do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3223 — Onex/Kieft/Neue Filmpalast) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, film industry, merger control, shareholding

23.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 199/15

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3176 — Diageo/Heineken/Olfiltra/JV)

(2003/C 199/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 10 July 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 303M3176. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3223 — Onex/Kieft/Neue Filmpalast)

(2003/C 199/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 4 August 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 303M3223. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Corrigendum to Commission Decision 80/765/EEC of 8 July 1980 laying down a code and standard rules for the transcription into a machine-readable form of the data relating to the intermediate statistical surveys of areas under vines (OJ L 213 of 16.8.1980)
Date: 2003-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: area of holding, disclosure of information, statistics, viticulture

L 213/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.8.2003

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 80/765/EEC of 8 July 1980 laying down a code and standard rules for
the transcription into a machine-readable form of the data relating to the intermediate statistical surveys of
areas under vines

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 213 of 16 August 1980)

On page 39, in Annex I, table 8, yield class III, changes, column 2:

for:
read:

‘2’,
‘3’.

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2003/96/EC of 17 July 2003 amending Decision 2000/96/EC as regards
the operation of dedicated surveillance network

(Official Journal of the European Union L 185 of 24 July 2003)

On page 57, under point 2.5.4:

for:
read:

‘Viral haemorrhagic fevers (*)’,
‘Viral haemorrhagic fevers’.
Amendment by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services within France (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, air transport, airline, inland transport, public service, transport capacity, transport planning, transport policy

C 199/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.8.2003

Amendment by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services within
France

(2003/C 199/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. France has decided to alter the public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services between
Brive (Laroche) and Paris (Orly) published in the Official Journal of the European Communities C 304 of 30
October 2001 pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on
access for Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes.

2. As of 5 January 2004, the public service obligations for scheduled air services between Brive (Laroche)

and Paris (Orly) are as follows:

Minimum frequency

The minimum level of service provided must be:

— two round trips per day, morning and evening, Monday to Friday, except on public holidays, for

220 days a year, and

— one return trip on Sunday evenings 44 weeks a year.

The services must be operated without a stopover between Brive (Laroche) and Paris (Orly).

Type of aircraft used and capacity provided

The service must be operated with a pressurised aircraft having a seating capacity of at least 50.

Timetables

Timetables must be such as to enable passengers on business trips during the working week to make
the round trip within the day and to spend at least seven hours at their destination, whether Paris or
Brive.

Flight bookings

Flights must be booked by means of at least one computerised reservation system.

Continuity of service

Except in cases of force majeure, the number of flights cancelled for reasons directly attributable to the
carrier must not exceed 3 % of the number of flights scheduled in any IATA scheduling season. The
carrier must give six months' notice before discontinuing these services.

Community carriers are hereby informed that the operation of air services without regard to the
abovementioned public service obligations may result in administrative and/or criminal penalties.

3. In addition, slots have been reserved at Paris (Orly) airport from Monday to Friday for the scheduled
Paris (Orly)–Brive (Laroche) service pursuant to Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93 on
common rules for the allocation of slots at Community airports. Air carriers interested in this route can
obtain information about these slots from the Paris airports coordinator.
Removal from the register of Case C-193/02
Date: 2003-08-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU aid, European Commission, Netherlands, Structural Funds, action for annulment (EU), coordination of aid, financial aid, fine, management audit

23.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 200/21

2.

order the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.

Furthermore, and in any event, those conditions are dispropor-
tionate. Therefore, the need to protect the consumer and fair
trading can no longer be relied upon.

Pleas in law and main arguments

Removal from the register of Case C-193/02 (1)

Application of the conditions as to ‘similarity’ and being the
same vendor, as referred to by the Belgian Law on commercial
practice and consumer information and protection, in so far as
concerns the operation of a customer loyalty scheme as a
cross-border provision of services, produces arbitrary or even
discriminatory effects, because the conditions are very widely
avoided in practice by undertakings established in Belgium
having their own distribution network with points of sale.

By order of 4 March 2003 the President of the Court of Justice
of the European Communities ordered the removal from the
register of Case C-193/02: Kingdom of
the Netherlands v
Commission of the European Communities.

(1) OJ C 191 of 10.08.2002.

(2003/C 200/37)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3176 — Diageo/Heineken/Olfiltra/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beer, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control

23.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 199/15

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3176 — Diageo/Heineken/Olfiltra/JV)

(2003/C 199/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 10 July 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 303M3176. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3223 — Onex/Kieft/Neue Filmpalast)

(2003/C 199/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 4 August 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 303M3223. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3214 — American Express Financial Corporation/Threadneedle) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, investment company, merger control, travel

C 199/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.8.2003

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3214 — American Express Financial Corporation/Threadneedle)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2003/C 199/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18 August 2003 the Commission received a 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 American Express Financial Corporation (‘AEFC’), controlled by the American
Express Company (USA), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, control of the
whole of the undertaking Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited (United Kingdom) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— AEFC: travel-related services, financial advisory services and international banking services,

— Threadneedle: supply of investment products to European retail and institutional investors.

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.

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.3214 — American Express Financial Corporation/Threadneedle, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry,
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 Commission Decision 2003/542/EC of 17 July 2003 amending Decision 2000/96/EC as regards the operation of dedicated surveillance network (OJ L 185 of 24.7.2003)
Date: 2003-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disease prevention, epidemiology, health control, infectious disease, information network, public health

L 213/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.8.2003

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 80/765/EEC of 8 July 1980 laying down a code and standard rules for
the transcription into a machine-readable form of the data relating to the intermediate statistical surveys of
areas under vines

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 213 of 16 August 1980)

On page 39, in Annex I, table 8, yield class III, changes, column 2:

for:
read:

‘2’,
‘3’.

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2003/96/EC of 17 July 2003 amending Decision 2000/96/EC as regards
the operation of dedicated surveillance network

(Official Journal of the European Union L 185 of 24 July 2003)

On page 57, under point 2.5.4:

for:
read:

‘Viral haemorrhagic fevers (*)’,
‘Viral haemorrhagic fevers’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

23.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 199/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

22 August 2003

(2003/C 199/01)

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

1,0894

128,37

7,4326

0,6919

9,2089

1,5422

89,12

8,286

1,9462

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

0,58483

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

32,33

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,629

0,4248

4,363

36 900

235,2

41,98

1 518 000

1,6758

1,5375

8,4957

1,8737

1,9001

257,39

3,453

KRW

ZAR

South Korean won

1 274,27

South African rand

8,1606

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2003/96/EC of 17 July 2003 amending Decision 2000/96/EC as regards the operation of dedicated surveillance network (OJ L 185 of 24.7.2003)
Date: 2003-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disease prevention, epidemiology, health control, infectious disease, information network, public health

L 213/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.8.2003

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 80/765/EEC of 8 July 1980 laying down a code and standard rules for
the transcription into a machine-readable form of the data relating to the intermediate statistical surveys of
areas under vines

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 213 of 16 August 1980)

On page 39, in Annex I, table 8, yield class III, changes, column 2:

for:
read:

‘2’,
‘3’.

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2003/96/EC of 17 July 2003 amending Decision 2000/96/EC as regards
the operation of dedicated surveillance network

(Official Journal of the European Union L 185 of 24 July 2003)

On page 57, under point 2.5.4:

for:
read:

‘Viral haemorrhagic fevers (*)’,
‘Viral haemorrhagic fevers’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3215 — Montagu Private Equity/Linpac) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, holding company, investment company, merger control, motor vehicle industry

C 199/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.8.2003

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3215 — Montagu Private Equity/Linpac)

(2003/C 199/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 4 August 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 303M3215. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

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