 (ITL 14 690 499 852)

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum intensity provided for
in Regulation (EC) No 68/2001

Date of implementation: 7 August 2001, date of approval of
the decision of the Regional Executive which approved the
regional provisions of the aid scheme in question

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2006

Objective of aid: General and specific training, as defined in
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Liguria
Servizio Politiche attive del lavoro
Via Fieschi 15
I-16121 Genova
Tel. (010) 548 51 — Fax (010) 548 59 32

Other information: The aid is granted with the provincial
the
administrations acting as intermediaries
measures for which they are competent, pursuant
to the
regional provisions in Regional Executive Decision No 944 of
7 August 2001.

in respect of
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2794 — Amadeus/GGL/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-05-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, economic concentration, electronic money, exchange of information, merger control, provision of services, travel

C 105/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1.5.2002

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2794 — Amadeus/GGL/JV)

(2002/C 105/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

This text cancels and replaces the text published in Official Journal C 98 of 23 April 2002, page 39

On 12 April 2002 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 Amadeus Global Travel Distribution SA (Amadeus) and Laser SA (controlled by
Galeries Lafayette) acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, joint control of a newly
created company constituting a joint venture (the undertaking) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Amadeus: Provider of technology, marketing and distribution services to the travel industry,

— Laser SA: Business-to-business services (customer relationship management), direct consumer credit and

private label cards,

— The undertaking: Online travel agency which will operate in France.

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.2794 — Amadeus/GGL/JV, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Directorate B — Merger Task Force,
J-70,
B-1049 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2756 — Swiss Life/Fortis France) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-05-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Publications Office of the European Union, database, dissemination of EU information, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

1.5.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 105/15

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2756 — Swiss Life/Fortis France)

(2002/C 105/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 April 2002 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 French and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CFR’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 302M2756. 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.2732 — Société Générale/Fiditalia)

(2002/C 105/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 4 April 2002 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:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 302M2732. 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.2732 — Société Générale/Fiditalia) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-05-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Publications Office of the European Union, database, dissemination of EU information, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

1.5.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 105/15

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2756 — Swiss Life/Fortis France)

(2002/C 105/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 April 2002 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 French and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CFR’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 302M2756. 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.2732 — Société Générale/Fiditalia)

(2002/C 105/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 4 April 2002 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:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 302M2732. 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.