do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2924 — EADS/Astrium) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aerospace industry, arms industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, telecommunications

29.11.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 297/25

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2924 — EADS/Astrium)

(2002/C 297/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 21 November 2002, 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 undertaking European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS NV
(‘EADS’) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of that Regulation control of the whole of the
undertaking Astrium NV (‘Astrium’) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— EADS: research, design, development, procurement, manufacture, modification, assembly, integration,
testing, marketing, sale, supply-servicing and support of commercial aircraft,
telecommunications
equipment, civil and military helicopters, space vehicles and orbital infrastructures, guided weapons
and guided weapons subsystems, drones, military aircraft and defence electronics and systems,

— Astrium: design, development and manufacture and supply of space systems, including satellites and
their payloads, subsystems for launchers and manned space flight vehicles, ground stations, and various
other subsystems and technologies.

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 to the Commission by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01/296 72 44) or by post, under
reference COMP/M.2924 — EADS/Astrium, to the following address:

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.2938 — SNPE/MBDA/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: arms industry, chemical product, economic concentration, explosive, merger control, military equipment, restrictive-practice authorisation, tactical nuclear weapon

C 297/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

29.11.2002

Member State

Marketing
authorisation holder

Invented name

Strength

Pharmaceutical
form

Route of
administration

Packaging

Package size

UNITED
KINGDOM
(cont’d)

ICELAND

NORWAY

Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK
Limited
Frimley Business Park
Frimley
Camberley
Surrey GU16 7SR
United Kingdom

Novartis Healthcare A/S
Lyngbyvej 172
DK-2100 Copenhagen

Novartis Healthcare A/S
Lyngbyvej 172
DK-2100 Copenhagen

Novartis Healthcare A/S
Lyngbyvej 172
DK-2100 Copenhagen

Novartis Norge AS
Brynsalléen 4
POBox 237 Oekern
N-0510 Oslo

Novartis Norge AS
Brynsalléen 4
POBox 237 Oekern
N-0510 Oslo

Clozaril

100 mg

Tablets

Oral use

Type III brown glass
bottles

100

Leponex

25 mg

Tablets

Oral use

Glass bottle

100

Leponex

100 mg

Tablets

Oral use

ALU/PVC/PVDC/
aluminium blister

50

Leponex

100 mg

Tablets

Oral use

Glass bottle

100

Leponex

25 mg

Tablets

Oral use

Glass bottle

100

Leponex

100 mg

Tablets

Oral use

Glass bottle

100

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2938 — SNPE/MBDA/JV)

(2002/C 297/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 30 October 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 302M2938. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2126/2002 of 29 November 2002 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2002-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

L 325/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

30.11.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2126/2002

of 29 November 2002

determining the world market price for unginned cotton

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of
Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation
(EC) No 1050/2001 (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22
May 2001 on production aid for cotton (2), and in particular
Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No
1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is
to be determined periodically from the price for ginned
cotton recorded on the world market and by reference
to the historical relationship between the price recorded
for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned
cotton. That historical relationship has been established
in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/
2001 of 2 August 2001 (3), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1486/2002 (4). Where the world market price
cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on
the most recent price determined.

(2)

In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton
is to be determined in respect of a product of specific
characteristics and by reference to the most favourable

offers and quotations on the world market among those
considered representative of the real market trend. To
that end, an average is to be calculated of offers and
European
recorded on one or more
quotations
exchanges for a product delivered cif to a port in the
Community and coming from the various supplier coun-
tries considered the most representative in terms of
there is provision for
international
adjusting the criteria for determining the world market
price for ginned cotton to reflect differences justified by
the quality of the product delivered and the offers and
quotations concerned. Those adjustments are specified in
Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.

trade. However,

(3)

The application of the above criteria gives the world
market price for unginned cotton determined herein-
after,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4
of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as
equalling EUR 25,956/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 November 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 29 November 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 210, 3.8.2001, p. 10.
(4) OJ L 223, 20.8.2002, p. 3.
Corrigendum to Council Decision 2002/922/CFSP of 25 November 2002 extending the mandate of the Head of Mission of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) (OJ L 321 of 26.11.2002)
Date: 2002-11-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Western Balkans, appointment of staff, fact-finding mission, peacekeeping

L 324/76

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

29.11.2002

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Council Joint Action 2002/921/CFSP of 25 November 2002 extending the mandate of the
European Union Monitoring Mission

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 321 of 26 November 2002)

On the inside front cover, in the title, and
on page 51, in the title, and
on page 51, in the closing formula:

for:
read:

‘25 November 2002’,
‘26 November 2002’;

on page 52, signatory:

for:

read:

‘For the Council
The President
T. PEDERSEN’,
‘For the Council
The President
B. BENDTSEN’.

Corrigendum to Council Decision 2002/922/CFSP of 25 November 2002 extending the mandate of the Head of
Mission of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM)

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 321 of 26 November 2002)

On the inside front cover, in the title of the Decision, and
on page 53, in the second citation, and
on page 53, in the closing formula:

for:
read:

‘25 November 2002’,
‘26 November 2002’;

on page 53, signatory:

for:

read:

‘For the Council
The President
T. PEDERSEN’,
‘For the Council
The President
B. BENDTSEN’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2992 — Brenntag/Biesterfeld/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, distributive trades, economic concentration, exchange of information, international trade, merger control, pharmaceutical product, plastics

C 297/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

29.11.2002

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2992 — Brenntag/Biesterfeld/JV)

(2002/C 297/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 21 November 2002 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 Brenntag AG belonging to the group Deutsche Bahn
AG and Wihelm E. H. Biesterfeld GmbH, Germany, acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
that Regulation joint control of
the undertaking Biesterfeld Chemiedistribution GmbH & Co. KG,
Germany, by purchase of shares in the newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Brenntag AG: chemical distribution, distribution of special chemicals,

international

trade with

chemicals,

— Wihelm E. H. Biesterfeld GmbH: chemical distribution, special chemicals,

international trade with

chemicals, plastics, chemicals for agriculture and pharmaceutics,

— Biesterfeld Chemiedistribution GmbH & Co. KG: chemicals distribution.

