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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3122 — DuPont/Statoil/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aquaculture, chemical product, economic concentration, exchange of information, gas, merger control, petroleum, pharmaceutical product, protein products

C 51/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.3.2003

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3122 — DuPont/Statoil/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2003/C 51/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 25 February 2003 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 E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), United States of America,
and Statoil (Statoil), Norway, acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, 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:

— DuPont: wide variety of chemical and pharmaceutical products,

— Statoil: oil and gas; bioproteins for use in aquaculture,

— joint venture: bioproteins for use in aquaculture and other applications.

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. Pursuant
to the Commission Notice on simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Regu-
lation (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.3122 — DuPont/Statoil/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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3109 — Candover/Cinven/Gala) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: automatic game, economic concentration, exchange of information, game of chance, investment company, merger control, service

5.3.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 51/13

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3109 — Candover/Cinven/Gala)

(2003/C 51/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 13 February 2003 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 Candover Partners Limited (Candover), United Kingdom, belonging to the group
Candover Investments plc, and Cinven Limited (Cinven), United Kindom, belonging to the Cinven Group
Limited, acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, joint control of the undertaking
Gala Group Limited (Gala), United Kingdom, by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Candover:

investment and management advice to, and management

investments on behalf of

investment funds,

— Cinven: investment and management advice to, and management investments on behalf of investment

funds,

— Gala: gambling industry, operation of bingo and casino clubs, internet games.

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.3109 — Candover/Cinven/Gala, 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.3065 — Bain Fund Group/Sigmakalon Group) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, economic concentration, investment, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

5.3.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 51/15

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3065 — Bain Fund Group/Sigmakalon Group)

(2003/C 51/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 24 February 2003, 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 303M3065. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

5.3.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 51/9

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

4 March 2003

(2003/C 51/06)

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

1,0919

128,38

7,4288

0,6899

9,1925

1,4595

84,07

7,777

1,954

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

0,58123

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

31,898

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6284

0,4246

4,3222

35913

231,725

41,96

1782000

1,7808

1,6209

8,5155

1,9417

1,8949

245,31

KRW

South Korean won

1299,36

3,4533

ZAR

South African rand

8,6984

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2001/781/EC of 25 September 2001 adopting a manual of receiving agencies and a glossary of documents that may be served under Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (OJ L 298 of 15.11.2001)
Date: 2003-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU act, civil law, commercial law

5.3.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/3

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2001/781/EC of 25 September 2001 adopting a manual of receiving
agencies and a glossary of documents that may be served under Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 on the
service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 298 of 15 November 2001)

In Annex I, United Kingdom:

1. I.A. is replaced by the following:

‘I.A. ENGLAND AND WALES

The Senior Master
For the Attention of the Foreign Process Department (Room E10)
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London WC2A 2LL
United Kingdom
Tel.: (44-20) 79 47 66 91
Fax: (44-20) 79 47 62 37’.

2. I.D. is replaced by the following:

‘I.D. GIBRALTAR

The Registrar of the Supreme Court of Gibraltar
Supreme Court
Law Courts
277 Main Street
Gibraltar
Tel: (350) 788 08
Fax: (350) 771 18

Formal communications with the receiving agency should be addressed to the Registrar at the above address but sent
via:

The United Kingdom Government Gibraltar Liaison Unit for EU Affairs
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
King Charles Street
London SW1A 2AH
Tel.: (44-20) 70 08 15 77
Fax: (44-20) 70 08 36 29
e-mail: ukgglu@fco.gov.uk’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 406/2003 of 5 March 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

L 62/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.3.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 406/2003

of 5 March 2003

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(2)

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
import arrangements
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002 (2), and in parti-
cular 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 6 March 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 March 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 299, 1.11.2002, p. 17.

6.3.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 62/5

to the Commission Regulation of 5 March 2003 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 10 00

0709 90 70

0805 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50

0805 50 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
212
624
999

052
068
204
220
628
999

220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
624
999

052
600
999

039
388
400
404
512
524
528
720
728
999

388
400
512
528
720
999

109,4
76,2
124,2
138,6
112,1

76,4
135,6
82,8
209,9
151,4
131,2

101,1
101,1

106,1
134,3
120,2

71,6
44,1
56,4
38,0
60,0
54,0

58,6
60,8
59,7

115,6
105,0
88,8
96,6
85,8
75,1
92,5
101,4
107,5
96,5

76,3
105,7
64,7
66,9
58,6
74,4

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2020/2001 (OJ L 273, 16.10.2001, p. 6). Code ‘999’ stands for

‘of other origin’.
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Malta adding a Protocol on mutual administrative assistance in customs matters to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta
Date: 2003-03-05
Institutions: European Community, Malta
Subjects: Malta, administrative cooperation, association agreement (EU), customs cooperation, customs duties, originating product, protocol to an agreement, revision of an agreement, tariff policy

9.5.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 115/69

AGREEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS

between the European Community and Malta adding a Protocol on mutual administrative assis-
tance in customs matters to the Agreement establishing an association between the European
Economic Community and Malta

A. Letter from the European Community

Brussels, 5 March 2003

Sir,

I have the honour to refer to the negotiations between representatives of the European Community and
Malta with a view to concluding an Agreement on mutual administrative assistance in customs matters
adding a Protocol to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Commu-
nity and Malta signed in Valletta on 5 December 1970.

The Protocol, the text of which is annexed hereto, shall form an integral part of the Agreement and shall
enter into force on the first day of the second month following the accomplishment of this Exchange of
Letters.

I should be grateful if you could confirm the agreement of Malta to the foregoing.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the European Community

L 115/70

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.5.2003

B. Letter from Malta

Brussels, 5 March 2003

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date with the following content:

‘I have the honour to refer to the negotiations between representatives of the European Community
and Malta with a view to concluding an Agreement on mutual administrative assistance in customs
to the Agreement establishing an association between the European
matters adding a Protocol
Economic Community and Malta signed in Valletta on 5 December 1970.

This Protocol, the text of which is annexed hereto, shall form an integral part of the Agreement and
shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the accomplishment of this
Exchange of Letters.

I should be grateful if you could confirm the agreement of Malta to the foregoing.’

I can confirm the agreement of Malta to the foregoing.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the Government of Malta