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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3319 — Doughty Hanson/Saft) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electricity storage device, investment company, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

20.12.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 311/39

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3319 — Doughty Hanson/Saft)

(2003/C 311/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 12 December 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 303M3319. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3345 — Platinum Equity/Hays Logistics) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: business management, economic concentration, exchange of information, logistics, merger control

C 311/38

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.12.2003

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3345 — Platinum Equity/Hays Logistics)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2003/C 311/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 12 December 2003,

the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration
1.
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 US undertaking Platinum Equity, LLP (‘Platinum’) acquires within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation sole control of the British undertaking Hays Logistics
(‘Hays Logistics’), currently part of the Hays plc group, by way of purchase of shares and assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Platinum: global organisation specialising in the acquisition and strategic management of companies

worldwide,

— Hays Logistics: logistics services in Europe.

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.3345 — Platinum Equity/Hays Logistics, 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.
Application for negative clearance/Notification in Accordance with Form A/B — Case COMP/D1/38.827 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronic money, financial institution, restrictive-practice authorisation

20.12.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 311/33

Application for negative clearance/Notification in Accordance with Form A/B

Case COMP/D1/38.827

(2003/C 311/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 1 September 2003, the Commission received from Società Per I Servizi Bancari

1.
(SSB Spa),
Banksys SA and Interpay Nederland BV, an application for negative clearance with regard to Article
81(1) EC or notification for an exemption pursuant to Article 81(3) EC, of an agreement relating to
the creation of a joint venture for international credit and international debit cards processing services in
Europe.

2.

The purpose of the notified joint venture agreement is twofold:

— To develop the financial services relating to the processing of cards and to provide these services,
namely the issuing and acquiring of international credit and international debit cards, to third parties
clients in new geographical markets outside the home markets (i.e.: Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands)
of the founding shareholders;

— to act as a subcontractor of the parents for the processing of international credit and international debit
payment cards operations which the founding shareholders supply as part of their financial services to
their customers in their national markets; the parents have agreed not to compete with the JV leaving
the provision of subcontracting services in new geographic markets exclusively to the JV.

3.
The JV Company shall be owned 24,5 % by Banksys, 24,5 % by Interpay and 51 % by SSB. It shall be
incorporated under the form of a limited company by shares under the Belgian law with headquarters in
Brussels.

Following a preliminary analysis, the Commission considers that the notified joint venture is not full

4.
function and therefore might be covered by Regulation No 17.

The Commission invites all interested third parties to submit any observations they may have on the

5.
notified agreement.

6.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than thirty days following the date of this
publication. They can be sent by fax (No (32-2) 295 01 28) or by mail, under reference COMP/D1/38.827
SSB, Banksys, Interpay to:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Directorate D
Unit D-1 (Financial Services)
B-1049 Brussels.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

20.12.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 311/17

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

19 December 2003

(2003/C 311/02)

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

1,2418

133,63

7,4425

0,7029

9,1085

1,5552

90,00

8,332

1,9556

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

0,58521

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

32,506

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6668

0,4309

4,6548

40 732

236,8

41,133

1 773 170

1,6835

1,6585

9,6443

1,9249

2,1203

262,49

KRW

South Korean won

1 478,55

3,4523

ZAR

South African rand

8,2825

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(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Notification of cooperation agreements — Case COMP/D1/38.818 — Barclays plc (establishment of an ATM Alliance) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, bank charges, cooperation agreement, electronic money

C 311/34

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.12.2003

Notification of cooperation agreements

Case COMP/D1/38.818 — Barclays plc (establishment of an ATM Alliance)

(2003/C 311/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 12 September 2003 the Commission received notification under Articles 2 and 4 of Council Regu-
lation No 17 from the following participants of the ‘ATM-Alliance’: Barclays plc, Bank of America
Corporation, The Bank of Nova Scotia, Westpac Banking Corporation, Deutsche Bank Privat- und
Geschäftskunden AG and BNP Paribas (the ‘parties’).

The purpose of the notified agreements is to provide to the parties' cardholders the service to withdraw
cash world-wide from the parties' ATMs (cash dispensers) without the payment of any surcharge fee and at
no or a reduced handling fee. The surcharge fee is the fee directly charged by the ATM-operator to other
banks' cardholders when withdrawing cash. The handling fee is the fee paid by cardholders to their own
bank, when they use other banks' ATM-networks. The alliance is basically open to an unlimited number of
members, however subject to commercial and technical criteria. It is managed by a company (‘LLC’),
founded by the above mentioned parties.

Under the ‘Fee Waiver Agreements’, LLC cannot enter into a surcharge fee waiver agreement with any
other financial
institution, that conducts a retail banking business or owns or operates a significant
ATM-network primarily within the territories of the parties without the prior written consent of the
respective party in that territory. Likewise, a party is not allowed to extend the benefit of the Fee
Waiver Agreements to existing affiliates or to acquired banks that conduct their business within the
exclusive territory of another party unless LCC agrees. The exclusive territory is defined as the domestic
market of a party or a territory in which it primarily conducts its retail banking business.

Besides, the parties are free to enter into or maintain separate agreements for waiving surcharges, handling
fees or any other ATM related fees within their own territories or in countries, that are not exclusive
territories of other parties. However, no party can enter into a separate surcharge agreement with banks
located in the exclusive territory of any other party prior to the written consent of LLC.

Following up a preliminary analysis, the Commission considers that the notified agreements might be
covered by Regulation No 17.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit any observations they may have on the notified
agreements.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than twenty days following the date of this publication.
They can be sent by fax (No (32-2) 296 98 07) or by post, under
reference COMP/D1/38.818
ATM-Alliance, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Directorate D/Unit D1 (Financial Services),
B-1049 Brussels.