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Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-10-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, France, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, shipbuilding

C 257/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.10.2003

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2003/C 257/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 31.7.2003

Date of adoption of the decision: 17.9.2003

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 17 a/03-N 17 b/03

Incentives provided by the Walloon Region for large

Title:
enterprises

Objective: To promote
enterprises
implementing the Walloon Government's policy of sustainable
development

investment by large

Legal basis: Avant projet de décret et projet d'arrêté se subs-
tituant à la loi du 30 décembre 1970 sur l'expansion écono-
mique, modifiée par le décret du 25 juin 1992

Voorontwerp van decreet en ontwerp-besluit die in de plaats
komen van de wet van 30 december 1970 betreffende de
economische expansie, gewijzigd bij het decreet van 25 juni
1992

Budget: Grants totalling EUR 110,6 m (for 2003)

Aid intensity or amount: Max. 20 % nge

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

Other information: Annual report

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

Member State: France

Aid No: N 232/03

Title: Temporary Defensive Measures
LNG-tankers

for shipbuilding for

Objective: Operating aid in the shipbuilding sector

Legal basis: Application du règlement no 1177/2002 du
Conseil par la décision d'une commission interministérielle

Aid intensity or amount: Max 6 % of contract value

Duration: From the point in time when the Commission gives
notice in the Official Journal that it confirms, on the basis of
investigations covering 2002, that Community industry has
suffered material
injury and serious prejudice in this market
segment caused by unfair Korean practice until 31 March 2004

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids
Amendment by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services between Strasbourg and Vienna (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-10-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, air transport, airline, inland transport, provision of services, public service, transport capacity

25.10.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 257/3

Amendment by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services between
Strasbourg and Vienna

(2003/C 257/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. France has decided to amend, with effect from 28 March 2004, the public service obligations imposed
on scheduled air services between Strasbourg and Vienna published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities C 348 of 5 December 2000 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. The new public service obligations are as follows:

Minimum frequency and capacity

The services must be provided between Strasbourg and Vienna without a change of aircraft. The
minimum level of service provided must be two return trips per day, morning and evening, from
Monday to Friday, throughout the year, except for in August when the minimum level of service
provided must be one return trip per day from Monday to Friday. The capacity provided must be
adapted to meet demand, especially when the European Parliament is in session in Strasbourg.

Type of aircraft used

The services must be operated by turbojet aircraft with at least 25 seats.

Timetables

During the week, except in the month of August, the first flight of the day from Vienna must enable
passengers to make connections with flights from other European countries and to arrive in Strasbourg
before 14.00 h (local time).

Flight bookings

Seats on these flights must be marketed by at least one computerised booking system.

Service continuity

Except in cases of force majeure, the number of flights cancelled for reasons directly attributable to the
carrier must not exceed 2 % of the number of flights scheduled in any IATA scheduling season. In
addition, the carrier must give at least six months' notice before discontinuing these services.

Community carriers are hereby informed that the operation of air services without regard to the above-
mentioned public service obligation may result in administrative and/or criminal penalties.
Amendment by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services between Strasbourg and Milan (Malpensa/Linate/Bergamo) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-10-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, air transport, airline, inland transport, provision of services, public service, transport capacity

C 257/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.10.2003

Amendment by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services between
Strasbourg and Milan (Malpensa/Linate/Bergamo)

(2003/C 257/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. France has decided to amend, with effect from 28 March 2004, the public service obligations imposed
on scheduled air services between Strasbourg and Milan (Malpensa/Linate/Bergamo) published in the
Official Journal of the European Communities C 348 of 5 December 2000 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. The new public service obligations are as follows:

Minimum frequency and capacity

The services must be non-stop between Strasbourg and Milan. The minimum level of service provided
must be two return trips per day, morning and evening, from Monday to Friday, throughout the year,
except for in August when the minimum level of service provided must be one return trip per day from
Monday to Friday. The capacity provided must be adapted to meet demand, especially when the
European Parliament is in session in Strasbourg.

Type of aircraft used

The services must be operated by aircraft with at least 25 seats.

Timetables

During the week, except in the month of August, the first flight of the day from Milan must enable
passengers to make connections with flights from the main Italian cities and other European countries
and to arrive in Strasbourg before 14.00 h (local time).

Flight bookings

Seats on these flights must be marketed by at least one computerised booking system.

Service continuity

Except in cases of force majeure, the number of flights cancelled for reasons directly attributable to the
carrier must not exceed 2 % of the number of flights scheduled in any IATA scheduling season. In
addition, the carrier must give at least six months' notice before discontinuing these services.

