do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Administrative Commission of the European Communities on Social security for Migrant workers — Rates for conversion of currencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72
Date: 2003-05-03
Institutions: Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers, European Commission
Subjects: exchange rate, migrant worker, national currency, social security

C 106/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.5.2003

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR
MIGRANT WORKERS

Rates for conversion of currencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72

(2003/C 106/02)

EUR

DKK

GBP

NOK

SEK

ISK

CHF

Article 107 (1), (2), (3) and (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72

Reference period: April 2003

Application period: July, August and September 2003

DKK

GBP

NOK

SEK

ISK

CHF

EUR

—

7,42555

0,689020

7,83173

0,134670

—

0,0927905

1,05470

9,15412

1,23279

83,3790

11,2287

1,45134

10,7770

—

11,3665

13,2857

121,011

1,49639

0,201519

2,17176

0,127686

0,948137

0,0879781

—

1,16885

10,6463

0,191067

0,109240

0,811170

0,0752689

0,855541

—

9,10836

0,163466

0,0119934

0,0890577

0,00826371

0,0939292

0,109789

—

0,0179468

0,668277

4,96232

0,460456

5,23376

6,11749

55,7203

—

1. Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 determines that the rate for the conversion into a currency of amounts
denominated in another currency shall be the rate calculated by the Commission and based on the
monthly average, during the reference period specified in paragraph 2, of reference rates of exchange of
currencies published by the European Central Bank.

2. The reference period shall be:

— the month of January for rates of conversion applicable from 1 April following,
— the month of April for rates of conversion applicable from 1 July following,
— the month of July for rates of conversion applicable from 1 October following,
— the month of October for rates of conversion applicable from 1 January following.

The rates for the conversion of currencies shall be published in the second Official Journal of the European
Union (‘C’ series) of the months of February, May, August and November.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3157 — ING/Sonae/Ascendente JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-05-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, insurance, merger control, property market, supermarket, telecommunications, tourism, wood industry

3.5.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 106/11

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3157 — ING/Sonae/Ascendente JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2003/C 106/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 22 April 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 ING Groep, NV (‘ING’ — The Netherlands) and Sonae Imobiliária SGPS, SA
(‘Sonae’ — Portugal) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control
of the Portuguese undertaking Ascendente SGPS, SA (‘Ascendente’), currently controlled by Sonae, by way
of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— ING: banking, insurance and asset management, including real estate assets,

— Sonae: mainly real estate business, industry of wood-related products, hypermarkets and supermarkets,

tourism and telecommunications,

— Ascendente: real estate business.

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 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.3157 — ING/Sonae/Ascendente 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.
Corrigendum to the Communication from the Commission in the framework of the implementation of Council Directive 89/686/EEC of 21 December 1989 in relation to personal protective equipment, as amended by Directives 93/68/EEC, 93/95/EEC and 96/58/EC (OJ C 87 of 10.4.2003)
Date: 2003-05-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC conformity marking, European standard, harmonisation of standards, protective equipment, safety standard

C 106/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.5.2003

Proposals must be presented in four copies (one original and
three complete copies).

Postal address

In addition, the applicant must join on a disk or CD-Rom an
electronic version of the following documents:

— the standard application form ‘ERF Community Actions

2003’ duly filled;

— the form ‘Detailed forward budget’ duly filled.

Proposals must be sent:

— either by registered mail, posted by 13 June 2003 at the
to the address mentioned

(date as on postmark),

latest
below;

— or by handing it

in at

the secretariat of

the service
mentioned hereafter (either in person or via an authorised
representative or private courier service), no later than
16.00 on 13 June 2003. In this case proof of submission
will be a dated receipt, signed by an official of the above-
mentioned service to whom the documents have been
handed.

Mr Jean-Louis de Brouwer
European Commission
DG Justice and Home Affairs
Unit A/2 Immigration and Asylum
LX46 — 6/50
B-1049 Brussels

Office address (if delivered by hand)

Mr Jean-Louis de Brouwer
European Commission
DG Justice and Home Affairs
Unit A/2 Immigration and Asylum
rue du Luxembourg 46 (bureau 6/50)
B-1049 Brussels

Applications sent by fax or e-mail will not be accepted.

Proposals must be submitted in a sealed double envelope.

The inner envelope must be marked ‘ERF COMMUNITY ACTION
2003 — NOT TO BE OPENED BY THE INTERNAL MAIL SERVICE —
APPLICATION FROM: (NAME OF ORGANISATION)’.

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to the Communication from the Commission in the framework of the implementation of Council
Directive 89/686/EEC of 21 December 1989 in relation to personal protective equipment, as amended by
Directives 93/68/EEC, 93/95/EEC and 96/58/EC

(Official Journal of the European Union C 87 of 10 April 2003)

(2003/C 106/08)

On page 15, in the second column of the 17th entry:

for:

‘EN 50321:1999’,

read:

‘EN 50365:2002’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3151 — ThyssenKrupp/Sofedit) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-05-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, iron and steel industry, logistics, mechanical engineering, merger control, service, vehicle

C 106/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.5.2003

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3151 — ThyssenKrupp/Sofedit)

(2003/C 106/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 22 April 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 undertaking ThyssenKrupp AG (‘TK’, Germany) through its affiliate ThyssenKrupp France SA
(‘TKF’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the
whole of the undertaking Sofedit Industrie SAS (‘Sofedit’, France) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— TK: Manufacturing and processing of steel, manufacturing of machines, manufacturing of components
for the automotive industry, logistics and services related to transport services, development of real
estate properties,

— Sofedit: Manufacturing of components for the automotive industry.

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.3151 — ThyssenKrupp/Sofedit 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.
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 2,50 % on 1 May 2003 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-05-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, interest

3.5.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 106/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

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

2,50 % on 1 May 2003

Euro exchange rates (2)

2 May 2003

(2003/C 106/01)

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

1,1239

133,4

7,4246

0,6998

9,1168

1,5104

83,55

7,8535

1,9464

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

0,58806

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

31,267

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6405

0,4268

4,2445

37 310

232,725

40,843

1 726 000

1,7802

1,5925

8,7653

1,9991

1,9874

245,85

KRW

South Korean won

1 362,5

3,4532

ZAR

South African rand

8,3618

___________
(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.