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 01/296 72 44) or by post, under reference number
COMP/M.2992 — Brenntag/Biesterfeld/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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3017 — DaimlerChrysler/Hyundai/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, motor vehicle industry

C 297/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

29.11.2002

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3017 — DaimlerChrysler/Hyundai/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2002/C 297/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 21 November 2002, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
1.
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as
last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1310/97 (2), by which the undertakings DaimlerChrysler AG (Germany) — (‘DaimlerChrysler’) and
Hyundai Motor Company (Korea) (‘Hyundai’) acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of that Regu-
lation joint control of a newly created company constituting a joint venture by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— DaimlerChrysler: automotive sector,

— Hyundai: automotive 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 Council
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 to the Commission.

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 to the Comission by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01/296 72 44) or by post, under
reference COMP/M.3017 — DaimlerChrysler/Hyundai/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.
(3) OJ C 217, 29.7.2000, p. 32.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2002-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

29.11.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 297/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

28 November 2002

(2002/C 297/01)

1 euro =

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CYP

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

Currency

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Norwegian krone

Bulgarian lev

Cyprus pound

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

Exchange
rate

0,9934

121,37

7,4262

0,6395

9,0654

1,4746

85,44

7,288

1,9528

LVL

MTL

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRL

AUD

CAD

Currency

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

Australian dollar

Canadian dollar

0,57303

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

30,892

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,5982

0,4147

3,9795

33330

229,7635

42,139

1540000

1,7806

1,5634

7,7471

2,0097

1,7503

237,95

KRW

South Korean won

3,4524

ZAR

South African rand

1199,83

9,18

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2844 — Linde/Komatsu/Komatsu Forklift) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, gas, hoisting equipment, industrial building, marketing, merger control

29.11.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 297/23

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2844 — Linde/Komatsu/Komatsu Forklift)

(2002/C 297/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 21 November 2002 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 undertakings Linde AG (‘Linde’, Gemany) and Komatsu Ltd (‘Komatsu’, Japan)
acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of that Regulation joint control of the undertaking Komatsu
Forklift Co., Ltd (‘KFL’, Japan), now solely controlled by Komatsu, by way of purchase of shares and
shareholders agreement.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Linde: industrial gas products, engineering projects for the design and building of industrial plants for
industries, refrigeration and manufacture and sale of

the petrochemical, gas and pharmaceutical
material-handling equipment (counterbalanced forklift trucks and warehouse equipment),

— Komatsu: ultimate parent company of a multinational group active in different industries: construction
forging and stamping presses and

and mining equipment, electronic products, manufacture of
sheet-metal machines, industrial vehicles and material-handling equipment,

— KFL: subsidiary of Komatsu active in the manufacture and sale of material-handling equipment

(counterbalanced forklift trucks and warehouse equipment).

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 to the Commission by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01/296 72 44) or by post, under
reference COMP/M.2844 — Linde/Komatsu/Komatsu Forklift, to the following address:

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.
Corrigendum to Council Joint Action 2002/921/CFSP of 25 November 2002 extending the mandate of the European Union Monitoring Mission (OJ L 321 of 26.11.2002)
Date: 2002-11-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Western Balkans, fact-finding mission, peacekeeping

L 324/76

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

29.11.2002

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Council Joint Action 2002/921/CFSP of 25 November 2002 extending the mandate of the
European Union Monitoring Mission

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 321 of 26 November 2002)

On the inside front cover, in the title, and
on page 51, in the title, and
on page 51, in the closing formula:

for:
read:

‘25 November 2002’,
‘26 November 2002’;

on page 52, signatory:

for:

read:

‘For the Council
The President
T. PEDERSEN’,
‘For the Council
The President
B. BENDTSEN’.

Corrigendum to Council Decision 2002/922/CFSP of 25 November 2002 extending the mandate of the Head of
Mission of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM)

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 321 of 26 November 2002)

On the inside front cover, in the title of the Decision, and
on page 53, in the second citation, and
on page 53, in the closing formula:

for:
read:

‘25 November 2002’,
‘26 November 2002’;

on page 53, signatory:

for:

read:

‘For the Council
The President
T. PEDERSEN’,
‘For the Council
The President
B. BENDTSEN’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2140/2002 of 29 November 2002 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain B rice to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2002
Date: 2002-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, rice, third country

L 325/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

30.11.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2140/2002

of 29 November 2002

fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain B rice to certain third countries in
connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2002

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
411/2002 (2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,

(3)

(4)

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market situation for the rice in question results
the
in the maximum export
amount specified in Article 1.

refund being fixed at

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was
to Commission Regulation (EC) No
issued pursuant
1898/2002 (3).

Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/
75 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1948/
2002 (5), allows the Commission to fix,
in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders
submitted, a maximum export refund.
In fixing this
maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of
Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into
account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
tender is equal to or less than the maximum export
refund.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain B
rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the
invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2002 is
hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 25 to
28 November 2002 at 257,00 EUR/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 November 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 November 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 62, 5.3.2002, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 287, 25.10.2002, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 61, 7.3.1975, p. 25.
(5) OJ L 299, 1.11.2002, p. 18.