Community carriers are hereby informed that the operation of air services without regard to the above-
mentioned public service obligation may result in administrative and/or criminal penalties.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-10-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

25.10.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 257/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

24 October 2003

(2003/C 257/01)

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

1,1781

129,02

7,4307

0,6948

9,0505

1,5471

89,47

8,24

1,9484

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

0,58425

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

32,134

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6506

0,428

4,6961

38 849

235,58

41,537

1 747 000

1,683

1,541

9,1326

1,9369

2,0528

258,25

KRW

South Korean won

1 396,81

3,4524

ZAR

South African rand

8,2033

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Lifting by France of the public service obligations for scheduled air services between Strasbourg and Rome (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-10-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, air transport, airline, inland transport, public service, transport planning

C 257/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.10.2003

Lifting by France of the public service obligations for scheduled air services between Strasbourg
and Lisbon

(2003/C 257/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

France has decided to lift, with effect from 28 March 2004, the public service obligation imposed on
scheduled air services between Strasbourg and Lisbon, published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities C 348 of 5 December 2000 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.

Lifting by France of the public service obligations for scheduled air services between Strasbourg
and Rome

(2003/C 257/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

France has decided to lift, with effect from 28 March 2004, the public service obligation imposed on
scheduled air services between Strasbourg and Rome, published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities C 348 of 5 December 2000 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.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3222 — United Technologies/Chubb)

(2003/C 257/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18 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 303M3222. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

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2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3294 — ExxonMobil/BEB) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-10-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, exchange of information, hydrocarbon, merger control, petroleum product

25.10.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 257/7

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3294 — ExxonMobil/BEB)

(2003/C 257/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 17 October 2003, the Commission received a 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 ExxonMobil Gas Marketing Deutschland GmbH (‘EMGMD’),
Germany, belonging to the ExxonMobil group (‘ExxonMobil’), USA, acquires within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation sole control of one half of the gas marketing business (‘Exxon
basket’), Germany, of the undertaking BEB Erdgas und Erdöl GmbH (‘BEB’), Germany, by transfer of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— ExxonMobil: vertically integrated activities in oil and natural gas; power generation, production and

sale of petrochemical products;

— ‘Exxon basket’: marketing of natural gas; BEB will remain active in production; purchase, transmission

and storage of natural gas.

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 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 by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference
COMP/M.3294 — ExxonMobil/BEB, to the following address:

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.
Lifting by France of the public service obligations for scheduled air services between Strasbourg and Lisbon (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-10-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, air transport, airline, inland transport, public service, transport planning

C 257/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.10.2003

Lifting by France of the public service obligations for scheduled air services between Strasbourg
and Lisbon

(2003/C 257/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

France has decided to lift, with effect from 28 March 2004, the public service obligation imposed on
scheduled air services between Strasbourg and Lisbon, published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities C 348 of 5 December 2000 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.

Lifting by France of the public service obligations for scheduled air services between Strasbourg
and Rome

(2003/C 257/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

France has decided to lift, with effect from 28 March 2004, the public service obligation imposed on
scheduled air services between Strasbourg and Rome, published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities C 348 of 5 December 2000 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.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3222 — United Technologies/Chubb)

(2003/C 257/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18 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 303M3222. 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.3222 — United Technologies/Chubb) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-10-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, fire protection, holding company, merger control, safety device

C 257/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.10.2003

Lifting by France of the public service obligations for scheduled air services between Strasbourg
and Lisbon

(2003/C 257/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

France has decided to lift, with effect from 28 March 2004, the public service obligation imposed on
scheduled air services between Strasbourg and Lisbon, published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities C 348 of 5 December 2000 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.

Lifting by France of the public service obligations for scheduled air services between Strasbourg
and Rome

(2003/C 257/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

France has decided to lift, with effect from 28 March 2004, the public service obligation imposed on
scheduled air services between Strasbourg and Rome, published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities C 348 of 5 December 2000 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.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3222 — United Technologies/Chubb)

(2003/C 257/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18 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 303M3222. 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.
Amendment by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services between Strasbourg and Munich (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-10-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, air transport, airline, inland transport, provision of services, public service, transport capacity

25.10.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 257/5

Amendment by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services between
Strasbourg and Munich

(2003/C 257/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. France has decided to amend, with effect from 28 March 2004, the public service obligations imposed
on scheduled air services between Strasbourg and Munich published in the Official
the
European Communities C 85 of 9 April 2002 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.

Journal of

2. The new public service obligations are as follows:

Minimum frequency and capacity

The services must be non-stop between Munich and Strasbourg. The minimum level of service provided
must be two return trips per day, morning and evening, from Monday to Friday, throughout the year,
except for in August when the minimum level of service provided must be one return trip per day from
Monday to Friday. The capacity provided must be adapted to meet demand, especially when the
European Parliament is in session in Strasbourg.

Type of aircraft used

The services must be operated by aircraft with at least 25 seats.

Timetables

During the week, except in the month of August, the first flight of the day from Munich must enable
passengers to make connections with flights from other German cities and other European countries
and to arrive in Strasbourg before 14.00 h (local time).

Flight bookings

Seats on these flights must be marketed by at least one computerised booking system.

Service continuity

Except in cases of force majeure, the number of flights cancelled for reasons directly attributable to the
carrier must not exceed 2 % of the number of flights scheduled in any IATA scheduling season. In
addition, the carrier must give at least six months' notice before discontinuing these services.

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